Delroy Taylor Cricketer

Delroy Bertram Taylor (born 30 June 1975) is a former Jamaican cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in St Catherine, Jamaica. Having played Youth Test and Youth One Day Internationals for West Indies Under-19s, Taylor made a single first-class appearance for Jamaica against the touring English county of Lancashire in 1996. In this match, he took the wicket of Michael Atherton in Lancashire's first-innings for the cost of 65 runs from 10 overs, while in Lancashire's second-innings he took the wicket of Warren Hegg for the cost of 35 runs from 7 overs. In Jamaicas first-innings, Taylor scored 60 runs before he was dismissed by Mike Watkinson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 20. Despite what was a fairly successful debut, Taylor made no further appearances for Jamaica in any format. Later in 2003, while he studying at Durham University in England for his degree, Taylor made a single first-class appearance for Durham UCCE against Nottinghamshire. In this match, he scored 82 runs in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Paul Franks, while in their second-innings he same bowler dismissed him for a single run. In that same season, he made a single first-class appearance for British Universities against the touring Zimbabweans. In this match, he was dimissed in the teams first-innings for 16 runs by Douglas Hondo, while in their second-innings the same bowler dismissed him for 27 runs.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 30, 1975
Birth place
Jamaica , Saint Catherine Parish

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  1. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/20/20994/20994.html
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53146.html