David Taylor - Andover Andover all-rounder David Taylor has called time on his career after plundering over 4,000 runs and taking 175 wickets in seven years of Southern Electric Premier League cricket.
He hit a triple century, eight hundreds and 21 fifties but, aged 41, has decided to hang up his boots to spend more time with his family.
Seldom out of the spotlight for one reason or another, Taylor spent his debut 2009 season with Alton, carrying off the Premier Division bowling award with a 45-wicket haul, and a year later won the first of consecutive batting prizes with a 704-run aggregate.
He moved to Totton & Eling in 2012, retaining his crown as top Premier League batsman – having alienated many followers of the local game by scoring a triple century in a second team game against Trojans on the opening day of the season.
The 31 sixes he hit in that game set a world record at the time.
Taylor spent the past two summers at Andover, his home town club, winning the Division 1 batting award this season.
He finished the current season with 756 runs, including three centuries – his highest, a remarkable 172 not out at Liphook & Ripsley in May winning the match for Andover almost single-handed.
He hit 14 sixes that day, smashing the last ball of the game over the Ripsley Park boundary rope to give Andover an amazing one-wicket win.
Taylor’s decision to retire ends a 24-year career, which began as an 18-year old playing for Hampshire IIs and captaining the NAYC at Lord’s.
He made his Worcestershire debut in the inaugural twenty20 county season, hitting 46 off 26 balls in a close win over Northants.
He later went on to play at Derbyshire before moving into Minor Counties cricket with Buckinghamshire and then into the Southern Premier League
He hit a triple century, eight hundreds and 21 fifties but, aged 41, has decided to hang up his boots to spend more time with his family.
Seldom out of the spotlight for one reason or another, Taylor spent his debut 2009 season with Alton, carrying off the Premier Division bowling award with a 45-wicket haul, and a year later won the first of consecutive batting prizes with a 704-run aggregate.
He moved to Totton & Eling in 2012, retaining his crown as top Premier League batsman – having alienated many followers of the local game by scoring a triple century in a second team game against Trojans on the opening day of the season.
The 31 sixes he hit in that game set a world record at the time.
Taylor spent the past two summers at Andover, his home town club, winning the Division 1 batting award this season.
He finished the current season with 756 runs, including three centuries – his highest, a remarkable 172 not out at Liphook & Ripsley in May winning the match for Andover almost single-handed.
He hit 14 sixes that day, smashing the last ball of the game over the Ripsley Park boundary rope to give Andover an amazing one-wicket win.
Taylor’s decision to retire ends a 24-year career, which began as an 18-year old playing for Hampshire IIs and captaining the NAYC at Lord’s.
He made his Worcestershire debut in the inaugural twenty20 county season, hitting 46 off 26 balls in a close win over Northants.
He later went on to play at Derbyshire before moving into Minor Counties cricket with Buckinghamshire and then into the Southern Premier League
