Clare Taylor

England

Full name Clare Elizabeth Taylor

Born May 22, 1965, Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Current age 55 years 245 days

Major teams England Women, Otago Women, Yorkshire Women

Nickname Romper

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	16	21	7	226	43	16.14	0	0	5	0
ODIs	105	56	21	303	29	8.65	0	0	28	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	16	24	2383	1011	25	4/38	5/95	40.44	2.54	95.3	2	0	0
ODIs	105	104	5140	2443	102	4/13	4/13	23.95	2.85	50.3	2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India Women v England Women at Kolkata, Nov 17-20, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	England Women v South Africa Women at Taunton, Aug 20-22, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England Women v Ireland Women at Sydney, Dec 5, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI	England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Aug 30, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
4, 2/18	Otago Women	v Cant Women	Christchurch	22 Jan 2011	Other OD
2/43, 22*	Otago Women	v Cant Women	Christchurch	21 Jan 2011	Other T20
10, 1/15	Otago Women	v ND Women	Invercargill	16 Jan 2011	Other T20
1*	Otago Women	v ND Women	Invercargill	15 Jan 2011	Other OD
19, 3/32	Otago Women	v ND Women	Invercargill	14 Jan 2011	Other T20
10, 1/31	Otago Women	v Well Women	Upper Hutt	9 Jan 2011	Other T20
1/37, 10	Otago Women	v Well Women	Upper Hutt	8 Jan 2011	Other OD
0/20	Otago Women	v Well Women	Upper Hutt	7 Jan 2011	Other T20
1/13, 5	Otago Women	v Auck Women	Auckland	4 Jan 2011	Other T20
8, 1/26	Otago Women	v Auck Women	Auckland	3 Jan 2011	Other OD

Profile

An opening medium-pace bowler, Clare Taylor was one of the most successful bowlers in the women's game. She became the first England player to take 100 international wickets in 2002 andwas the second highest wicket-taker overall at the World Cup in 2000. She played 16 Tests and 105 ODIs, was made a Member of the British Empire in 2000 for services to cricket and was also one of the England side that won the 1993 World Cup at Lord's. She was also a talented footballer too, having represented Liverpool Ladies as well as playing in the football World Cup. Taylor spent her winters in New Zealand with Otago and her summers with Yorkshire, winning the County Championship 11 times in 12 seasons with them, and in between worked for the Royal Mail. She announced her retirement at the end of the 2005 season, but retained her strong links with the game as a coach - helping out at the women's academy in Durham, and then moving on to help New Zealand women, when she moved to Otago.
Cricinfo staff May 2007

Profile

Opening medium pace bowler. One of the most successful bowlers in the women's game, Clare was the second highest wicket taker overall at the CricInfo World Cup in New Zealand.

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