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Left-handed batsman (LHB)
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4349
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334
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3514
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27 November
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(born
27 October ,
1964 in
Leeton, New South Wales ) was an
Australian Cricket player and
Test opening
Batsman from
1988 –
1999 , as well as captain from
1994 –
1999 , succeeding
Allan Border . He was widely regarded as an instrumental component in
Australia 's rise to Test cricket dominance, and his captaincy was regarded as adventurous and highly effective. However, he was considered less than ideal for one-day international cricket and was eventually dropped as one-day captain after a 0-3 drubbing at the hands of England in 1997.
His debut was for New South Wales in 1985.
He retired from Test cricket on
2 February ,
1999 . In 104 Test matches, he scored 7,525 runs with a batting average of 43.49, including 19 centuries and 40 fifties. He was also an excellent
First Slip - his 157 catches, at the time, a Test record (now held by
Mark Waugh ).
Highlights of his career include the first Test victory against the
West Indies in
1995 , 839 runs against
England in the 1989
Ashes Series (helping Australia to a 4-0 Ashes win), and equalling the Australian record score of 334 against
Pakistan in 1999 (Taylor declared the innings closed with his score the same as the record set by Sir
Donald Bradman , although, unlike Bradman, Taylor was not out). Both of these records were subsequently surpassed by
Matthew Hayden 's then-world record of 380 in
2003 .
He was named
Australian Of The Year in
1999 . A portrait of Mark Taylor was hung in the 2000
Archibald Prize .
He is now a cricket commentator for the
Nine Network , and also appears on ''
The Cricket Show '' with
Simon O'Donnell . He is also a spokesman for
Fujitsu air-conditioners.
