Big-hitting Taylor blasts rapid ton in easy victory

SOMETIMES it helps to have an Aussie. Wanderers' crushing 161-run defeat of Argyll Investment at the KGV on Saturday was built on the back of a destructive century from Australian Ben Taylor.

'The Aussie batted quality today,' said Wanderers captain Ben Driver. 'If he comes off, he comes off. We've got a strong top six now so it gives him licence to go at it.'

The 25-year-old Taylor, who is from Sydney, smacked 100 exactly off just 62 balls. He hit a couple of the biggest sixes you are ever likely to see with one sailing high past the Dave Fisher tree and deep into Les Blancs Bois.

The all-rounder has certainly made an impression since he arrived on the island at the start of the season with his left arm swing and hard hitting. Big and brash like his cricket, Taylor was unusually modest about his innings afterwards. 'It was all right – I didn't expect it,' he said.