Cricketers of the Week: February 5th to February 11th

#4 Ross Taylor

Ross Taylor steered New Zeland after some initial hiccups

Australia is never an easy opponent to perform against but New Zealand did exceptionally well to wrap the three-match ODI series in the first two games. In the third ODI, however, at Hamilton, New Zealand were off to a bad start but were rescued by Dean Brownlie and later Ross Taylor.

Taylor walked in at 76 for 2 in the 15^th over and scored a quick-fire 107 off just 101 balls with 13 fours. He added 100 for the third wicket with opener Brownlie and made sure New Zealand don’t lose their way despite losing four wickets for 33 runs between the 32^nd and 40^th over.

Eventually, the Kiwis managed 281 in 50 overs against a bowling attack that had Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, who conceded 63 runs but took 3 wickets. In reply, Australia were all out for 257 in 47 overs. This was Taylor’s 16^th ODI century equalling the record for most centuries by a New Zealander set by Nathan Astle.