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Brendan Taylor Biography

Brendan Ross Murray Taylor was born on the 6th of February, 1986 in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. His First-Class career began for Mashonaland A in Zimbabwe's Castle Lager Logan Cup competition in 2001/02. He was impressive in his first season, scoring 322 runs at 32.20, with a top score of 82.

Subsequent seasons were not nearly as impressive though, averaging 22.50 in 2002/03 and 26.75 in 2003/04. After averaging 29.63 in 8 First-Class matches, Taylor made his List A limited overs debut for Mashonaland in 2003/04. After 6 matches, he scored 43 runs at a disappointing average of 8.60. Behind the stumps, his figures were more impressive, completing 2 stumpings and 5 catches.

Little under 3 years in the domestic circuit, Taylor was called upon to represent the Zimbabwean national team in a One Day International against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo. He was clean bowled by Chaminda Vaas for a 5-ball duck. His premature entry into the national team was not a result of outstanding performances at domestic level, but rather a player strike which saw many of Zimbabwe's leading players leave the game.

After several low scores and one start (0,2,4,38) in the series against Sri Lanka, in the final match Taylor top scored with 74, including 5 fours and 3 sixes. At the conclusion of the ODI series, he was Zimbabwe's second best batsman (118 runs at 23.60), only behind Tatenda Taibu (169 at 42.25).

He retained his place in the team for the subsequent Test series, and scored 89 runs at the modest average of 22.25. Promising though, was his maiden half-century, worth 61 runs.

Since 2004, Taylor has gone from strength to strength. While there have been some concerns over his off-field behavior and his level of commitment, at 21 years of age he still has at least 15 years of cricket ahead of him.

The 2004/05 season was a huge turning point for the young wicket keeper batsman. In September of 2004, Taylor scored his maiden First-Class century on the tour of Pakistan. His 141 got the Zimbabweans to a respectable score of 324 against a Patrons XI. 2 months later he smashed 166 at better than a run-a-ball for Mashonaland against Midlands in the Logan Cup.

On the tour of Bangladesh in January, he scored his highest Test score; 78 from 135 balls in the 2nd Test. To this day, 78 is Taylor's highest Test score.

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