Brendan Ross Murray Taylor (born 6 February 1986) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer, and a former Zimbabwean captain, who plays all formats of the game. Taylor is a right-handed batsman but is also a part-time wicketkeeper and off spinner. In 2015, former Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell described Taylor as "our standout player for the last seven or eight years".He captained Zimbabwe in ODIs until 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, having taken over the reins from Elton Chigumbura after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He became the first Zimbabwean batsman to hit back-to-back One-Day International centuries (128 not out and 107 not out), achieved against New Zealand in October 2011. He repeated the feat again at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. He was selected to play Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team as an overseas player in New Zealand's HRV Twenty20 Cup in December 2011. He played his last game for Zimbabwe on 15 March 2015 against India and ended with a magnificent century. He signed a three-year Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire in 2015. This deal makes him ineligible to play international cricket for Zimbabwe. His 433 runs at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup set a new record for Zimbabwe in any World Cup. His 10 centuries in ODIs is also a Zimbabwe record surpassing Alistair Campbell's 7. On 14 September 2017, Taylor terminated his contract with Nottinghamshire to return home to Zimbabwe. It was announced that Taylor had decided return home and play for Zimbabwe for personal reasons.