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.

Veteran cricketer Ross Taylor, who has played for New Zealand, has taken a U-turn from retirement. He has decided to play in the ICC T20 World Cup Asia-East Asia Pacific qualifier not for New Zealand but for Samoa. Let us know that by winning this qualifier tournament, Samoa can qualify for next year’s T20 World Cup. Ross Taylor has shared this information through social media.

Ross Taylor wrote, “It has become official now. I am proud to announce that I will now come to the blue jersey and represent Samoa cricket team. It is not just a return to the game that I love. It will be a great respect for me to represent my heritage, culture, villages and family.”

Taylor has the ability to play for Samoa, because his mother comes from Samoa. It has been more than 3 years since he played a last match for New Zealand, so Ross Taylor can now play for another country in international cricket.

450 matches played for New Zealand

Ross Taylor, 41, played 450 matches for New Zealand in international cricket. He scored 18,199 runs in Tests, ODIs and T20s. He was also a part of the New Zealand Test team which won the 2021 World Test Championship title.

The T20 World Cup Asia East Asia Pacific Regional qualifier will start its campaign in the final phase from the match against Oman on 8 October. Samoa is placed in Group C with Papua New Guinea and Oman. Samoa can make it to Super-6 by staying in the top-2 of this group. At the same time, the team which will remain in the top-3 of the Super-6 phase will qualify for the World Cup.

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