Billy Taylor (cricketer)

Billy Taylor

Taylor, middle of image
Personal information
Full name Billy Victor Taylor
Born (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Umpire
Relations James Taylor (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19992004 Sussex
20042009 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 54 142 37
Runs scored 431 191 22
Batting average 10.26 6.36 22.00
100s/50s / / /
Top score 40 21* 12*
Balls bowled 8412 6311 713
Wickets 136 182 30
Bowling average 33.34 25.81 29.43
5 wickets in innings 4 1
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 6/32 5/28 2/9
Catches/stumpings 6/ 26/ 3/
Source: , 27 August 2009

Billy Taylor (born 11 January 1977 in Southampton) is an English cricket umpire, previous professional cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex. While at Sussex, he had won the Frizzell County Championship in 2003, their very first season victory in the trophy's history. He received a county cap for Hampshire in 2006.

Taylor, who also played for Wiltshire, has three hat-tricks to his name ( and was listed in the 2005 C&G Trophy-winning Hampshire squad. He achieved one of his hat tricks during a Hampshire v Middlesex game and a career best of 6 for 32, this was the first hat trick at the Rose Bowl.

Billy also contributes a lot to charity. In 2008 Billy walked from the County Cricket Ground in Hove to the Rose Bowl in Southampton for charity.

Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove announced on 27 August 2009 that the club had released Taylor,[1] ending his five-year tenure at the club. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board list of reserve umpires, alongside Russell Evans and Alex Wharf.[2] In 2016 Billy was appointed to the ECB's Full Umpires List.

His brother, James, has also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire.

References

  1. Hampshire release Taylor, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 27 August 2009
  2. "Umpires list - 2011". www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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