Eric Simons

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	-	23
Runs scored	-	217
Batting average	-	15.50
100s/50s	-	-/-
Top score	-	24
Balls bowled	-	1212
Wickets	-	33
Bowling average	-	24.54
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	4/42
Catches/stumpings	-/-	6/-
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2006

Eric Owen Simons (b. 9 March 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a former South African cricketer. He was an all-rounder, and he played 23 One Day Internationals but no Tests for South Africa in the 1990s. He later became coach of the national side for two years but he was replaced in 2004 by Ray Jennings.

He was the Indian Cricket Team's Bowling Consultant from 10 January 2010 to 14 February 2011 after India's tour of Australia in 2011-2012. He is also the current head coach of the Delhi Daredevils team in the IPL.

v t e South Africa squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Pollock (c) 2 Boucher 3 Boje 4 Dippenaar 5 Donald 6 Gibbs 7 Hall 8 Kallis 9 Kirsten 10 Klusener 11 Langeveldt 12 Ntini 13 Peterson 14 Rhodes 15 Zondeki 16 Smith Replacement for Rhodes

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• Col. Arthur D. Simons (1918 - 1979), U.S. Army Special Forces officer
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• Peter Simons (born 1950), British philosopher
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• Robert Simons (1922-2011), English cricketer
• Simone Simons (born 1985), Dutch mezzo-soprano
• Timmy Simons (born 1976), Belgian footballer
• Walter Simons (1861 - 1937), German lawyer and politician

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Ross Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born	(1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 (age 28) Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Nickname	Rosco
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 234)	8 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test	23 March 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 144)	1 March 2006 v West Indies
Last ODI	25 October 2011 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–present	Central Districts
2008–2010	RC Bangalore
2009–2010	Victoria
2010	Durham
2011	Rajasthan Royals
2012-present	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	37	110	86	155
Runs scored	2,742	3,185	5,794	4,837
Batting average	43.52	37.47	41.98	38.38
100s/50s	6/15	5/20	12/33	9/31
Top score	154*	131*	217	132*
Balls bowled	90	42	660	318
Wickets	2	0	6	3
Bowling average	21.50	–	59.83	81.00
5 wickets in innings	0	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/4	–	2/4	1/13
Catches/stumpings	64/–	78/–	109/–	103/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 1 February 2012

Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984), more commonly known as Ross Taylor, is a New Zealand cricketer and the current captain, preferred ahead of wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum. He has also captained the New Zealand Under-19 side in youth internationals. Taylor has a highest first-class score of 132* in the State Shield domestic one-day competition in 2003–04, and 217 in the State Championship in 2007–08.

International career[link]

He made his debut for the New Zealand team in international cricket on 1 March 2006, in a one-day match against the West Indies. He became the second male player of Samoan heritage to play for New Zealand after Murphy Su'a.^[1] Taylor's full name is Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor; however, some sources have inaccurately recorded his name as Ross Luteru Taylor. This is because Taylor grew up answering to both Luteru and Ross when playing cricket, and did not realise he needed to write down his full name for the official New Zealand Cricket records when he was asked to fill in a questionnaire at a first-class match early in his career.

Taylor captained New Zealand for the first time in an ODI against Australia in Napier on 3 March 2010, when Daniel Vettori dropped out of the side less than 30 minutes before the start with a neck ache. Taylor top-scored with 70 and New Zealand won by two wickets with four balls to spare. Taylor was also awarded the Man of the Match and donated the $NZ 500 prize to the Landsdowne Cricket Club in Masterton.

Taylor has been a dominant batsman on the domestic scene for the past couple of seasons. He is a clean striker of the ball, and a useful off-break bowler. Taylor scored his maiden one day century in front of a delighted crowd in Napier, playing against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006. Unluckily for him, New Zealand were comprehensively beaten in that game, his innings aside. He also suffered dehydration and required a short hospital trip during the second innings. Taylor hit 84 against Australia in their opening game in the 2007 Commonwealth Bank series.

Taylor has also played English cricket for Norwich and Coltishall Wanderers in Norfolk. He was their key player and he was consistent in scoring runs.

Domestic career[link]

Taylor was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 Indian Premier League auction. An innings of note was a destructive 81* of 33 balls^[2] against the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009.

In the 2011 auction, Taylor was sold to the Rajasthan Royals. Mainly used as a finisher for the Royals, he was underused yet effective.

He departed the Rajasthan Royals to join the Delhi Daredevils for the season of 2012.

His domestic team in New Zealand is the Central Stags, in 2009/10 he played for the Victorian Bushrangers in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash as one of two overseas players (the other being Dwayne Bravo from the West Indies). In the 2009 2009-10 HRV Cup Final against the Auckland Aces, Taylor scored a match-winning 80 off 30 balls, and in a partnership with Kieran Noema-Barnett they scored 133 runs from 53 balls bowled. Taylor also hit Michael Bates for 27 in one over, including three consecutive sixes. In total Taylor hit eight sixes and five fours for the Stags. In 2010 he played for Durham in the Friends Provident T20 tournament, his most substantial contribution being a brutal 80 not out from only 33 balls including 3 fours and 9 sixes.

