Taylor honoured by team mates

​Ross Taylor was recognised by his peers last night as the eighth recipient of The Players’ Cap. NZCPA Life Member and NZC Board member Martin Snedden presented Taylor with The Players’ Cap in front of delighted team mates, partners and team management.

A surprised Taylor was reflective of what The Players’ Cap means to the group stating,
 
“Mostly I am thankful to the other guys. This group of players have a genuine collective approach and getting this type of thing is really rewarding”. 

“The award is something to be really proud of, its special, and I just want to thank everyone.”
 
Taylor is the second player to be acknowledged more than once as the players’ Player of the Year, the other being Kane Williamson who secured three consecutive Players’ Cap’s between 2015 – 2017.
 
Taylor was in spectacular form over the past season and particularly in ODI matches where he scored 759 runs, averaging 84.33 and a high score of 137 against Sri Lanka at Nelson. Taylor surpassed 50 runs in 7 of his 13 innings and included a stretch of six consecutive innings above the half century mark.
 
Taylor was also named as the ODI Player of the Year at the ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards last night, capping off a remarkable season where he became the leading all time run scorer for New Zealand, the leading ODI run scorer, and the first player to score 20 ODI centuries for New Zealand.  
 
The PLAYERS’ Cap recipients:
2018:   7          Trent Boult
2017:   6          Kane Williamson
2016:   5          Kane Williamson
2015:   4          Kane Williamson
2014:   3          Ross Taylor
2013:   2          Tim Southee
2012:   1          Brendon McCullum
 
The leading Players’ Cap vote recipients from each series during 2018/19 were

• Pakistan Tour                         Kane Williamson
• Sri Lanka in NZ                        Tim Southee and Tom Latham
• India in NZ                               Trent Boult
• Bangladesh in NZ                    Ross Taylor and Neil Wagner

 
The leading Players’ Cap vote recipients per format were

• Test                                         Kane Williamson
• ODI                                          Ross Taylor and Trent Boult
• T20i                                         Colin Munro