David Taylor

Who is David Taylor?

David Kenneth Taylor is an English cricketer. He was born in Oxford.

Taylor played for Hampshire's Second XI in 1993 at the age of 18, and the following year captained a National Association of Young Cricketers side against Minor Counties. He had a further outing for Gloucestershire seconds in 1995, but then dropped out of view for a while. In 1998 he played for Oxfordshire in the MCC Trophy, and three years later still he at last made his List A debut for the same county, against Huntingdonshire in the C&G Trophy at Vicarage Hill in East Challow. It was not a happy occasion for Taylor: he made only 1 and Oxfordshire lost by 77 runs.

Taylor's next List A game, in the first round of the same competition in August 2002, saw him playing for Buckinghamshire, and making by far his highest score at this level: 140 in a huge total of 424/5 which set up a crushing 230-run triumph over Suffolk at Dinton. He also played in Buckinghamshire's much closer victory over Shropshire in the second round in September.