How many Test runs has Bob Taylor scored?

Bob Taylor has 1,156 runs in 83 Test innings from 57 matches at an average of 16.28 and a strike rate of 27.13. Highest score: 97.

What is Bob Taylor's Test batting average?

Bob Taylor's Test batting average is 16.28, from 1,156 runs and 83 innings.

How many ODI runs has Bob Taylor scored?

Bob Taylor has 130 runs in 17 ODI innings from 27 matches at an average of 13.00 and a strike rate of 41.66. Highest score: 26*.

What is Bob Taylor's ODI batting average?

Bob Taylor's ODI batting average is 13.00, from 130 runs and 17 innings.

Which teams has Bob Taylor played international cricket for?

Bob Taylor is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Bob Taylor play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1971 to 1984. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Bob Taylor

Wicketkeeper-batter · 1971 to 1984 · 84 internationals

England

Test57 matches ODI27 matches

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84Internationals

1,286Runs

0Hundreds

-Wickets

193Catches

13Stumpings

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	57	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	0	3	10	100	1
ODI	27	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	0	0	2	7	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	57	1	12	0	6	0	-	-	N/A	3.00	N/A	0	0	0
ODI	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	57	106	167	7	174	1.641	7 (7ct 0st)
ODI	27	27	26	6	32	1.185	4 (4ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Bob Taylor: Test and ODI stats

Test

57 matches · 1971-1984

1,156runs

Matches: 57
Average: 16.28
Strike rate: 27.13
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 97
Fifties: 3

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ODI

27 matches · 1973-1984

130runs

Matches: 27
Average: 13.00
Strike rate: 41.66
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 26*
Fifties: 0

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	83	83	1	1	1971-02-25	1984-03-19	Complete
ODI	17	17	-	0	1973-09-05	1984-02-25	Complete

Questions fans ask about Bob Taylor

How many Test runs has Bob Taylor scored?: Bob Taylor has 1,156 runs in 83 Test innings from 57 matches at an average of 16.28 and a strike rate of 27.13. Highest score: 97.
What is Bob Taylor's Test batting average?: Bob Taylor's Test batting average is 16.28, from 1,156 runs and 83 innings.
How many ODI runs has Bob Taylor scored?: Bob Taylor has 130 runs in 17 ODI innings from 27 matches at an average of 13.00 and a strike rate of 41.66. Highest score: 26*.
What is Bob Taylor's ODI batting average?: Bob Taylor's ODI batting average is 13.00, from 130 runs and 17 innings.
Which teams has Bob Taylor played international cricket for?: Bob Taylor is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Bob Taylor play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1971 to 1984. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

83 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1984-03-19	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1984-03-12	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1984-03-02	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1984-02-25	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-02-22	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1984-02-18	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 54 runs
1984-02-10	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1984-02-03	England v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by inns & 132 runs
1984-01-20	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1983-08-25	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 165 runs
1983-08-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 127 runs
1983-07-28	England v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 5 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1971 to 1984

Bob Taylor in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,156Runs

16.28Average

27.13Strike rate

0Hundreds

167Catches

7Stumpings

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	57	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	0	3	10	100	1

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	57	1	12	0	6	0	-	-	N/A	3.00	N/A	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	57	106	167	7	174	1.641	7 (7ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught30 · 36.1%

