Player profile
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Role
- Wicketkeeper
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm off-break
- Born
- 6 Feb 1986 Age 40
- Recorded matches
- 8758 internationals
Brendan Taylor is a wicketkeeper from Zimbabwe with 87 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 58 internationals (9 Tests, 25 ODIs, 24 T20Is).
Batting: 2,179 runs across all recorded formats, with 1 hundred and 11 fifties; the most runs came in ODI cricket (689) and the highest recorded score is 112.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 9 | 16 | 580 | 92 | 36.25 | 73.4 | 0/4 | – | – | – | – |
| ODI | 25 | 24 | 689 | 112 | 28.71 | 80.0 | 1/4 | – | – | – | – |
| T20I | 24 | 23 | 312 | 59 | 14.86 | 105.4 | 0/1 | – | – | – | – |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 20 | 19 | 450 | 51 | 25.00 | 142.4 | 0/2 | – | – | – | – |
| T10 | 9 | 9 | 148 | 36 | 21.14 | 151.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Brendan Taylor at a glance
FairPlay holds 19 complete scorecards featuring Brendan Taylor, most recently for Zimbabwe (T20 and shorter, one-day, first-class).
In those matches Brendan Taylor batted 18 times for 346 runs at a strike rate of 76.21. The highest score was 81 off 101 balls against Bangladesh.
How the 16 dismissals happened: caught 9, bowled 4, run out 2, retired 1.
These matches were played at 6 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 18 | 2 | 346 | 81 | 21.63 | 76.21 | 1/0 |
| Did not bowl in these matches. |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Afghanistan v ZimbabweBat 45* (63) · Bowl – | ||
| 23 Oct 2026 | Afghanistan v ZimbabweBat 7 (11) · Bowl – | ||
| 19 Oct 2026 | Afghanistan v ZimbabweBat 1 (4) · Bowl – | ||
| 17 Oct 2026 | Bangladesh v ZimbabweBat 81 (101) · Bowl – | ||
| 20 Sept 2026 | Zimbabwe v AustraliaBat 9 (16) · Bowl – | ||
| 18 Sept 2026 | Zimbabwe v AustraliaBat 39 (40) · Bowl – | ||
| 15 Sept 2026 | Zimbabwe v AustraliaBat 4 (13) · Bowl – | ||
| 28 Jun 2026 | Zimbabwe v BangladeshBat 17 (54) · Bowl – | ||
| 9 Feb 2026 | Oman v ZimbabweBat 31* (30) · Bowl – | ||
| 5 Feb 2026 | Oman v ZimbabweBat 26 (20) · Bowl – | ||
| 3 Feb 2026 | Netherlands v ZimbabweBat – · Bowl – | ||
| 25 Nov 2025 | Sri Lanka v ZimbabweBat 14 (16) · Bowl – | ||
| 23 Nov 2025 | Pakistan v ZimbabweBat 8 (8) · Bowl – | ||
| 20 Nov 2025 | Sri Lanka v ZimbabweBat 11 (9) · Bowl – | ||
| 18 Nov 2025 | Pakistan v ZimbabweBat 14 (14) · Bowl – | ||
| 2 Nov 2025 | Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBat 4 (4) · Bowl – | ||
| 31 Oct 2025 | Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBat 3 (7) · Bowl – | ||
| 29 Oct 2025 | Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBat 0 (1) · Bowl – | ||
| 20 Oct 2025 | Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBat 32 (43) · Bowl – |
Zimbabwe's next match
Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Test Series, 13 Nov 2026.
The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Brendan Taylor has been selected.
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