Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor's 40 centuries in international cricket are the most by a New Zealander.[1]

Ross Taylor is a former cricketer who represented the New Zealand national cricket team.[2] He has scored 19 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and 21 in One Day International (ODI) matches.[3][4] Taylor made his Test debut against South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, in November 2007.[5] His first century came four months later against England at the Seddon Park, Hamilton.[6] His highest score of 290 came against Australia at the WACA Ground, Perth in 2015.[7][8] Taylor has scored Test centuries at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside New Zealand.[9][10] He has scored his nineteen Test centuries against eight different opponents and most of his centuries (four) have come against the West Indies.

Taylor made his ODI debut in March 2006 against West Indies at McLean Park, Napier.[11] His first century came in December 2006 against Sri Lanka at the same ground; he scored 128 not out in the match which New Zealand lost by seven wickets.[12] His highest ODI score of 181 not out came against England at the University Oval in March 2018.[13] Taylor's 102 not out (off 70 balls) against Pakistan in February 2015 is the fifth-fastest century by a New Zealander in ODIs.[14][15] He has not scored any centuries in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[16][2] As of December 2019, Taylor is joint 16th in the list of century-makers in international cricket with 40, and the highest ranked New Zealander.[17]

Key

Ross Taylor batting
Ross Taylor batting against England in 2015
Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† Man of the match
Match Matches played
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (New Zealand), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by New Zealand
Won The match was won by New Zealand
Drawn The match was drawn

Test centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Ross Taylor[18]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 120  England 5 1 1/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 5 March 2008 Won [6]
2 154*  England 4 1 2/3 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 23 May 2008 Lost [19]
3 151  India 4 1 2/3 McLean Park, Napier Home 26 March 2009 Drawn [20]
4 107  India 4 4 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 3 April 2009 Drawn [21]
5 138  Australia 4 2 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 27 March 2010 Lost [22]
6 122*  Zimbabwe 4 1 1/1 McLean Park, Napier Home 26 January 2012 Won [23]
7 113  India 4 1 2/2 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away 31 August 2012 Lost [24]
8 142 †  Sri Lanka 4 1 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 25 November 2012 Won [25]
9 217* †  West Indies 4 1 1/3 University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Home 3 December 2013 Drawn [7]
10 129  West Indies 4 1 2/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 11 December 2013 Won [26]
11 131 †  West Indies 4 2 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 19 December 2013 Won [27]
12 104 †  Pakistan 4 3 2/3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 17 November 2014 Drawn [28]
13 290 †  Australia 4 2 2/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 13 November 2015 Drawn [29]
14 173* †  Zimbabwe 4 2 1/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 28 July 2016 Won [30]
15 124*  Zimbabwe 4 1 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 6 August 2016 Won [31]
16 102*  Pakistan 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 25 November 2016 Won [32]
17 107* †  West Indies 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 9 December 2017 Won [33]
18 200 †  Bangladesh 4 2 2/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 8 March 2019 Won [34]
19 105*  England 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 29 November 2019 Drawn [35]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries scored by Ross Taylor[36]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 128*  Sri Lanka 3 1 96.24 McLean Park, Napier Home 28 December 2006 Lost [12]
2 117 †  Australia 3 2 92.12 Eden Park, Auckland Home 18 February 2007 Won [37]
3 103 †  Bangladesh 4 1 86.55 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Away 14 October 2008 Won [38]
4 131* †  Pakistan 4 1 105.64 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Neutral 8 March 2011 Won [39]
5 119  Zimbabwe 4 1 94.44 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 25 October 2011 Lost [40]
6 110  West Indies 4 2 95.65 Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts Away 14 July 2012 Lost [41]
7 100  England 4 1 85.47 McLean Park, Napier Home 20 February 2013 Lost [42]
8 107*  Bangladesh 4 1 115.05 Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Away 3 November 2013 Lost [43]
9 112* †  India 4 2 88.18 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 28 January 2014 Won [44]
10 102 †  India 4 1 96.22 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Home 31 January 2014 Won [45]
11 105*  Pakistan 4 1 77.77 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 8 December 2014 Lost [46]
12 102*  Pakistan 4 1 145.71 McLean Park, Napier Home 3 February 2015 Won [47]
13 119* †  England 4 1 123.95 The Oval, London Away 12 June 2015 Won [48]
14 110  England 4 2 89.43 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away 14 June 2015 Won [49]
15 112*  Zimbabwe 4 1 91.80 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 2 August 2015 Lost [50]
16 107  Australia 4 1 105.94 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 5 February 2017 Won [51]
17 102* †  South Africa 4 1 92.72 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home 22 February 2017 Won [52]
18 113 †  England 4 2 97.41 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 25 February 2018 Won [53]
19 181* †  England 4 2 123.12 University Oval, Dunedin Home 7 March 2018 Won [54]
20 137 †  Sri Lanka 4 1 104.58 Saxton Oval, Nelson Home 8 January 2019 Won [55]
21 109* †  India 4 2 129.76 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 5 February 2020 Won [56]

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