Ross Taylor created history, becomes No.1 player in Tests for New Zealand

Ross Taylor Created History: Australia cricket team defeated New Zealand by 279 runs in the third and final Test match and won the series by 3-0. The host declared their second innings for 217/2 and gave the visitors a huge target of 416 runs, which the Kiwi batsmen could not even come close.

New Zealand may have lost the match, but Veteran batsmen Ross Taylor has created big history in this match. Taylor has become the batsman to score most runs in Tests for the blackcaps.

Ross Taylor Created History:

Ross Taylor scored 44 runs in the match, with this he left former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming behind and captured the top position in the case of scoring most runs in Test cricket for New Zealand.

Taylor has scored 7174 runs in 175 innings, with the highest score being 290. He has scored 19 centuries and 33 half-centuries. While Fleming had scored 7172 runs at an average of 40.06 with 9 centuries and 46 half-centuries in 189 innings.

Most Runs In Tests For New Zealand:

1.  Ross Taylor - 7174*
2.  Stephen Fleming - 7172
3.  Brandon McCullum - 6453
4.  Ken Williamson - 6379
5.  Martin Crowe - 5444