Editing Mark Taylor (cricketer) (section)

===Taylor and Slater===
As a result of the innings defeat in Perth, Taylor was immediately recalled for the tour of New Zealand, where he scored 82 in the First Test at Christchurch to help Australia to an innings victory.<ref name="testlist"/><ref>Perry (1999), p. 112.</ref> He then scored 50 in the drawn Second Test and bowled for the first time at Test level, taking 0/15.<ref name="testlist"/> He failed to pass 20 in the Third Test and ended the series with 148 runs at 37.00 as the home side squared the series.<ref name="testlist"/> Australia then played five ODIs in New Zealand before starting the England tour with three more. Taylor played in all eight, scoring 307 runs at 38.38 with four half-centuries.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi">{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=team;team=AUS;class=oditeam;filter=basic;opposition=0;notopposition=0;decade=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;season=0;startdefault=1877-03-15;start=1877-03-15;enddefault=2007-11-20;end=2007-11-20;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;followon=0;result=0;seriesresult=0;captainid=0;recent=;viewtype=resultlist;runslow=;runshigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;ballslow=;ballshigh=;overslow=;overshigh=;bpo=0;batevent=;conclow=;conchigh=;takenlow=;takenhigh=;ballsbowledlow=;ballsbowledhigh=;oversbowledlow=;oversbowledhigh=;bpobowled=0;bowlevent=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype |title=Statsguru – Australia – ODIs – Results list |publisher=[[Cricinfo]] |access-date=21 December 2007}}</ref>

The problem of finding him a long-term partner was solved on the tour of England that followed. NSW batsman [[Michael Slater]], who also grew up in Wagga Wagga, made his debut in the First Test of the 1993 Ashes series.<ref name="p126">Perry (1999), p. 126.</ref> In the First Test at [[Old Trafford (cricket ground)|Old Trafford]], Taylor made 124 after an opening partnership of 128, as Australia managed only 289 after being sent in.<ref name="p126"/> Australia managed to scrape out a lead of 79,<ref>Perry (1999), p. 129.</ref> before going on to a 179-run win.<ref name="auslist">{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=team;team=AUS;class=testteam;filter=basic;opposition=0;notopposition=0;decade=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;season=0;startdefault=1877-03-15;start=1877-03-15;enddefault=2007-11-20;end=2007-11-20;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;followon=0;result=0;seriesresult=0;captainid=0;recent=;viewtype=resultlist;runslow=;runshigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;ballslow=;ballshigh=;overslow=;overshigh=;bpo=0;batevent=;conclow=;conchigh=;takenlow=;takenhigh=;ballsbowledlow=;ballsbowledhigh=;oversbowledlow=;oversbowledhigh=;bpobowled=0;bowlevent=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype |title=Statsguru – Australia – Tests – Results list |publisher=[[Cricinfo]] |access-date=21 December 2007}}</ref>

This was followed by a stand of 260 at [[Lord's]] in the Second Test, with Taylor making 111.<ref name="az"/> In the process, he passed 1000 Test runs against England and the partnership broke the Ashes partnership record at Lord's, which had been set by [[Bill Woodfull]] and [[Don Bradman]] in 1930.<ref name="p134">Perry (1999), p. 134.</ref> The partnership laid the platform for Australia's total of 4/632,<ref name="p134"/> as the tourists proceeded to an innings victory.<ref name="auslist"/>

His scoring was more sedate in the remaining Tests as Australia won 4–1, and he finished with 428 runs at 42.80. He passed 30 only once more, with 70 in the first innings of the Sixth Test at [[The Oval]].<ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist"/>

Against New Zealand in 1993–94, Taylor made 64 and 142 not out in the First Test at [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], which ended in a draw.<ref name="testlist"/> He then scored 27 and 53 as Australia won the next two Tests by an innings, totalling 286 runs at 95.33 in three Tests as Australia won 2–0.<ref name="testlist"/> In the rain-affected Boxing Day Test at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], Taylor played his 50th Test and celebrated with 170 against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]], the first Test between the two countries since 1970.<ref name="auslist"/><ref name="p177">Perry (1999), p. 177.</ref> This made him the first batsman to score centuries on Test debut against four countries.<ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist"/> In addition, he passed 4,000 Test runs during the innings.<ref name="p177"/> Taylor had scored more than 1,000 Test runs for the calendar year, ending with 1106 runs{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Taylor scored 62 in the Third Test, his only other half-century for the series, which he ended with 304 runs at 60.80.<ref name="testlist"/>

On the reciprocal tour of South Africa at the end of the season, Taylor missed a Test because of injury for the only time in his career. [[Matthew Hayden]] filled in for the First Test in [[Johannesburg]], which Australia lost.<ref name="auslist"/><ref>Perry (1999), pp. 185–187.</ref> On his return for the Second Test at Cape Town, he scored 70 and ended the series with 97 runs at 24.25.<ref name="testlist"/> Both series were drawn 1–1.<ref name="az"/><ref name="testlist"/><ref name="p337">Perry, p. 337.</ref>