Jacques David Chesney Taylor (born 19 April 1988) is a

Kittitian Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of ...

cricketer who plays for the

Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Leeward Islands. Clockwise: Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Saint kitts and Nevis. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth Atlantic Ocean , coor ...

in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

who bowls

off spin Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right arm, right-handed spin bowling, spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal Delivery (cr ...

. Before making his debut for the Leewards, Taylor played for the Saint Kitts national side at the 2006 and 2008

Stanford 20/20 The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the s ...

competitions, which held full

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

status. He was 18 at the time of his debut. A former Leewards under-19s player, Taylor made his senior debut for the team during the

2010–11 WICB Cup The 2010–11 WICB Cup was the 37th domestic List A cricket tournament held in the West Indies, it took place from 14 October 2010 – 24 October 2010. The eight teams were divided into two groups with the top two from each group advancing to th ...

, a limited-overs tournament. His first-class debut came a few months, in the

2010–11 Regional Four Day Competition The 2010–11 Regional Four Day Competition was the 45th domestic first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies, it took place from 4 February 2011 – 9 April 2011. In addition to the seven Caribbean teams, the tournament also feature ...

. Taylor made his maiden first-class half-century in just his third match, making 63 against the

Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth ...

.Windward Islands v Leeward Islands
Regional Four Day Competition 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Taylor also played the role of cricketer Vivian Richards in the bollywood film 83. Taylor also worked as a coach in San Ramon for a cricket league called as SRCA.

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