Les Taylor
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Full Name
Leslie Brian Taylor
Born
October 25, 1953, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire
Age
69y 225d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Height
6ft 3in
Education
Heathfield High School, Earl Shilton
Les Taylor was one of the last of a breed - an English seamer from down the mines. Tall and muscular, he used accuracy and movement off the seam to good effect, and although he was 23 before he made his Leicestershire debut, he quickly established himself in the side. In 1981 he took 75 wickets, but threw in his lot with Graham Gooch's rebel tour to South Africa when overlooked by the selectors. On that trip he was the leading bowler with 11 wickets at 18.72. He made his England debut in 1985 after serving a three-year ban, playing the final two Tests of the summer. He did enough to win selection for that winter's tour of the Caribbean, but so rare were his outings in the West Indies that he was dubbed "Lord Lucan" by sections of the media. His career was dogged by niggling injuries - Martin Johnson once wrote that when Taylor was playing "the Grace Road physiotherapist got through more work than a Skegness donkey". As a batsman, Taylor was a genuine No. 11 - on one occasion with Leicestershire needing 20 to avoid the follow-on, Taylor arrived at the crease to face a rampaging Sylvester Clarke. David Gower, the Leicestershire captain, shook his head. "I just can't do it," he said, and declared.
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Les Taylor Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ODI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 6 | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 218 | 199 | 86 | 1061 | 60 | 9.38 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 53 | 0 |
List A | 210 | 65 | 44 | 166 | 15* | 7.90 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 42 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 2 | 4 | 381 | 178 | 4 | 2/34 | 3/73 | 44.50 | 2.80 | 95.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI | 2 | 2 | 84 | 47 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.35 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 218 | - | 31480 | 14648 | 581 | 7/28 | - | 25.21 | 2.79 | 54.1 | - | 18 | 1 |
List A | 210 | - | 9561 | 6468 | 302 | 6/35 | 6/35 | 21.41 | 4.05 | 31.6 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
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Debut/Last Matches of Les Taylor
Test Matches
ODI Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches