Career
She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She plays county cricket for Sussex. Taylor"s and Holly Colvin"s inclusion in the Brighton College boys" team caused some controversy within the Master Control Console. On 30 June 2009, she scored 120 at a run-a-ball in the 2nd One Day International at Chelmsford, overtaking Enid Bakewell"s 118 in 1973 as the highest individual score against Australia by an Englishwoman.
She went on to score 129.
She reached 1000 runs when she had scored 16. At the start of the village cricket season she was the first woman player ever to play in the Darton first XI. She has also been joined at Darton by Katherine Brunt, England bowler.
She opened the batting for England in their victories in the 50 over World Cup in Australia and the Twenty/20 World Championship in 2009. However, she pulled out of the England tours of 2010 and 2011, including the Ashes match in Australia.
She was the Interstate Commerce Commission Women"s ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2014.
In 2015 she became the first woman to be inducted in the Legends Lane at the Brighton and Hove County Cricket Ground at Hove. Also in 2015 she became the first woman to play men"s grade cricket in Australia, when she appeared as wicketkeeper for Northern Districts against Portuguese Adelaide at Salisbury Oval in South Australia"s premier men"s competition.
