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Taylor, Bates sweep New Zealand awards night

Mar 6, 2014: Ross Taylor was awarded the Richard Hadlee medal for the second year in a row at the New Zealand Cricket awards in Auckland

Eleven reasons why New Zealand are looking good

Feb 20, 2014: Featuring McCullum, Taylor, Boult, Southee and a support cast of team-mates, coaches and fans

How McCullum helped me let go

Feb 18, 2014: Not scoring a triple-century has weighed heavy on this writer, but New Zealand's captain has helped lay that personal bogey to rest

India in New Zealand 2013-14

Taylor flourishing in his happy place

Feb 5, 2014: Talking to people whom he could trust and staying confident in his abilities helped Ross Taylor overcome the difficult period where he lost the New Zealand captaincy and find the form of his life

New Zealand v India, 5th ODI, Wellington

Taylor, Williamson seal 4-0 win

Jan 31, 2014: Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor refused to take their collective foot off India bowlers' throats, consigning the visitors to a 4-0 series defeat

New Zealand v India, 4th ODI, Hamilton

New Zealand's middle-overs soundness pays dividends

Jan 29, 2014: New Zealand have made light work of the world champions mainly due to a consolidation strategy at the top of the order, executed to perfection by Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson

New Zealand v India, 4th ODI, Hamilton

NZ tackle India spinners with patience

Jan 28, 2014: For New Zealand to win the match, and seal the series, with so much ease in such conditions was some feat. It would not have been possible without the partnership between Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson

New Zealand v India, 4th ODI, Hamilton

Taylor ton delivers series triumph

Jan 28, 2014: It took its time coming, it tested a few nerves, but New Zealand finally sealed their first series win at home in five years, not counting the ones against Zimbabwe and Bangaldesh

West Indies in New Zealand 2013-14

New Zealand find their 'core four'

Dec 23, 2013: The commanding performances of Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult and Tim Southee against West Indies, with a little support from their team-mates, meant a dominant New Zealand showing. They'll need more of the same when India arrive

West Indies in New Zealand 2013-14

Tricky decisions face New Zealand selectors

Dec 23, 2013: Brendon McCullum believes he has players who are now confident enough to compare themselves with the best in the world and is eager for what should be another raise in standards from the visit of India

West Indies in New Zealand 2013-14

Taylor cashes in, Boult swings in

Dec 23, 2013: ESPNcricinfo takes a look back at how the New Zealand players performed during their series win over West Indies

The story of Ross Taylor

Dec 22, 2013: How the New Zealand batsman struggled with rejection and self-doubt to emerge stronger and better

New Zealand v West Indies, 3rd Test, Hamilton, 3rd day

'Narine factor' increases value of Hamilton ton - Taylor

Dec 21, 2013: Ross Taylor rated his hundred at Seddon Park, his third in three consecutive Tests, as the best of that series after he combated the threat of Sunil Narine for five-and-a-half hours

New Zealand v West Indies, 3rd Test, Hamilton, 3rd day

Routine unravelling of batting costs West Indies

Dec 21, 2013: On this Hamilton pitch, the in-form Sunil Narine would have been looking forward to defending a decent total for West Indies, but in typical fashion their batsmen have let the bowlers down

New Zealand v West Indies, 3rd Test, Hamilton, 3rd day

Taylor moves up New Zealand's records charts

Dec 21, 2013: Stats highlights form the third day's play between New Zealand and West Indies in Hamilton

West Indies in New Zealand 2013-14

New Zealand batsmen build home advantage

Dec 15, 2013: The home is where the heart is, and it's also where the runs have been for New Zealand this year

New Zealand v West Indies, 2nd Test, 1st day, Wellington

West Indies fluff their chance

Dec 11, 2013: Ross Taylor's career needed realigning at the start of the season, and he has responded with a glut of runs which is taking him to rarely seen heights for a New Zealand batsman

New Zealand v West Indies, 2nd Test, Wellington, 1st day

Taylor century punishes sloppy WI

Dec 11, 2013: Dropped on zero, Ross Taylor made his tenth Test hundred, went past 4000 career Test runs and tallied 362 runs for the series before falling towards the close

New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Dunedin, 2nd day

Taylor joins elite New Zealand list with double

Dec 4, 2013: Ross Taylor's search for a long awaited Test hundred is over, and the manner in which he applied himself to score a maiden double-ton will benefit New Zealand in the future

New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Dunedin, 2nd day

Taylor double-century sets up New Zealand

Dec 4, 2013: A maiden double-century by Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand cashed in on the platform laid by the top order to declare the innings on 609 for 9 soon after tea on the second day of the Dunedin Test