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Michael Taylor (cricketer)
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Michael David Taylor was an Australian first class cricketer who played for Victoria and Tasmania, and despite never playing Test cricket
or One Day Internationals for Australia
, also participated in the South African rebel tours
.
Michael Taylor made his debut in the 1977-78 season, and was a regular player in the Victoria line-up until the 1984-85 season, when he decided to join the Australian Rebels in South Africa
the following year. It proved to be an exceptionally good tour for Taylor, as he was the leading run-scorer for the tourists, making 668 runs including 3 centuries, and 3 half-centuries at 55.66, with a high score of 109. He returned to South Africa
for the second rebel tour of 1986-87, but it was less fruitful for Taylor. He managed 306 runs at 27.81 with a top score of 64.
Taylor tried to re-enter the first class cricket fold the following Australian summer, but was not welcomed back into the Victoria side. Instead he opted for a move to Tasmania, who at that time were struggling to consolidate a successful batting line-up. He quickly fitted in at the top of their order, and enjoyed good success with the Tasmanian side before retiring in 1990.
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
or One Day Internationals for Australia
Australian cricket team
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, also participated in the South African rebel tours
South African rebel tours
The South African rebel tours were a series of seven cricket tours staged between 1982 and 1990. They were known as the rebel tours because South Africa was throughout this period banned from international cricket due to the apartheid regime...
.
Michael Taylor made his debut in the 1977-78 season, and was a regular player in the Victoria line-up until the 1984-85 season, when he decided to join the Australian Rebels in South Africa
South African rebel tours
The South African rebel tours were a series of seven cricket tours staged between 1982 and 1990. They were known as the rebel tours because South Africa was throughout this period banned from international cricket due to the apartheid regime...
the following year. It proved to be an exceptionally good tour for Taylor, as he was the leading run-scorer for the tourists, making 668 runs including 3 centuries, and 3 half-centuries at 55.66, with a high score of 109. He returned to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
for the second rebel tour of 1986-87, but it was less fruitful for Taylor. He managed 306 runs at 27.81 with a top score of 64.
Taylor tried to re-enter the first class cricket fold the following Australian summer, but was not welcomed back into the Victoria side. Instead he opted for a move to Tasmania, who at that time were struggling to consolidate a successful batting line-up. He quickly fitted in at the top of their order, and enjoyed good success with the Tasmanian side before retiring in 1990.