Achievements[link]

Taylor's first ODI century came against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006, scoring 128* off 133 balls. The innings included 12 fours and 6 sixes. Taylor scored his second century in his ODI career on 18 February 2007 against Australia. He scored 117, the 2nd highest score by a New Zealander against Australia.

He made his highest ODI score of 131* which came off 124 balls against Pakistan on 8 March 2011 at the ICC Cricket World Cup. His innings included seven (7) 6's and eight (8) 4's and contributed to New Zealand making 127 runs in the final 9 overs of the game for their highest total ever against Pakistan (302) in ODI cricket. It is from this match that Taylor earned his nickname 'The Pallekele Plunderer' after he blasted a staggering 55 runs from the last 13 deliveries he faced.^[3]

He scored his maiden Test century, a patient and restrained 120, in March 2008 at Hamilton in the first Test of the 2007–08 series against England and went on to be the leading run scorer for the series.

Aside from national duties for the New Zealand team, Taylor also plays for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for his domestic team, the Central Districts Stags. Taylor scored a match winning innings of 81 from just 33 balls for Bangalore against Kolkata to seal an improbable victory for his team in 2009.

Known for his explosive style, combining flair and aggression with proper, elegant strokes, Taylor has been a match-winner in many of the RCB's wins. He has one of the highest strike-rates as an RCB batsman and known to be a 'finisher'. After RCB's win over Delhi Daredevils at Airtel Champions League Twenty20 2009, captain Anil Kumble said that Taylor was a "murderer" of spinners, referring to his explosive innings of 65. In 38 balls, Taylor had scored six 4s and four 6s, and was declared Man of the Match.^[4]

Ross Taylor scored a Test match career-best of 154* against England at Old Trafford in May 2008, a brilliant innings including 5 sixes and 17 fours.

His third Test century, an aggressive and chancy innings of 151 runs off 204 balls, came against India at Napier in March 2009. His fourth Test century, in the next Test, was a serene 107 which delayed India's victory long enough to force a draw.

His fifth century was 138 against Australia at Hamilton, in March 2010, which was also the fastest Test century ever by a New Zealander.

Test centuries[link]

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Ross Taylor.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Ross Taylor
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	120	3	England	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2008
2	154*	7	England	Manchester, England	Old Trafford	2008
3	151	16	India	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2009
4	107	17	India	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2009
5	138	24	Australia	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2010
6	122*	34	Zimbabwe	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2012

ODI centuries[link]

The following table illustrates a summary of the ODI centuries scored by Ross Taylor.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

ODI Centuries of Ross Taylor
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	128*	3	Sri Lanka	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2006
2	117	17	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2007
3	103	48	Bangladesh	Chittagong, Bangladesh	Chittagong Divisional Stadium	2008
4	131*(Best Innings)	99	Pakistan	Kandy, Srilanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2011
5	119	110	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2011

Personal life[link]

Taylor and New Zealand women's cricketer Victoria Jayne Brown got married on 25 June 2011. Victoria gave birth to a daughter named Mackenzie on 24 September 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Ross Taylor from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Ross Taylor from CricketArchive
• Ross Taylor at New Zealand Cricket Players Association
• RCB Player Profile: Ross Taylor from Royal Challengers Bangalore

v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 3 Taylor 7 Fleming (c) 10 McMillan 11 Vettori 14 Tuffey 17 Gillespie 24 Oram 27 Bond 32 Martin 34 Marshall 39 Patel 40 Vincent 42 McCullum 45 Mason 50 Fulton 56 Styris 70 Franklin Coach: Bracewell Tuffey and Vincent were injured during the tournament and replaced in the squad by Martin and Marshall respectively.

v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Vettori (c) 2 Bond 3 Fulton 4 Gillespie 5 Hopkins 6 B. McCullum 7 N. McCullum 8 McMillan 9 Martin 10 Oram 11 Patel 12 Scott 13 Styris 14 Taylor 15 Vincent

v t e New Zealand squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 1 Vettori (c) 2 Broom 3 Butler 4 Diamanti 5 Franklin 6 Guptill 7 B. McCullum 8 N. McCullum 9 McGlashan 10 Mills 11 O'Brien 12 Oram 13 Ryder 14 Styris 15 Taylor 16 Redmond Coach: Moles Aaron Redmond was called up to cover for the injured Jesse Ryder.

v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 1 Vettori (c) 2 Bond 3 Butler 4 Guptill 5 Hopkins 6 B. McCullum 7 N. McCullum 8 Mills 9 Nicol 10 Oram 11 Redmond 12 Ryder 13 Southee 14 Styris 15 Taylor Coach: Greatbatch

v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Daniel Vettori (c) 2 Daryl Tuffey 3 James Franklin 4 Martin Guptill 5 Jamie How 6 Nathan McCullum 7 Brendon McCullum (wk) 8 Andy McKay 9 Jacob Oram 10 Jesse Ryder 11 Tim Southee 12 Scott Styris 13 Ross Taylor 14 Kane Williamson 15 Luke Woodcock Coach: John Wright Daryl Tuffey and Andy McKay were called in as a replacements for Hamish Bennett and Kyle Mills respectively.