Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor (born 21 December 1989) is an English-born

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er who played international cricket for

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. Taylor played as a left-handed

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and bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in

Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...

, Northamptonshire. He has also been Head Coach of

Lightning Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on ...

Loughborough Lightning Loughborough Lightning may refer to one of three women's sports teams based at Loughborough University: * Loughborough Lightning (netball) * Loughborough Lightning (cricket) * Loughborough Lightning (rugby union) {{disambiguation ...

and of the women's cricket programme at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

Early career

Taylor was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

, before attending

to study for a degree in Sports Management. While at Loughborough University, he made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 2010.

County career

He joined

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

for the remainder of the 2011 season, making his debut for the county against

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in the

County Championship The County Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Rothesay County Championship, is the only domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales. Established in 1890, it is organised by the England and Wales Cri ...

, and making an impressive 70.

International career

In September 2012, Taylor was selected by

to be part of a tour group to South Africa in October 2012. Although born in Northampton, Taylor qualifies to play for Scotland by having a Scottish parent. He made his international debut for Scotland in an ODI against

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in 2013.

Coaching career

Taylor was appointed Head Coach of

ahead of the 2018 season, leading them to the final of the competition in his first season. When English women's cricket was reformed ahead of the 2020 season, Taylor retained his coaching role in the East Midlands, becoming Head Coach of the new side

. He has also been Head Coach of the Women's MCCU programme at

. In 2021, he was appointed as

Welsh Fire Welsh Fire () are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Cardiff. The team represents the historic counties of Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Somerset in the newly founded competition called The Hundred, which took place for t ...

's bowling coach for The Hundred. At the end of the 2021 season, he left his Head Coach role at Lightning.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Robert 1989 births Living people Cricketers from Northampton People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Loughborough University English cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Scottish cricketers Scotland One Day International cricketers Scotland Twenty20 International cricketers English people of Scottish descent Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Norfolk cricketers English cricket coaches