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New Zealand Great Ross Taylor Out Of Retirement To Play For Samoa

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New Zealand Great Ross Taylor Out Of Retirement To Play For Samoa

By AFP News September 05, 2025 • 08:31 AM View: 901

New Zealand cricket great Ross Taylor announced Friday he was coming out of retirement, nearly four years after quitting, to help Samoa qualify for next year's Twenty20 World Cup.

The 41-year-old former Blackcaps skipper said it would be a "huge honour" to represent the country of his mother's birth.

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