Editing Mark Taylor (cricketer) (section)

===Record-breaking start===
Beginning with a century at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]] in his First Test against England, Taylor amassed 839 runs at 83.90 in the six Tests: the second best aggregate in an Ashes series in England, behind [[Don Bradman]]'s 974 runs in 1930. He occupied the crease for a total of 38 hours, more than six full days of play. The highlight of his tour was the Fifth Test at [[Trent Bridge]] when he and [[Geoff Marsh]] became the first pair to bat throughout a day's play of Test cricket in England, amassing 301 runs. Taylor made 219 in a partnership of 329, an Ashes record. He finished with 71 and 48 in the Sixth Test to overtake [[Neil Harvey]] for the third-highest series aggregate in Test history and totalled 1,669 first-class runs for the tour. Australia won the series 4–0 to regain the Ashes.<ref name="wisden"/><ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist">{{cite web
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  }}</ref> However, Taylor was overlooked for selection in the ODIs.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/>

Returning to Australia, Taylor made 1,403 first-class runs at 70.15 during the 1989–90 season, and ended 1989 with 1,219 Test runs, thus becoming the first player to better one thousand Test runs in his debut calendar year,<ref name="wisden"/> something only matched twice since by [[England cricket team|England]] opener [[Alastair Cook]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] [[Adam Voges]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} In Taylor's first nine Tests, Australia passed 400 in the first innings. He scored centuries in successive Tests against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]], and against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] his scores were 52 and 101 at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]], 77 and 59 at the [[Adelaide Oval]] and an unbeaten 101 at Sydney. Australia won both series 1–0. In just over twelve months, he had amassed 1,618 runs at 70.35. This outstanding start to his career earned Taylor nomination as one of the five [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]] in 1990.<ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist"/> At the season's end, he demonstrated his leadership abilities for the first time. Standing in as NSW captain in place of the injured [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] for the 1989–90 [[Pura Cup|Sheffield Shield]] final in Sydney, Taylor scored 127 and 100. NSW won by 345 runs to secure its 40th title.<ref name="az"/><ref>Piesse, p. 17.</ref>

A year after his Test debut, Taylor was selected to make his ODI debut, which came on [[Boxing Day]] of 1989 against Sri Lanka. He made 11 as Australia won by 30 runs.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/> He was selected for nine of Australia's ten ODIs for the season's triangular tournament, scoring 294 runs at 32.66 with two half-centuries. His highest score of 76 came as Australia defeated Pakistan by 69 runs to clinch the finals series in Sydney.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/> The season ended with ODI tournaments in New Zealand and [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]]. He played six of the eight matches, scoring 222 runs at 37.00 with two half-centuries, but was dropped for the final in New Zealand.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/>