IN FORM & GEARING UP FOR MORE FEATS

In 2018, Taylor featured in 11 ODIs scoring 639 runs at an exceptional average of 91.28 In 2019, Taylor played 8 matches till date, scoring 458 runs at an average of 65.42 Taylor needs 109 runs to complete 8000 ODI runs Taylor needs 117 runs to surpass former captain Stephen Fleming (8007 runs) as the highest ODI run aggregator for New Zealand He is 10 matches away from completing 100 Tests, a feat only Fleming (111), Brendon McCullum (101) and Daniel Vettori (112) has achieved for New Zealand Currently second on the list of most Test runs for New Zealand, Taylor (6523 runs) needs 650 runs to go past Fleming’s record of 7172 runs Already the top ODI centurion for New Zealand with 20 hundreds, Taylor is joint second (17 tons) on the Test centurions’ list. Current captain Kane Williamson has 19 while former captain Martin Crowe has 17 to his name