Player profile

Brendan Taylor

· ZW

Born: 1986-02-06
Batting: right handed
Bowling: na
From: Zimbabwean

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
List A	28	761	38.05	96.09	154
T10	4	50	25	161.29	23*
First-class	33	1,838	33.42	53.48	152
ODI	212	6,845	34.92	76.51	145*
T20	72	1,477	25.91	126.24	69*
T20I	59	1,216	24.32	122.33	123
Test	38	2,640	37.71	57.35	171

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
First-class	33	0	4	3.0	—
ODI	212	9	6.15	66.0	3/54
T20I	59	1	3.4	5.0	1/16
Test	38	0	5.43	7.0	—

Recent performances

T20 match form

9 Feb 2026vs OMA, T20 WC 2026, #8T20I

Batting: 31 (30b)
Bowling: —

25 Nov 2025vs SL, PAK Tri-Series 2025, #5T20I

Batting: 14 (16b)
Bowling: —

23 Nov 2025vs PAK, PAK Tri-Series 2025, #4T20I

Batting: 8 (8b)
Bowling: —

20 Nov 2025vs SL, PAK Tri-Series 2025, #2T20I

Batting: 11 (9b)
Bowling: —

18 Nov 2025vs PAK, PAK Tri-Series 2025, #1T20I

Batting: 14 (14b)
Bowling: —

2 Nov 2025vs AFG, AFG vs ZIM 2025, #3T20I

Batting: 4 (4b)
Bowling: —

31 Oct 2025vs AFG, AFG vs ZIM 2025, #2T20I

Batting: 3 (7b)
Bowling: —

29 Oct 2025vs AFG, AFG vs ZIM 2025, #1T20I

Batting: 0 (1b)
Bowling: —

28 Sep 2025vs BOT, T20 WC Africa Qualifier Final 2025, #7T20I

Batting: 123 (54b)
Bowling: —

26 Sep 2025vs UGN, T20 WC Africa Qualifier Final 2025, #3T20I

Batting: 39 (27b)
Bowling: —

18 Sep 2025vs NAM, NAM vs ZIM 2025, #3T20I

Batting: 6 (8b)
Bowling: —

16 Sep 2025vs NAM, NAM vs ZIM 2025, #2T20I

Batting: 29 (26b)
Bowling: —

About

Player story

One of the greatest players from Zimbabwe to ever grace the gentlemen’s game, Brendan Taylor is a former skipper of the Zimbabwe national team. Most evidently, he is considered one of the best batsmen in the whole history of Zimbabwe Cricket. Taylor had a passion for playing cricket since his childhood and made it to first-class cricket at the bare age of 15 years. Taylor was primarily an opening batsman who could bat well in the middle order as well to stabilize the batting. Brendan Taylor made his First-Class debut for Mashonaland A at the age of 15 in 2001-02. The following year, he shot to fame in the local Zimbabwean circuit by notching up a double ton in the Logan Cup. Taylor made his ODI debut at the age of 18 against Sri Lanka in 2004 at Bulawayo and was dismissed for a duck by Chaminda Vaas. On the same tour, Taylor made his Test debut scoring 19 and 4 in two innings in a match that Zimbabwe lost by an innings and 240 runs. Soon the temporary exit of Tatenda Taibu saw Brendan Taylor being picked as the specialist keeper in the side in 2006. During the group stage match against Australia in the inaugural ICC World T20 in 2007, Taylor was scintillating with both bat and gloves during Zimbabwe's upset over the mighty Aussies. He was awarded the Man of the Match award for his 45-ball 60. The Harare-born was then appointed as the captain of Zimbabwe for the Tests against Bangladesh. The series marked Zimbabwe’s return to Test Cricket. He scored 71 in the first innings and followed it up with 105* in the second, becoming the 2nd Zimbabwean to score a century on a captaincy debut. Against New Zealand in October 2011, Taylor became the first batsman to score back-to-back centuries. After being adjudged the 'Man of the Series', Taylor continued his good form in Tests against New Zealand. In the 2015 ICC World Cup, he scored 433 runs and set a brilliant record for the Zimbabwe team. Taylor hit another century against India, scoring 138 off 110 balls

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Brendan Taylor scripts history with Test century at 40 against Afghanistan

5 Nov 2026