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Retirement, return after four years and then a huge record. The story of Zimbabwe’s legendary batsman Brendon Taylor is very interesting, who is currently busy in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Taylor has become only the third player of Zimbabwe to complete 10,000 runs in International cricket. He did 20 runs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Complete 10 thousand runs
Brendon Taylor scored 9,989 runs in international cricket before the second ODI against Sri Lanka. As soon as he scored just 11 runs in the second ODI, he became only the third batsman of Zimbabwe, who completed 10,000 international runs. Taylor’s run has increased to 10,009 after 20 runs in the second ODI. In this case, there are only grant flowers and Andy Flower ahead of them. Grant scored 10028 runs in his international career and Andy Flower scored 11,580 runs.
- Andy Flower – 11,580 runs
- Grant Flower – 10,028 runs
- Brendon Taylor – 10,009 runs
Has taken retirement 2 times
Brendon Taylor took the first retirement in the year 2015. In fact, Taylor retired from international cricket to play in England under the Kolpak Deal. A few years later, he returned to the Zimbabwe team in 2018 with a U-turn from retirement. After that his second retirement came in 2021. Taylor was sentenced to 3 and a half years by the ICC for 3 and a half years after being found guilty in the match fixing case in 2021. After completing the 3 and a half year ban, he returned to international cricket in 2025.
Brendon Taylor returned to the ODI team after four years, but in his first match he was dismissed for zero. At the same time, he scored 20 runs in the second match, but during this time he managed to touch the figure of 10,000 international runs.
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