Matthew Taylor (cricketer, born 1999)
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| Full name | Matthew John Taylor | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1999 Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Oxford MCCU | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Matthew John Taylor (born 5 August 1999) is a Welsh first-class cricketer.[1][2][3][4][5]
Taylor was born in Wrexham in August 1999. He was educated at Bedford Modern School where he was Captain of the first XI.[6] While studying at Bedford, Taylor began playing minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire, making his debut at the age of 18 in the 2017 MCCA Knockout Trophy.[7] Up to and including the 2019 season, Taylor has also played Minor Counties Championship and Minor Counties T20 matches for Bedfordshire County Cricket Club where he was Vice Captain.[8][9][10][11] He has been the Bedfordshire first team batsman wicket keeper 2017 to 2023. Played first grade cricket in the South Australia Premier League 2022/2023 and was the 2nd highest overseas run scorer.
From Bedford he went up to Oxford Brookes University and while studying there he coached the Ladies first XI and made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford MCCU against Middlesex and Hampshire in 2019.[6][12][13][14] He scored 101 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 61 not out against Middlesex,[15][16] which was the highest score by any of the 40 debutants in that round of matches.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ "Matthew Taylor". Wisden.
- ^ "Bedfordshire CCC". bedfordshireccc.play-cricket.com.
- ^ "Middlesex v Oxford MCCU - Cricket". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Oxford MCCU Squad Announced to Face Middlesex". 23 March 2019.
- ^ "CRICKET: Oxford MCCU take the positives from testing Hampshire clash". Oxford Mail.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Marston, Carl (21 May 2017). "Bedfordshire's last wicket pair fail to deny Suffolk a fine win to progress in Unicorns Trophy". East Anglian Daily Times.
- ^ "Cricket East - News - Bedfordshire County Cricket Club". www.cricketeast.co.uk.
- ^ "TSATT keep visiting Oxford winless". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 12 January 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "CRICKET: Oxford MCCU have work to do in The Parks". Bicester Advertiser.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Matthew Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Middlesex v Oxford University, 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "One-Way Traffic in the University Matches". Playfair Cricket Annual. Hachette UK. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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