Fresh off the back of a prolific Royal London One-Day International Series against Australia, James Taylor is setting his sites on more big runs, both on the domestic and international stage.
Taylor amassed 246 runs from number three in the order during the five match campaign, including his maiden century in the must win third match at Emirates Old Trafford.
Compiling his ton on a turning surface added strength to Taylor's claims for selection in the red ball format with a Test squad for Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates set to be announced tomorrow.
For now, he is looking back with satisfaction on a job well done with the bat against the world's number one ODI nation.
“It is always nice to score runs for England, especially since I was under pressure going into the series having come in to replace Joe (Root) and I knew I had to score runs,” Taylor said.
“To score those runs against the number one team in the world is extremely satisfying and it helped get some match winning totals on the board.
“It was nice to show people what I can do against the best team in the world by playing different kinds of innings and scoring consistently.
“My century was really enjoyable and to do it at a time when we were 2-0 down and needing to set a big total is even more satisfying.
“I am very flexible with where England want me to bat and I see my biggest strength to be adapting to any situation, so when Joe comes back in hopefully I can fit in somewhere as well.
“I pride myself on how I play spin and obviously everybody knows how much spin will be bowled in the UAE, so hopefully that stands me in a good stead when it comes to selection.”
Whilst Taylor and Alex Hales were away on England duty, the Outlaws narrowly lost their Royal London One-Day Cup semi-final against Surrey despite an inspired Greg Smith century.
And Taylor, who has returned to the Nottinghamshire ranks for the final two matches of the season, believes his replacement's impressive performance at the Kia Oval showcased the depth of batsmen available to his county as they aim for a second placed LV= County Championship finish.
“It was really tough to be watching the semi-final and not being able to influence it but the boys put in an outstanding effort to get so close," said the Outlaws' limited-overs captain.
“For Greg to come in and smash the hundred the way he did was a special effort and that shows the strength in depth and how powerful our batting line-up is.
“Now we need to finish off the season with two massive games and hopefully we can get the results we need to finish second in the table.
“We are desperate to get second place and we will be out to put the performances in before the guys can have a well-earned break.”
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