Bruce Taylor

New Zealand|Allrounder

INTL CAREER: 1965 - 1973

Bruce Richard Taylor

Born

July 12, 1943, Timaru, Canterbury

Died

February 06, 2021 (aged 77y 209d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

TEAMS

New Zealand

Canterbury

Wellington

Bruce Taylor was a tall (6'3") allrounder who batted with aggression and bowled at fast-medium with an ability to move the ball both ways even on the least responsive pitches. His Test debut was dramatic - he smacked 105 in 158 minutes against India at Calcutta in 1964-65 and followed with 5 for 86 in India's first innings. In his next match he took 5 for 26. Thereafter, he was a regular in New Zealand's side, touring England three times (1965, 1969, 1973) , Pakistan (1964-65, 1969-70) and West Indies (1971-72). In England he struggled on pitches expected to favour him, but otherwise he was a model of consistency. He retired after his last England tour, but returned successfully for Wellington in 1978-79.
Martin Williamson

Career Averages

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Test	30	50	6	898	124	20.40	-	-	2	2	-	13	10
ODI	2	1	0	22	22	22.00	42	52.38	0	0	4	0	1
FC	141	210	25	4579	173	24.75	-	-	4	17	-	-	66
List A	14	13	2	272	59*	24.72	-	-	0	1	-	-	7

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Test	30	53	6334	2953	111	7/74	9/182	26.60	2.79	57.0	5	4
ODI	2	2	114	62	4	3/25	3/25	15.50	3.26	28.5	0	0
FC	141	-	21562	10605	422	7/74	-	25.13	2.95	51.0	-	15
List A	14	-	799	410	16	4/38	4/38	25.62	3.07	49.9	1	0