Bowled20 · 24.1%

LBW14 · 16.9%

Run out5 · 6.0%

Stumped2 · 2.4%

Not out12 · 14.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

31.001 inns

414.002 inns

5-0 inns

623.001 inns

717.0814 inns

814.7134 inns

918.1822 inns

1019.579 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours400 · 34.6%

Sixes6 · 0.5%

Other runs750 · 64.9%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

83runs

8.30average

26.86strike rate

050s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Bob Taylor: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	17	32	5	468	97	17.33	1,556	30.07	1	3	36	1
New Zealand	14	19	1	221	45	12.27	1,066	20.73	0	3	19	0
Pakistan	11	17	3	235	54	16.78	900	26.11	1	2	18	0
India	12	14	2	201	64	16.75	646	31.11	1	2	22	0
Sri Lanka	1	1	1	31	31*	N/A	92	33.69	0	0	5	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	20	30	4	338	64	13.00	1,148	29.44	2	4	28	1
Away	34	52	8	818	97	18.59	3,111	26.29	1	5	72	0
Neutral	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0.00	0	1	0	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	29	29	3	331	45	12.73	1,315	25.17	0	5	24	0
2nd innings of the match	26	26	3	366	64	15.91	1,442	25.38	1	3	38	0
3rd innings of the match	21	21	4	403	97	23.70	1,334	30.20	2	1	32	1
4th innings of the match	7	7	2	56	28*	11.20	169	33.13	0	1	6	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 3	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	2	50.00	0	0	0	0
No. 4	2	2	0	28	20	14.00	166	16.86	0	0	1	0
No. 6	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	80	28.75	0	0	4	0
No. 7	12	14	2	205	43	17.08	947	21.64	0	3	18	0
No. 8	24	34	2	471	97	14.71	1,831	25.72	1	4	36	0
No. 9	17	22	6	291	64	18.18	821	35.44	1	3	31	1
No. 10	7	9	2	137	54	19.57	413	33.17	1	0	10	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	22	33	4	573	97	19.75	2,152	26.62	2	3	45	0
Lost	12	24	4	223	32	11.15	842	26.48	0	1	19	0
Drawn	21	26	4	360	64	16.36	1,266	28.43	1	6	36	1
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1971	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	35	11.42	0	0	0	0
1977	1	1	0	32	32	32.00	158	20.25	0	0	4	0
1978	13	17	1	206	45	12.87	1,137	18.11	0	2	10	0
1979	6	9	2	262	97	37.42	795	32.95	2	0	23	0
1980	3	5	0	116	43	23.20	389	29.82	0	0	9	0
1981	6	10	1	66	33	7.33	223	29.59	0	3	6	1
1982	14	22	6	296	54	18.50	875	33.82	1	1	30	0
1983	5	9	2	91	28*	13.00	341	26.68	0	3	8	0
1984	6	9	0	83	23	9.22	307	27.03	0	1	10	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

Bob Taylor: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	7	11	1	168	64	16.80	457	36.76	1	1	15	1
Headingley	5	8	2	52	18	8.66	214	24.29	0	0	6	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	7	3	113	36*	28.25	387	29.19	0	1	7	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	6	0	99	37	16.50	248	39.91	0	0	9	0
WACA Ground	3	6	1	103	31	20.60	313	32.90	0	0	13	0
Adelaide Oval	2	4	1	106	97	35.33	347	30.54	1	0	6	0
Edgbaston	2	4	0	63	54	15.75	203	31.03	1	1	4	0
Lancaster Park	3	4	0	66	45	16.50	344	19.18	0	0	6	0
National Stadium, Karachi	2	4	1	77	36	25.66	361	21.32	0	0	5	0
Basin Reserve	2	3	0	22	14	7.33	100	22.00	0	1	2	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	2	3	0	24	20	8.00	159	15.09	0	0	0	0
Gaddafi Stadium	2	3	0	38	32	12.66	174	21.83	0	0	4	0
Kennington Oval	3	3	0	11	8	3.66	111	9.90	0	1	0	0
Trent Bridge	2	3	0	43	22	14.33	158	27.21	0	1	3	0
Wankhede Stadium	2	3	1	53	43	26.50	227	23.34	0	0	6	0
All	55	83	12	1,156	97	16.28	4,260	27.13	3	10	100	1

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best Test performances

Bob Taylor: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
97	300	32.33	6	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1979-01-27
64	112	57.14	9	India	Lord's	1979-08-02
54	149	36.24	4	Pakistan	Edgbaston	1982-07-29
45	217	20.73	4	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1978-02-24
43	180	23.88	5	India	Wankhede Stadium	1980-02-15
37	54	68.51	5	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1982-12-26
36*	118	30.50	2	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1979-02-10
36	200	18.00	1	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1978-01-18
33	72	45.83	4	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1981-12-09
32	158	20.25	4	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1977-12-14

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1984-03-19	Pakistan	1 & 5	-	Gaddafi Stadium	Match drawn
1984-03-12	Pakistan	0	-	Iqbal Stadium	Match drawn
1984-03-02	Pakistan	4 & 19	-	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1984-02-10	New Zealand	23	-	Eden Park	Match drawn
1984-02-03	New Zealand	2 & 15	-	Lancaster Park	New Zealand won by inns & 132 runs
1984-01-20	New Zealand	14	-	Basin Reserve	Match drawn
1983-08-25	New Zealand	21 & 0	-	Trent Bridge	England won by 165 runs
1983-08-11	New Zealand	16 & 7	-	Lord's	England won by 127 runs
1983-07-28	New Zealand	10* & 9	-	Headingley	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1983-07-14	New Zealand	0	-	Kennington Oval	England won by 189 runs

