James Taylor (cricketer, born 1990)

James Taylor

Taylor playing for Leicestershire in 2009
Personal information
Full name	James William Arthur Taylor
Born	(1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34) Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
Nickname	Titch[1]
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	England (2011–2016)
Test debut (cap 653)	2 August 2012 v South Africa
Last Test	22 January 2016 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 222)	25 August 2011 v Ireland
Last ODI	20 November 2015 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	4
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2011	Leicestershire (squad no. 9)
2012–2016	Nottinghamshire (squad no. 4)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 7 27 139 136 Runs scored 312 887 9,306 5,365 Batting average 26.00 42.23 46.06 53.11 100s/50s 0/2 1/7 20/47 15/30 Top score 76 101 291 146* Balls bowled – – 228 138 Wickets – – 0 5 Bowling average – – – 34.00 5 wickets in innings – – – 0 10 wickets in match – – – 0 Best bowling – – – 4/61 Catches/stumpings 7/– 7/– 91/– 30/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 April 2016

James William Arthur Taylor (born 6 January 1990) is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England .^[2] A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler, Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009, Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England, Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.

Having represented England at under-19 level and captained the England Lions, Taylor made his One Day International (ODI) debut for England in August 2011. In December 2011, Taylor signed a contract to play for Nottinghamshire and the following summer he made his England Test debut when he faced South Africa at Headingley becoming the 653rd man to play Test cricket for England and the first born in the 1990s.^[3]

A serious heart condition, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), forced him to retire from all cricket in April 2016. Two years after his retirement he was appointed as a selector for the England team.^[4]