10 Interesting Facts About Sarah Taylor

Sarah Jane Taylor is an English right-handed wicketkeeper batter. She appeared in 10 Test matches, 126 One Day Internationals and 90 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2006 and her retirement in 2019.

On her birthday, we take a look into 10 facts about her.

1) In 2015, Sarah Taylor achieved the feat of the first woman to play men’s grade cricket in Australia:

2) In 2008, Sarah was just 19 years old when she became the youngest woman cricketer to complete 1000 runs in ODIs.

3) In 2016, Sarah announced that she’d be taking a break from cricket due to her severe anxiety, which was affecting her on-field performance too. In 2017, Sarah resumed cricket and was even selected in the Women’s Cricket World Cup.

4) In 2014, Sarah was named as the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer Of The Year. She was also named the ICC T20I Cricketer Of The Year in 2012 and 2013.

5) Until her retirement, Sarah held the record of most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in women’s international cricket

6) On 8th August 2008, Sarah Taylor along with teammate Caroline Atkins broke the record of the highest stand in Women’s ODI cricket. Sarah and Caroline together scored 268 runs for the first wicket from which Sarah scored 129 runs individually in that match played against South Africa.

7) Sarah scored 6533 international runs in her career and became the second highest run scorer for England in International cricket

.8) Taylor is the only wicket-keeper across both men and women’s cricket to affect 50 or more stumpings in T20I Cricket.

9) In 2015, Sarah Taylor had the honor of getting inducted in the Legends Lane at the Brighton and Hove Country Cricket Ground

10) Sarah Taylor is making her cricketing come back via Welsh Fire team in The Hundred tournament.