ODI CAREER · 1973 to 1984

Bob Taylor in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

130Runs

13.00Average

41.66Strike rate

0Hundreds

26Catches

6Stumpings

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	27	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	0	0	2	7	0

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	27	27	26	6	32	1.185	4 (4ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught1 · 5.9%

Bowled1 · 5.9%

LBW2 · 11.8%

Run out6 · 35.3%

Not out7 · 41.2%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

711 inns

812.0010 inns

911.004 inns

101.002 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours28 · 21.5%

Other runs102 · 78.5%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

38runs

6.33average

43.67strike rate

050s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
New Zealand	6	6	2	50	23*	12.50	106	47.16	1	4
Pakistan	4	4	3	59	26*	59.00	154	38.31	0	2
West Indies	3	3	0	11	8	3.66	26	42.30	1	1
India	2	2	2	5	3*	N/A	10	50.00	0	0
Australia	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	11	18.18	0	0
Sri Lanka	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	5	60.00	0	0
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Home	9	9	4	73	26*	14.60	189	38.62	2	3
Away	7	7	2	52	23*	10.40	113	46.01	0	4
Neutral	1	1	1	5	5*	N/A	10	50.00	0	0
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Batting first	11	11	6	100	26*	20.00	242	41.32	1	5
Chasing	6	6	1	30	12	6.00	70	42.85	1	2
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
No. 7	1	1	1	23	23*	N/A	48	47.91	0	3
No. 8	10	10	3	84	26*	12.00	206	40.77	1	3
No. 9	4	4	2	22	12	11.00	54	40.74	0	1
No. 10	2	2	1	1	1*	1.00	4	25.00	1	0
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Won	7	7	3	46	20*	11.50	117	39.31	1	3
Lost	9	9	3	61	26*	10.16	147	41.49	1	1
No result	1	1	1	23	23*	N/A	48	47.91	0	3
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

Bob Taylor: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1973	2	2	0	11	8	5.50	25	44.00	0	1
1974	1	1	1	26	26*	N/A	67	38.80	0	0
1975	1	1	1	23	23*	N/A	48	47.91	0	3
1978	2	2	0	12	12	6.00	26	46.15	1	1
1979	3	3	1	32	20*	16.00	85	37.64	1	2
1982	4	4	3	9	3*	9.00	18	50.00	0	0
1983	2	2	1	7	5*	7.00	21	33.33	0	0
1984	2	2	0	10	8	5.00	22	45.45	0	0
All	17	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	2	7

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best ODI performances

Bob Taylor: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
26*	67	38.80	0	Pakistan	Edgbaston	1974-09-03
23*	48	47.91	3	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1975-03-08
20*	59	33.89	1	Pakistan	Headingley	1979-06-16
12	25	48.00	1	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1978-01-13
12	25	48.00	1	New Zealand	Old Trafford	1979-06-20
8	18	44.44	1	West Indies	Headingley	1973-09-05
8	19	42.10	0	New Zealand	Eden Park	1984-02-25
5*	10	50.00	0	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1983-01-13
3*	8	37.50	0	India	Kennington Oval	1982-06-04
3	7	42.85	0	West Indies	Kennington Oval	1973-09-07

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1984-02-25	New Zealand	8	-	Eden Park	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-02-22	England v New Zealand	did not bat	-	Basin Reserve	England won by 6 wickets
1984-02-18	New Zealand	2	-	Lancaster Park	England won by 54 runs
1983-01-13	New Zealand	5*	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 2 runs
1983-01-11	Australia	2	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 31 runs
1982-07-19	Pakistan	1*	-	Old Trafford	England won by 73 runs
1982-07-17	England v Pakistan	did not bat	-	Trent Bridge	England won by 7 wickets
1982-06-04	India	3*	-	Kennington Oval	England won by 114 runs
1982-06-02	England v India	did not bat	-	Headingley	England won by 9 wickets
1982-02-14	Sri Lanka	3	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 3 runs