James Taylor: Former England batsman named team's independent selector
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Former England batsman James Taylor has been appointed the team's full-time independent selector.
The former Nottinghamshire player, 28, was forced to retire in 2016 because of a serious heart condition.
Taylor will work alongside national selector Ed Smith, who was appointed in April following James Whitaker's departure as part of a restructure.
They will form a three-man panel with England coach Trevor Bayliss to select the Test, one-day and Twenty20 teams.
"This is an important role and it's a huge honour to be appointed," said Taylor.
"I have always been deeply passionate about the game and will bring all of my energy and experience - from the Lions, domestic cricket and the international Test and white-ball game - to this task."
England have also brought in a scouting system with a minimum of 12 "discipline-specific scouts" who will provide information to the selectors.
In May, Taylor was one of six former England internationals to be named as scouts, alongside Marcus Trescothick, Chris Read, Glen Chapple, Steve Rhodes and Richard Dawson.
He will now step down from this role to focus on his new position as selector.
"James's early retirement has brought a unique opportunity for the game," said Smith.
"He can bring his recent experiences and insights to selection, as we seek to identify the best players to drive forward England's teams in all formats."
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Oh well - all the best James Taylor. He seems grounded, sensible and informed so he should be a good selector.
At least he's young and has a good head on his shoulders.
Best of luck!
He was a fine batsman who's career and nearly life for that matter was ended by a serious heart condition give the guy a break im sure he will do a great job and i wish him well
And he deserves something good to happen to him after his playing career was so abruptly and brutally terminated, just as a long overdue Test career had resumed. Yet, he never moaned about his misfortune.
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What a spiteful troll you are!
But you obviously know better!
Scored 312 runs in 7 tests at an average of 26, 887 runs in 27 ODIs at an average of 42.23 so I think you even got your stats incorrect!
Personally, I think he is an interesting choice; still young enough to connect with the current players.
You're the one who needs to get his facts straight.
Taylor had a massive heart attack and had a major operation to save his life. He subsequently retired.
Southgate is more suited to his present job, but I expect that he knows more about cricket than you do.
The national team has a feeling of an old boys club recently and some dreadful performances.