Stafanie Taylor is the captain of the West Indies women’s T20I and ODI teams. On June 11, 1991, she was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. She also participates in cricket for the Railways Women’s squad. She is a right-handed batswoman and right-arm off-break bowler. In the West Indies women’s cricket squad, Stafanie plays as an allrounder. At the age of 10, she embarked on her initial cricket trip. Taylor was a brilliant footballer, but she understood that a cricket career would give her more opportunities to travel the world. West Indies ladies served as a steppingstone when she entered the international game.
Since her ODI debut in 2008, Stafanie has represented the Windies over eighty times. She began her career with the West Indies team at 17 and quickly became an integral part of the squad. She helped them win their maiden Twenty20 game on her debut with the team. Taylor began the West Indies innings in the direction of Ireland by batting first and scoring 90 runs in 49 balls against Ireland. Her score is the second best by a West Indian in a Twenty20 International. In her subsequent encounter, she scored her first fifty in One Day International cricket. She was somewhat more agitated during this match than during the Twenty20. She scored 66 runs off 97 balls, contributing to her team’s victory over Ireland. In 2013, she was the first player (male or female) to be ranked number one in batting and bowling for one-day internationals.
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Biography:
- Real Name: Stafanie Roxann Taylor
- Other/Nickname: Stafanie
- Profession: West Indian cricketer
- Famous for: Allrounder
- Best Performance: 171 vs. Sri Lanka in the 2013 World Cup
- Stafanie Roxann Taylor Net Worth: $5 million
- Stafanie Roxann Taylor Salary: Not Known
- Instagram Handle: @stafanie07
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Physical Status:
- Height: 5 feet 10 Inches
- Weight: 70 Kg
- Eye Colour: Black
- Hair Colour: Black
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Personal Life:
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- Date Of Birth: June 11, 1991
- Place Of Birth: Spanish Town, Jamaica
- Nationality: Jamaican
- Hometown: Spanish Town, Jamaica
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Family Statistics:
- Marital Status: Single
- Religion: Christian
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Career Statistics:
ODI Debut: Ireland Women v West Indies Women at Dublin, June 24, 2008
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T20 Debut: Ireland Women v West Indies Women at Dublin, June 27, 2008
Stafanie Roxann Taylor Achievements:
- In 2013, Taylor made history by becoming the first player in ODI history, male or female, to hold the top spot in both batting and bowling.
- She beat out the previous record holder by a wide margin, becoming the first player to reach 1000 runs in the shortest amount of time by racking up a weird total of 171 against the Sri Lankan bowlers.
- She received the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award (2011).
- Stafanie has won the ICC Women’s ODI and T20 Cricketer of the Year awards twice (in 2012 and 2015).
- She was the first woman in WODI history to achieve a century and four wickets in the same innings.
- She made history by being the first player in cricket history to hold the top spot in the ICC rankings for both allrounder and batsman at the same point in a match.
- With her hat trick in 2021, Taylor became only the second bowler in West Indies history to achieve that feat in women’s Twenty20 Internationals.
Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Stafanie Roxann Taylor:
- She began playing cricket in elementary school at the tender age of 8. She also participated in the school’s male U-16 squad, scoring a century.
- She had to choose between cricket and football despite being an outstanding player. Later, she decided that a cricket career would allow her to see the world more than a football career ever could, and so her adventure as a professional cricketer began.
- After joining the West Indies team at the tender age of 17, Stefanie quickly established herself as a vital cog in the West Indies’ machine. Her One-Day International (ODI) and Test debuts came against Ireland in 2008: the former on the 24th, the latter on the 27th.
- She reached the century mark in ODI play on June 29, 2017, against India, and in T20 play on September 18, 2019, against Australia, both at the Women’s World Cup.
- Stefanie leads the NLCB Revellers in the Caribbean Premier League as their captain.
- She hit 171 runs, an unprecedented total, by smashing Sri Lankan bowlers around the park.
- She was given a contract for women’s cricket in 2018, and later that Year, she was named captain of the West Indies team that will compete in the 2018 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
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