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June 6, 2019 Bangladesh / New Zealand

No-one knows where Ross Taylor is supposed to sit

2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 9, Bangladesh v New Zealand

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November 16, 2015 Australia / New Zealand

The Waca – fast bowlers’ graveyard

Ah, the Waca. Fast bowlers love it because it gives them an opportunity to bowl plenty of overs. Batsmen are terrified of it because of the humiliating possibility that they might not make a ton. The pitch has been so challenging in the second Test between Australia and New Zealand

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December 21, 2013 New Zealand

Ross Taylor is having a fine old time

The story of the New Zealand v West Indies series seems to be West Indies’ batting collapses. This is odd, because they’re hardly a new phenomenon. It’s also harsh on Trent Boult, who’s a darn tidy bowler. It’s perhaps even more unfair on Ross Taylor, who has countered everything thrown

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December 11, 2012 New Zealand

The Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum captaincy thing

Okay, we think we’ve got to grips with what’s happened. Mike Hesson said to Ross Taylor: “I don’t like you and I don’t like your face. I’m going to get a new captain.” Ross Taylor replied: “Who the hell are you? When did you become New Zealand coach?” Mike Hesson

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March 9, 2011 New Zealand / Pakistan

Kamran Akmal helps Ross Taylor to a hundred

Pakistan’s last five overs went for 100, largely thanks to Ross Taylor. Earlier in his innings, Taylor had been given a couple of lives by – who else – Kamran Akmal. Kamran Akmal amazes us. We hope he never goes away. You’d think the ability to catch might be an

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March 28, 2010 New Zealand

Ross Taylor hits fastest Test hundred by a New Zealander

Are breathtaking innings all about how many sixes are hit and how few balls are faced? Ross Taylor’s 81-ball hundred against Australia wouldn’t even be half as good as Yusuf Pathan’s 37-ball IPL hundred if that were the case. Clearly, it’s all about context. A DLF Maximum is commonplace. In

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November 26, 2009 Australia / England / India / New Zealand / South Africa

The five best batsmen over the next five years

The big names are generally old bastards. Who’s next? Ross Taylor, New Zealand, age 25 Ross Taylor tends to look like he’s the man who’s going to win the match for New Zealand shortly before doing something slightly spacky. Pretty soon those fifties will become hundreds and those hundreds will

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