Billy Taylor is an English cricket

Cricket

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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

He started playing for Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

 during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

. While at Sussex, he had won the Frizzell County Championship in 2003, their very first season victory in the trophy's history.

Taylor, who also played for Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Cricket Club

Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

, has two hat-trick

Hat-trick

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s to his name and was listed in the 2005 C&G Trophy-winning Hampshire squad. Of late Billy has struggled to get in the side and is generally only used in the one-day format of the game.

Billy also contributes a lot to charity. In 2008 Billy walked from the County Cricket Ground

County Cricket Ground, Hove

The County Cricket Ground, also known as the Probiz County Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket venue in Hove, England. It is home to Sussex County Cricket Club. It is one of the few county grounds to have deckchairs for spectators - which are in the colours of Sussex CCC - blue and white....

 in Hove to the Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl, Hampshire

The Rose Bowl is an English cricket ground used for county, One Day International and Test Matches. It is situated at West End, Hampshire, near Southampton, and is home to Hampshire Cricket. The design of the venue is set into an amphitheatre creating a bowl, hence the name...

 in Southampton for charity.

Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove

Rod Bransgrove

Rodney 'Rod' Bransgrove is an English entrepreneur, cricket administrator and the current chairman of Hampshire County Cricket Club, a position he has held since being elected to the post in 2000, a move seen by many that saved Hampshire from insolvency....

 announced on 27 August 2009 that the club had released Taylor, ending his five year tenure at the club. He now plays for the Hampshire League side Totton & Eling. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board

England and Wales Cricket Board

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 list of reserve umpires, alongside Russell Evans

Russell Evans (cricketer)

Russell John Evans is a former English cricketer and current umpire. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Calverton, Nottinghamshire....

 and Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf is an English former first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler, who ended his career with the Welsh side, Glamorgan County Cricket Club....

.

His brother, James

James Taylor (cricketer, born 1974)

James Lee Taylor is an English cricketer. Taylor is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire.Taylor made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1996 against Oxfordshire...

, has also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire.