Sarah Taylor (cricketer)

Sarah Taylor
A head and shoulders picture of a cricketer wearing a batting helmet
Taylor at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Sarah Jane Taylor
Born (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35)
Whitechapel, London, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 146)8 August 2006 v India
Last Test18 July 2019 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 102)14 August 2006 v India
Last ODI7 July 2019 v Australia
ODI shirt no.30
T20I debut (cap 17)5 August 2006 v India
Last T20I21 June 2019 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2021Sussex
2010/11–2011/12Wellington
2014/15–2015/16South Australia
2015/16Adelaide Strikers
2017Lancashire Thunder
2018–2019Surrey Stars
2021Northern Diamonds
2021Welsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 10 126 90 256
Runs scored 300 4,056 2,177 8,647
Batting average 18.75 38.26 29.02 41.97
100s/50s 0/0 7/20 0/16 13/54
Top score 40 147 77 147
Catches/stumpings 18/2 87/51 23/51 153/107
Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2021

Sarah Jane Taylor (born 20 May 1989) is an English cricketer and cricket coach. She appeared in 10 Test matches, 126 One Day Internationals and 90 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2006 and her retirement from international cricket in 2019 due to an anxiety issue.[1] Taylor is the fastest cricketer, male or female, to earn their first cap in all three formats of international cricket, doing so in the space of nine days against India in 2006.[2]

She has played domestic cricket for Sussex, Lancashire Thunder, Surrey Stars, Northern Diamonds, Welsh Fire, Wellington, South Australia and Adelaide Strikers. She is a wicket-keeper-batter known for her free-flowing stroke play, opening the batting in limited-overs matches and batting in the middle order in Test cricket.

  1. ^ "Sarah Taylor retires from international cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Has anyone won their first caps in all three formats quicker than Alana King?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2022.