Les Taylor

Leslie Brian Taylor (born 25 October 1953) is an English former cricketer who played in two Test matches against Australia in 1985. His first-class cricket was played for Leicestershire and in South Africa for Natal.

The cricket writer Colin Bateman wrote: "His seam bowling was not pretty but it was hostile and effective, while his flailing batting was pure entertainment". His career was interrupted by a series of injuries.

Life and career A former miner, Taylor's first-class cricket career started somewhat belatedly at the age of 23.

A solidly-built fast-medium bowler and a reliable county performer over many years, Taylor's chance of Test selection seemed to have gone when he received a three-year ban for joining the Graham Gooch-led rebel tour to South Africa in 1982, where he was the leading bowler with 11 wickets at 18.72 to his name.

Taylor went on to work for Royal Mail as a postman many years after his retirement from cricket.