Ross Taylor is a former cricketer who represented the New Zealand national cricket team. He has scored 19 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and 21 in One Day International (ODI) matches. Taylor made his Test debut against South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, in November 2007. His first century came four months later against England at the Seddon Park, Hamilton. His highest score of 290 came against Australia at the WACA Ground, Perth in 2015. Taylor has scored Test centuries at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside New Zealand. He has scored his nineteen Test centuries against eight different opponents and most of his centuries (four) have come against the West Indies.

Taylor made his ODI debut in March 2006 against West Indies at McLean Park, Napier. 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. His highest ODI score of 181 not out came against England at the University Oval in March 2018. Taylor's 102 not out (off 70 balls) against Pakistan in February 2015 is the fifth-fastest century by a New Zealander in ODIs. He has not scored any centuries in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. , Taylor is joint 16th in the list of century-makers in international cricket with 40, and the highest ranked New Zealander.

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+ Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the match Match Matches played Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series S/R Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (New Zealand), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches Lost The match was lost by New Zealand Won The match was won by New Zealand Drawn The match was drawn

Test centuries

+ List of Test centuries scored by Ross TaylorNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResult Ref 1 120 5 1 1/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 2 154* 4 1 2/3 Old Trafford, Manchester Away Lost 3 151 4 1 2/3 McLean Park, Napier Home Drawn 4 107 4 4 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Drawn 5 138 4 2 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Lost 6 122* 4 1 1/1 McLean Park, Napier Home Won 7 113 4 1 2/2 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away Lost 8 142 4 1 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away Won 9 217* 4 1 1/3 University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Home Drawn 10 129 4 1 2/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 11 131 4 2 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 12 104 4 3 2/3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Drawn 13 290 4 2 2/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Drawn 14 173* 4 2 1/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 15 124* 4 1 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 16 102* 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 17 107* 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 18 200 4 2 2/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 19 105* 4 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Drawn

One Day International centuries

+ List of ODI centuries scored by Ross TaylorNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResult Ref 1 128* 3 1 96.24 McLean Park, Napier Home Lost 2 117 3 2 92.12 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 3 103 4 1 86.55 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Away Won 4 131* 4 1 105.64 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Neutral Won 5 119 4 1 94.44 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Lost 6 110 4 2 95.65 Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts Away Lost 7 100 4 1 85.47 McLean Park, Napier Home Lost 8 107* 4 1 115.05 Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Away Lost 9 112* 4 2 88.18 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 10 102 4 1 96.22 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Home Won 11 105* 4 1 77.77 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Lost 12 102* 4 1 145.71 McLean Park, Napier Home Won 13 119* 4 1 123.95 The Oval, London Away Won 14 110 4 2 89.43 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away Won 15 112* 4 1 91.80 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away Lost 16 107 4 1 105.94 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 17 102* 4 1 92.72 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home Won 18 113 4 2 97.41 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 19 181* 4 2 123.12 University Oval, Dunedin Home Won 20 137 4 1 104.58 Saxton Oval, Nelson Home Won 21 109* 4 2 129.76 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won

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