Gregory Tyrone Taylor (born 14 December 1987) is a Bahamas

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er and the captain of the

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. Taylor is a left-handed

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who also bowls as a left-arm bowler. Taylor also played as an occasional

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Biography

Taylor made his debut for the Bahamas in the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship against the

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. Taylor made his

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debut for the Bahamas in the 1st round of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 against

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, where he scored 10 runs and

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off the bowling of

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. Taylor represented the Bahamas in the

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and in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2. He captained the sidein the

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, gaining the man-of-the-match award in their win over Gibraltar. Taylor represented the Bahamas in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 1. In July 2019, he was named in the Bahamian squad for their tour of Bermuda. In October 2021, Taylor was named as the captain of the Bahamas

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(T20I) squad for the

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tournament in Antigua. He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the Bahamas against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Gregory Tyrone 1987 births Living people Bahamian cricketers Bahamas cricket captains Bahamas Twenty20 International cricketers Wicket-keepers