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Brendan Taylor stats

Data through 20 September 2026Last updated 20 September 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 20 April 2004 to 20 September 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Brendan Taylor played 31 Tests, 166 ODIs, 51 T20Is for Zimbabwe in the data, between 2004 and 2026. The most runs came in ODIs: 5,201 at an average of 33.34 and a strike rate of 75.3, with a highest score of 145*. Against New Zealand in ODIs, Brendan Taylor averaged 80.33 over 8 innings.

International matches

248

Tests 31 · ODIs 166 · T20Is 51

International runs

8,469

17 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

1,037 runs

Best batting average (Test)

37.33

61 innings

Highest score

171

Test

Teams played for

Zimbabwe 2004–2026 · 249Nottinghamshire 2015–2017 · 89Chittagong Kings 2012–2013 · 8Khulna Titans 2019 · 6Kandy Tuskers 2020 · 6Lahore Qalandars 2019 · 4Barisal Bulls 2015 · 4

BattingBowling

Brendan Taylor batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	31	61	4	2,128	171	37.33	3,707	57.4	6	10	3	227	21
ODI	166	165	9	5,201	145*	33.34	6,904	75.3	10	27	15	483	66
T20I	51	49	7	1,140	123	27.14	918	124.2	1	6	5	118	27
T20 (leagues & domestic)	57	53	7	1,037	67*	22.54	832	124.6	0	5	2	111	26
First-class	33	57	2	1,838	152	33.42	3,437	53.5	5	7	3	247	12
List A	28	24	4	761	154	38.05	792	96.1	2	4	4	84	11

Runs per year

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Brendan Taylor: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	297
2005	326
2006	261
2007	379
2008	139
2009	336
2010	734
2011	1,172
2012	230
2013	1,030
2014	659
2015	1,664
2016	909
2017	951
2018	996
2019	476
2020	687
2021	444
2025	315
2026	100

Year-by-year batting (55 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2004	ODI	13	297	22.85	55.7	73	0	3
2005	ODI	8	164	20.50	52.4	41	0	0
2005	Test	10	162	16.20	51.6	77	0	1
2006	ODI	15	261	20.08	54.6	52	0	1
2007	ODI	9	272	34.00	57.4	50	0	1
2007	T20I	2	107	107.00	127.4	60	0	1
2008	ODI	5	139	27.80	68.8	55	0	1
2009	ODI	12	336	30.55	74.7	118	1	2
2010	ODI	17	622	41.47	81.9	145	2	2
2010	T20I	6	112	22.40	112.0	59	0	1
2011	ODI	17	743	49.53	85.6	128	3	4
2011	T20I	4	71	23.67	102.9	50	0	1
2011	Test	6	358	71.60	61.1	117	2	2
2012	ODI	3	127	42.33	92.0	65	0	2
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	10	10.00	125.0	10	0	0
2012	T20I	4	82	27.33	151.9	75	0	1
2012	Test	2	11	5.50	45.8	9	0	0
2013	ODI	13	302	25.17	70.6	79	0	1
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	165	23.57	121.3	51	0	1
2013	T20I	6	94	18.80	122.1	40	0	0
2013	Test	10	469	52.11	48.5	171	2	1
2014	ODI	11	303	27.55	77.9	79	0	3
2014	T20I	3	123	41.00	133.7	59	0	1
2014	Test	8	233	33.29	54.7	93	0	1
2015	First-class	28	956	34.14	56.7	152	3	3
2015	List A	8	149	24.83	79.3	62	0	1
2015	ODI	6	433	72.17	106.9	138	2	1
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	126	11.45	109.6	47	0	0
2016	First-class	24	759	34.50	51.2	114	2	3
2016	List A	7	136	22.67	84.5	44	0	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	14	4.67	53.8	5	0	0
2017	First-class	5	123	24.60	45.9	61	0	1
2017	List A	8	376	53.71	106.8	154	1	3
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	351	35.10	124.5	67	0	2
2017	Test	6	101	16.83	41.9	73	0	1
2018	List A	1	100	100.00	109.9	100	1	0
2018	ODI	15	602	40.13	83.4	138	1	3
2018	T20I	2	48	24.00	82.8	29	0	0
2018	Test	4	246	82.00	61.3	110	2	0
2019	ODI	5	137	27.40	80.1	71	0	2
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	227	25.22	147.4	50	0	1
2019	T20I	6	112	18.67	140.0	40	0	0
2020	ODI	6	237	39.50	84.3	112	1	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	144	28.80	129.7	51	0	1
2020	T20I	5	91	22.75	109.6	59	0	1
2020	Test	6	215	35.83	71.7	67	0	2
2021	ODI	5	154	30.80	83.7	49	0	0
2021	T20I	2	25	12.50	86.2	20	0	0
2021	Test	6	265	44.17	96.7	92	0	2
2025	ODI	2	20	10.00	50.0	20	0	0
2025	T20I	8	244	30.50	150.6	123	1	0
2025	Test	2	51	25.50	42.9	44	0	0
2026	ODI	3	52	17.33	75.4	39	0	0
2026	T20I	1	31	–	103.3	31	0	0
2026	Test	1	17	17.00	31.5	17	0	0

