Mark Taylor - ODI Career

[Vishwajeet]

Does anyone know why Mark Taylor played as many ODI's as he did? Not really his fault or a criticism of him, but clearly he was a true Test player, ODI cricket....he wasn't really suited to it. He was a bit slow. Let's look at his career in ODI's:

Matches: 113
Innings: 110
Not Outs: 1
Runs: 3,514
Average: 32.23
Strike Rate: 59.47
Highest Score: 105 (vs India in Bengaluru)
50s: 28
100s: 1
50+ Scores: 29
Most Runs in a Calendar Year: 792 (1996)
Most Runs in a Series: 423

I remember when Adam...

Mark Taylor - ODI Career.