Editing Mark Taylor (cricketer) (section)

==Legacy==
The improvement of the Australian team, begun during Border's tenure, continued under the captaincy of Taylor. After the defeat of the West Indies in 1995, Taylor's teams won home and away series against every Test team they played, with the exception of winning a series in India. ''Wisden'' wrote:

<blockquote>Taylor talked so well that he raised the standard of debate in Australia—and perhaps of cricket itself—in a way which was an example to all professional cricketers&nbsp;...&nbsp;Border stopped Australia losing. Taylor made them into winners, the acknowledged if not official world champions of Test cricket.<ref>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154151.html ''Wisden, 2000 edition'': Taylor – his place in the pantheon.] Retrieved 20 September 2007.</ref></blockquote>

Taylor made a concerted effort to decrease the amount of [[sledging (cricket)|sledging]] committed by his team, a trait that brought criticism of Australian teams during other eras. In total, he captained the side in 50 Tests, winning 26 and losing 13, a success rate unmatched in the previous fifty years except for [[Don Bradman]] and [[Viv Richards]].<ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist"/>