Brendan Taylor bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR
Test	3	18	27	0	–	–	–	9.00	–
ODI	16	258	277	4	1/6	–	69.25	6.44	64.5
T20I	2	30	17	1	1/16	–	17.00	3.40	30.0
First-class	1	18	12	0	–	–	–	4.00	–

Wickets per year

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Brendan Taylor: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	3
2005	0
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	2
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2025	0
2026	0

Year-by-year bowling (6 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	6	3	43.00	6.79	1/6
2005	Test	3	0	–	9.00	0/6
2010	ODI	9	1	125.00	5.95	1/6
2010	T20I	2	1	17.00	3.40	1/16
2011	ODI	1	0	–	7.67	0/23
2015	First-class	1	0	–	4.00	0/12

Brendan Taylor against each team

vs Bangladesh vs Pakistan vs South Africa vs West Indies vs New Zealand vs Sri Lanka vs India vs Ireland vs Australia

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Bangladesh	Test	21	1093	64.29	57.8	171	5	3
New Zealand	Test	10	353	35.30	58.3	117	1	2
Sri Lanka	Test	4	188	47.00	77.7	67	0	2
Pakistan	Test	8	185	23.12	53.5	51	0	1
West Indies	Test	8	157	19.62	46.2	73	0	1
South Africa	Test	8	135	16.88	54.7	93	0	1
Bangladesh	ODI	45	1220	27.73	70.6	118	2	7
Pakistan	ODI	19	776	43.11	74.8	112	1	7
South Africa	ODI	22	587	29.35	70.6	145	1	1
West Indies	ODI	19	543	31.94	70.3	138	1	1
New Zealand	ODI	8	482	80.33	95.4	128	2	3
Sri Lanka	ODI	13	420	35.00	75.1	119	1	2
India	ODI	10	357	35.70	81.5	138	1	2
Ireland	ODI	8	241	30.12	90.6	121	1	0
Australia	ODI	9	235	26.11	71.2	65	0	2
England	ODI	4	40	10.00	44.9	17	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	11	133	13.30	100.0	32	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	4	129	64.50	129.0	75	0	2
Bangladesh	T20I	6	121	24.20	123.5	59	0	1
Ireland	T20I	3	112	37.33	145.5	59	0	1
South Africa	T20I	5	111	22.20	104.7	59	0	1
Netherlands	T20I	3	102	34.00	130.8	49	0	0
Sri Lanka	T20I	4	36	12.00	97.3	14	0	0
West Indies	T20I	3	4	1.33	36.4	4	0	0
Warwickshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	132	33.00	111.9	65	0	1
Worcestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	61	20.33	129.8	27	0	0
Leicestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	59	19.67	111.3	47	0	0
Yorkshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	52	13.00	144.4	41	0	0
Rangpur Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	44	14.67	141.9	32	0	0
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	38	19.00	111.8	33	0	0
Hampshire	First-class	8	382	47.75	59.1	103	1	3
Middlesex	First-class	5	264	52.80	54.0	106	1	1
Durham	First-class	7	262	43.67	69.3	114	2	0
Somerset	First-class	6	238	39.67	52.5	152	1	0
Worcestershire	First-class	6	188	31.33	54.3	69	0	1
Yorkshire	First-class	6	140	23.33	41.4	38	0	0
Surrey	First-class	4	109	27.25	60.2	68	0	1
Warwickshire	First-class	6	107	21.40	42.8	26	0	0
Lancashire	First-class	3	54	18.00	42.2	37	0	0
Sussex	First-class	3	23	7.67	31.1	9	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	ODI	3	1	58.00	6.44	1/14
South Africa	ODI	3	0	–	10.67	0/9
Bangladesh	ODI	4	0	–	4.87	0/10

