Peter Taylor

Australia

Full name Peter Laurence Taylor

Born August 22, 1956, North Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 63 years 224 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales, Queensland

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	13	19	3	431	87	26.93	1308	32.95	0	2	37	0	10
ODIs	83	47	25	437	54*	19.86	583	74.95	0	1	23	0	34
First-class	63	81	19	1919	105*	30.95			1	10			45
List A	111	66	36	766	54*	25.53			0	2			41

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	13	21	2227	1068	27	6/78	8/154	39.55	2.87	82.4	2	1
ODIs	83	80	3937	2740	97	4/38	4/38	28.24	4.17	40.5	1	0
First-class	63		10865	4820	129	6/78		37.36	2.66	84.2		3
List A	111		5439	3744	127	4/38	4/38	29.48	4.13	42.8	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 10-15, 1987 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Brisbane, Jan 18, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Mar 18, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1985/86 - 1991/92
List A span	1985/86 - 1991/92

Profile

A tall, angular offspinner and stubborn left-hand bat, Peter Taylor was plucked from such obscurity to play England in 1986-87 that it was assumed the selectors had mistaken him for Mark Taylor. Undaunted, he took 6 for 87 with his energetic, jerky action that resembled a bell-ringer, and was Man of the Match. Thereafter, he struggled for penetration in Test cricket, but became a redoubtable one-day player. For a while, he occupied an odd position at the periphery of both Australian and New South Wales teams, and finished his career in Queensland. Ultimately, he was replaced in the Test team by Shane Warne. An intelligent and intense man, Taylor became an Australian selector. Greg Baum

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