Derek Taylor (cricketer)

Derek Taylor
Cricket information
Batting Right-handed batsman
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 302 265
Runs scored 7400 2091
Batting average 22.76 19.72
100s/50s 4/30 0/4
Top score 179 93
Balls bowled 52 -
Wickets 0 -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - N/A
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 622/84 236/43

Derek John Somerset Taylor (born 12 November 1942 at Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset, Surrey and Griqualand West as a wicket-keeper batsman.

Taylor holds the record for the most dismissals in a List A cricket match, tied with Steve Palframan and Jamie Pipe, having taken eight catches in a 1982 game against British Universities.[1]

Taylor's twin brother Mike Taylor played for Nottinghamshire and Hampshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Records / List A matches / Wicketkeeping records / Most dismissals in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
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