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Ross Taylor is a big name in the cricket world, who played for New Zealand for many years and retired from international cricket some time ago. But he returned to international cricket taking a U-turn from the retirement decision. 41 -year -old Taylor is not playing for New Zealand but for Samoa country and representing this team in the T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier, but his return was not good.
Prior to the T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier, Ross Taylor played 2 matches in warm-up matches and both flopped. Hardly anyone has heard the name of Samoa country before in India, but people have started to know it by going to this team like Taylor. Although the big name of Taylor is expected to return to his heart, but it was not seen yet.
He scored just 11 runs in a warm-up match against Japan, that too in 10 balls. At the same time, his bat remained silent against Malaysia, Ross Taylor scored just 4 runs in 8 balls against this team.
Of course, Ross Taylor is a big name in the cricket world, good bowlers used to sweat in dismissing them, but at the age of 41, it seems difficult for him to return to international cricket and perform the same. Taylor is a big player, because of this, fans also hope that he will perform well in the main matches of the qualifier.
Samoa’s first match in group stage is with Oman. This match will start at 11:30 am according to India. After this, the next match of the team is against PNG (Papua New Guinea) on 9 October.
Ross Taylor’s International Career
Ross Taylor, 41, played international cricket for 16 years for New Zealand. He played 112 Tests, 236 ODIs and 102 T20 matches for New Zealand. In this, he scored 7683, 8607 and 1909 runs respectively. He scored 40 centuries (19 Tests and 21 ODIs) in international cricket.