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Harare Sports Club	80	3045	42.29	171
Trent Bridge	50	1439	31.28	114
Queens Sports Club	43	1411	33.60	117
Shere Bangla National Stadium	36	884	26.79	110
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	10	321	32.10	75
County Ground, Taunton	3	313	104.33	154
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	11	285	25.91	112
The Rose Bowl	4	226	56.50	103
Lord's	4	170	42.50	106
Edgbaston	9	158	22.57	65

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Harare Sports Club	4	2	44.50	7.42
Multan Cricket Stadium	1	1	6.00	3.00
Diamond Oval	1	1	16.00	4.00
Providence Stadium	2	1	20.00	6.67

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	855	670	127.6	35	–	–	–
T20	Middle	1009	873	115.6	41	24	1	4.00
T20	Death	313	207	151.2	12	6	0	1.00
ODI	Powerplay	1065	1775	60.0	41	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	3728	4780	78.0	100	162	1	6.15
ODI	Death	408	349	116.9	15	96	3	6.94

How Brendan Taylor was dismissed

Caught220 (59%)
Lbw60 (16%)
Bowled54 (14%)
Run out21 (6%)
Stumped11 (3%)
Caught and bowled8 (2%)
Hit wicket1 (0%)
Retired out1 (0%)

How Brendan Taylor took wickets

Caught4
Stumped1

Last 20 innings

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Brendan Taylor: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
20 Jul 2021	28
8 Sep 2021	49
13 Sep 2021	7
7 Aug 2025	44
7 Aug 2025	7
29 Aug 2025	0
31 Aug 2025	20
16 Sep 2025	29
18 Sep 2025	6
26 Sep 2025	39
28 Sep 2025	123
18 Nov 2025	14
20 Nov 2025	11
23 Nov 2025	8
25 Nov 2025	14
9 Feb 2026	31
28 Jun 2026	17
15 Sep 2026	4
18 Sep 2026	39
20 Sep 2026	9

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
20 Sep 2026	ODI	Australia	9	16	bowled	Harare Sports Club
18 Sep 2026	ODI	Australia	39	40	caught	Harare Sports Club
15 Sep 2026	ODI	Australia	4	13	caught	Harare Sports Club
28 Jun 2026	Test	Bangladesh	17	54	caught	Harare Sports Club
9 Feb 2026	T20I	Oman	31*	30	retired hurt	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
25 Nov 2025	T20I	Sri Lanka	14	16	bowled	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
23 Nov 2025	T20I	Pakistan	8	8	caught	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
20 Nov 2025	T20I	Sri Lanka	11	9	bowled	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
18 Nov 2025	T20I	Pakistan	14	14	run out	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
28 Sep 2025	T20I	Botswana	123	54	retired out	Harare Sports Club
26 Sep 2025	T20I	Uganda	39	27	caught	Harare Sports Club
18 Sep 2025	T20I	Namibia	6	8	bowled	Queens Sports Club
16 Sep 2025	T20I	Namibia	29	26	run out	Queens Sports Club
31 Aug 2025	ODI	Sri Lanka	20	37	caught	Harare Sports Club
29 Aug 2025	ODI	Sri Lanka	0	3	caught	Harare Sports Club
7 Aug 2025	Test	New Zealand	7	12	caught	Queens Sports Club
7 Aug 2025	Test	New Zealand	44	107	caught	Queens Sports Club
13 Sep 2021	ODI	Ireland	7	12	bowled	Civil Service Cricket Club
8 Sep 2021	ODI	Ireland	49	45	caught	Civil Service Cricket Club
20 Jul 2021	ODI	Bangladesh	28	39	caught	Harare Sports Club

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Brendan Taylor faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Brendan Taylor scored in Tests?

2,128 runs in 61 innings (31 matches) at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 57.4, in the data from 2005 to 2026.

How many runs has Brendan Taylor scored in ODIs?

5,201 runs in 165 innings (166 matches) at an average of 33.34 and a strike rate of 75.3, in the data from 2004 to 2026.

How many runs has Brendan Taylor scored in T20Is?

1,140 runs in 49 innings (51 matches) at an average of 27.14 and a strike rate of 124.2, in the data from 2007 to 2026.

What is Brendan Taylor's highest score?

171 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Brendan Taylor scored?

24 hundreds in the data: 6 in Tests, 10 in ODIs, 1 in T20Is, 5 in first-class, 2 in List A.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.