Sarah Taylor (cricketer)

Sarah Taylor

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
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	England (2006–2019)
Test debut (cap 146)	8 August 2006 v India
Last Test	18 July 2019 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 102)	14 August 2006 v India
Last ODI	7 July 2019 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	30
T20I debut (cap 17)	5 August 2006 v India
Last T20I	21 June 2019 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–2021	Sussex
2010/11–2011/12	Wellington
2014/15–2015/16	South Australia
2015/16	Adelaide Strikers
2017	Lancashire Thunder
2018–2019	Surrey Stars
2021	Northern Diamonds
2021	Welsh 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.