Millie Taylor

{{short description|English cricketer (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Millie Taylor | female = true | image = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Millicent Sarah Latham Taylor | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|10|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Eastbourne, East Sussex, England | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightcm = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm unorthodox | role = All-rounder | family =

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| club1 = Sussex | year1 = 2021–2024 | club2 = Warwickshire | year2 = 2025–present | club3 = Birmingham Phoenix | year3 = {{nowrap|2025–present}}

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| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2238/2238203/2238203.html CricketArchive | date = 10 August | year = 2025 }} '''Millicent Sarah Latham Taylor''' (born 7 October 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a right-handed batter and Slow left-arm unorthodox bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/millie-taylor-1486314 |title=Player Profile: Millie Taylor|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="CAprof">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2238/2238203/2238203.html|title=Player Profile: Millie Taylor |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref>

==Early life== Taylor attended Bede's School in Eastbourne alongside her twin sister, Mary, who has also played for Sussex and Birmingham Phoenix, while also representing Hampshire and the Southern Brave.<ref name="academy21">{{cite web|url=https://www.bedes.org/news/news-story/~board/news/post/cricket-mary-millie-taylor-may21 |title=Cricket: Mary and Millie Taylor Selected for Prestigious Clubs |publisher=Bede's School |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>

==Domestic career== Taylor made her county debut in 2021, for Sussex against Essex, taking 0/11 from her one over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1176/1176510.html |title=Sussex Women v Essex Women, 25 April 2021 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> That season in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, she scored 8 runs and took 3 wickets at an average of 15.66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/Sussex_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/Sussex_Women_Bowling.html |title=Bowling for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> She played four matches for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2022/Sussex_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> She took a further three wickets in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2023/Sussex_Women_Bowling.html |title=Bowling for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> before making her high score of 32 against Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1338/1338300.html |title=Suffolk Women v Sussex Women, 11 August 2024 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref>

Taylor was named in the Southern Vipers Academy squad for 2021.<ref name="academy21"/> She was again named in the Academy squad in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/2022-southern-vipers-academy-intake-confirmed/ |title=2022 Southern Vipers Academy Intake Confirmed |website=The Ageas Bowl |date=8 December 2021 |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> She continued as a member of the academy until 2024, although did not make an appearance for the side. Ahead of the 2025 women's cricket reset, Taylor signed for Warwickshire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edgbaston.com/news/wrist-spinners-union-lintott-helping-guide-fellow-leftie-millie/|title=Wrist Spinners Union: Lintott helping guide fellow leftie Millie|work=Warwickshire Cricket|date=5 January 2025|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> She made her debut in May 2025, against Devon,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1375/1375686.html |title=Devon Women v Warwickshire Women, 18 May 2025 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> before taking 22 wickets in the 2025 Women's T20 Blast where she was the leading wicket taker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2238/2238203/wtt_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=Women's Twenty20 bowling in each season by Millie Taylor|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> Her performances earned her selection for the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2025 The Hundred as a replacement player for Charis Pavely.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/men-s-hundred-jason-roy-handed-hundred-lifeline-with-southern-brave-1494585|title=Jason Roy handed Hundred lifeline with Southern Brave|work=ESPNCricinfo|date=11 July 2025|access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=1486314}} *{{cricketarchive|id=2238203}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Millie}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Eastbourne Category:Sussex women cricketers Category:Warwickshire women cricketers Category:21st-century English sportswomen Category:Birmingham Phoenix cricketers Category:Female twins