Taylor starred throughout West Indies' battles against Pakistan, shining in both the ODI and T20I series.

“Runs and wickets in addition to her leadership helped her team to defeat Pakistan convincingly," ICC Voting Academy member and former fast bowler Ian Bishop said. "She was good in every department."

We look back on her brilliant July.

BY THE NUMBERS

Four ODIs
175 runs at 87.50 with a strike rate of 79.18. High score of 105*
Three wickets at 27.44. Economy of 3.73. Best figures of 3/29.

Two T20Is
48 runs at 48 with a strike rate of 92.3. High score of 43*
Four wickets at 9.25. Economy of 5.56

THE 8000-RUN CLUB

Thirteen years after making her debut as a 17-year-old, Taylor became the third player in women’s cricket history to make 8000 international runs, achieving the feat in the fourth ODI against Pakistan. Only 30 years and 34 days old at the time, she is comfortably the youngest to ever do it, with England’s Charlotte Edwards 33 years old when she reached the milestone and Mithali Raj 34.

The feat only further confirmed Taylor’s status as a giant in the game and a great in the making.

Of Taylor’s runs, 4929 have come in ODI cricket at an average of 44.80. That places her third for the most runs in the format in women’s cricket and she is almost certain to be just the third player into the 5000-run club, with Suzie Bates (4548) and Amy Satterthwaite (4125) the closest behind her among current players.

Only Bates (3301) and Virat Kohli (3159) have scored more T20I runs in men’s or women’s cricket than Taylor’s 3121.

HAT-TRICK HERO

Taylor had the ball on a string in the third T20I against Pakistan as she helped her team to a 3-0 clean sweep over the tourists, collecting figures of 4/17.

Three of those wickets came in consecutive deliveries as she became just the second player from West Indies to take a T20I hat-trick, after teammate Anisa Mohammed, who achieved the feat against South Africa in 2018.

Having earlier picked up the wicket of Fatima Sana, Taylor brought Pakistan’s innings to an early close by knocking over Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig and Anam Amin across three deliveries in the 20th over.

The captain went on to play a starring role in the chase too, scoring an unbeaten 43 off 41 to help West Indies mow down a target of 103 with six wickets and five balls to spare having at one stage been in trouble at 17/3.

ODI BRILLIANCE

Taylor was at her best in the ODI arena in July, briefly reclaiming her spot at the top of the ICC’s batting and all-rounder rankings.

That came after an incredible performance in the series opener in which she took 3/29 with the ball before stroking an unbeaten 105 off 116 to leave her fingerprints all over a five-wicket win.

The 30-year-old started her day’s work by removing the well set Ayesha Zafar for 46, before trapping Aliya Riaz and Sidra Nawaz in front of the stumps to help keep Pakistan to 205/9 from their 50 overs.

With her team in a tricky spot at 42/2, she then notched her sixth ODI century, hitting 11 fours and two sixes to power the team to victory.

She is now one of just 10 women to have scored more than five ODI tons.