Brendan Taylor
Brendan Taylor — career overview
Brendan Taylor is a cricketer who represents Zimbabwe in international cricket as a wk-batsman and wicketkeeper (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm offbreak bowler). In international cricket Brendan Taylor has appeared in 36 Tests (2,403 runs at 36.25, with 6 hundreds and 12 fiftys); 207 ODIs (6,704 runs at 35.55, with 11 hundreds and 39 fiftys); 44 T20Is (859 runs at 22.03, with 5 fiftys). With the ball, Brendan Taylor has taken 11 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Brendan Taylor with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Zimbabwe rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 36 | 71 | 4 | 2403 | 171 | 36.25 | 4300 | 56.07 | 6 | 12 | 267 | 22 |
| ODI | 207 | 205 | 15 | 6704 | 145 | 35.55 | 8762 | 76.63 | 11 | 39 | 599 | 106 |
| T20I | 44 | 44 | 5 | 859 | 60 | 22.03 | 747 | 114.99 | - | 5 | 87 | 21 |
| T20 (dom.) | 51 | 49 | 6 | 1131 | 123 | 26.30 | 905 | 124.98 | 1 | 6 | 115 | 30 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 36 | 4 | 42 | 38 | - | 0/6 | 0/6 | - | 5.43 | - | - | - |
| ODI | 207 | 21 | 396 | 406 | 9 | 3/54 | 3/54 | 45.11 | 6.15 | 44.0 | - | - |
| T20I | 44 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 17.00 | 3.40 | 30.0 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 51 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 17.00 | 3.40 | 30.0 | - | - |
Wicketkeeping
| Format | Mat | Ct | St | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 36 | - | - | - |
| ODI | 207 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 44 | - | - | - |
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Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Brendan Taylor — Career Overview
Brendan Taylor is a wk-batsman from Zimbabwe. Brendan bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm offbreak and keeps wicket. Wicketkeeper-batters carry one of the most demanding workloads in the modern game: hours of concentration behind the stumps and a finishing role with the bat, often through the middle and death overs. Reflexes, footwork to spin and a calm head under pressure separate the best in this category. Zimbabwe is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 36 Tests: 2,403 runs at an average of 36.25, strike rate 56.07 (6 hundreds, 12 fiftys); 207 ODIs: 6,704 runs at an average of 35.55, strike rate 76.63 (11 hundreds, 39 fiftys); 44 T20Is: 859 runs at an average of 22.03, strike rate 114.99 (5 fiftys). International bowling — 9 wickets in ODI at 45.11, economy 6.15; 1 wicket in T20I at 17.00, economy 3.40. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Brendan Taylor's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Brendan Taylor's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.