The New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor will return to Sussex in the English County cricket T20 competition later this year.
The club has confirmed that Taylor will re-join them as an overseas player for the NatWest T20 Blast.
Jesse Ryder (Essex) and Ross Taylor (Sussex) in English County cricket 2016. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Taylor, the former New Zealand captain, was by some distance the most productive Sussex batsman in the competition last year.
He scored 394 runs, at an average of 56.28 and strike-rate of 133.10, with his highest score of 93 not out coming in victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol, taking just 48 deliveries and including eight sixes.
Eleven men scored more runs in the competition in 2016, but none of them had as high an average or played as few games.
Taylor will be available for the entire T20 campaign which this year doesn't start until July.
"We are thrilled to have Ross joining us for the T20 competition," Mark Davis, the Sussex head coach, said. "He was outstanding in the competition last season and to have him back is brilliant for the club. Not only is Ross a world class player but a fantastic role model to our younger players."
The 32-year-old batsman played in all three formats for the Hove side last season as an overseas player.
Taylor, who has played 73 Twenty20 internationals for the Black Caps, scored 394 runs at an average of 56.28 for Sussex in T20 competition in 2016.
Wellington-born Taylor has previously played in domestic T20 tournaments in Australia, India, New Zealand and West Indies.
He has featured in 80 Tests and 177 one-day internationals since making his ODI debut for New Zealand in March 2006.
