List of international cricket centuries by Ross Taylor

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.

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

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 against England in 2015
Key
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
Man of the match
MatchMatches played
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
TestThe number of the Test match played in that series
S/RStrike rate during the innings
H/A/NVenue was at home (New Zealand), away or neutral
DateDate the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
LostThe match was lost by New Zealand
WonThe match was won by New Zealand
DrawnThe match was drawn

Test centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Ross Taylor[18]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1 120  England511/3Seddon Park, HamiltonHome5 March 2008Won[6]
2 154*  England412/3Old Trafford, ManchesterAway23 May 2008Lost[19]
3 151  India412/3McLean Park, NapierHome26 March 2009Drawn[20]
4 107  India443/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonHome3 April 2009Drawn[21]
5 138  Australia422/2Seddon Park, HamiltonHome27 March 2010Lost[22]
6 122*  Zimbabwe411/1McLean Park, NapierHome26 January 2012Won[23]
7 113  India412/2M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway31 August 2012Lost[24]
8 142 †  Sri Lanka412/2Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, ColomboAway25 November 2012Won[25]
9 217* †  West Indies411/3University of Otago Oval, DunedinHome3 December 2013Drawn[7]
10 129  West Indies412/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonHome11 December 2013Won[26]
11 131 †  West Indies423/3Seddon Park, HamiltonHome19 December 2013Won[27]
12 104 †  Pakistan432/3Dubai International Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral17 November 2014Drawn[28]
13 290 †  Australia422/3WACA Ground, PerthAway13 November 2015Drawn[29]
14 173* †  Zimbabwe421/2Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway28 July 2016Won[30]
15 124*  Zimbabwe412/2Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway6 August 2016Won[31]
16 102*  Pakistan432/2Seddon Park, HamiltonHome25 November 2016Won[32]
17 107* †  West Indies432/2Seddon Park, HamiltonHome9 December 2017Won[33]
18 200 †  Bangladesh422/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonHome8 March 2019Won[34]
19 105*  England432/2Seddon Park, HamiltonHome29 November 2019Drawn[35]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries scored by Ross Taylor[36]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1 128*  Sri Lanka3196.24McLean Park, NapierHome28 December 2006Lost[12]
2 117 †  Australia3292.12Eden Park, AucklandHome18 February 2007Won[37]
3 103 †  Bangladesh4186.55Chittagong Divisional Stadium, ChittagongAway14 October 2008Won[38]
4 131* †  Pakistan41105.64Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, PallekeleNeutral8 March 2011Won[39]
5 119  Zimbabwe4194.44Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway25 October 2011Lost[40]
6 110  West Indies4295.65Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint KittsAway14 July 2012Lost[41]
7 100  England4185.47McLean Park, NapierHome20 February 2013Lost[42]
8 107*  Bangladesh41115.05Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, FatullahAway3 November 2013Lost[43]
9 112* †  India4288.18Seddon Park, HamiltonHome28 January 2014Won[44]
10 102 †  India4196.22Wellington Regional Stadium, WellingtonHome31 January 2014Won[45]
11 105*  Pakistan4177.77Dubai International Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral8 December 2014Lost[46]
12 102*  Pakistan41145.71McLean Park, NapierHome3 February 2015Won[47]
13 119* †  England41123.95The Oval, LondonAway12 June 2015Won[48]
14 110  England4289.43Rose Bowl, SouthamptonAway14 June 2015Won[49]
15 112*  Zimbabwe4191.80Harare Sports Club, HarareAway2 August 2015Lost[50]
16 107  Australia41105.94Seddon Park, HamiltonHome5 February 2017Won[51]
17 102* †  South Africa4192.72Hagley Oval, ChristchurchHome22 February 2017Won[52]
18 113 †  England4297.41Seddon Park, HamiltonHome25 February 2018Won[53]
19 181* †  England42123.12University Oval, DunedinHome7 March 2018Won[54]
20 137 †  Sri Lanka41104.58Saxton Oval, NelsonHome8 January 2019Won[55]
21 109* †  India42129.76Seddon Park, HamiltonHome5 February 2020Won[56]

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