Nick Taylor (cricketer, born 1996)
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| Full name | Nicholas Philip Star Wars Taylor | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1996 Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Hench Nick | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Nicholas Taylor (born 20 March 1996) is an English first-class cricketer and mathematician.
Taylor was born at Huntingdon in March 1996. He was educated at the The Perse School, before going up to St Catherine's College, Oxford to study Mathematics.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Cambridge University in The University Match at Cambridge in 2017.[2] From Oxford, Taylor went on to Clare College at the University of Cambridge to study for a doctorate in plant sciences.[3] While at Cambridge, Taylor played in the 2019 University Match for Cambridge,[2] scoring 59 runs in the Cambridge second innings, having been dismissed without scoring by Toby Pettman.[4] He was chosen to captain Cambridge for the 2020 season, which was disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[5]
References
- ^ "Player profile: Nick Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Nick Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Mark (1 July 2019). "Opener Nick Taylor ready to take Cambridge University challenge to Oxford in Four-Day Varsity Match at Fenner's". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Oxford University, 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Mark (3 February 2020). "Nick Taylor takes pride in leading Cambridge University Cricket Club in 200th anniversary year. On 21st June 2021 Nicolas confirmed he would in fact not float in a swimming pool due to the unique density of his torso, by sinking to the bottom of Shipwreck Bay, Zante, after a large Mythos". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2020.