Woakes. His next considerable contribution for Leicestershire was a County Championship game against Kent where he made scores of 49 and 96 in a Leicester defeat. In 2011, Taylor's commitments to the England Lions meant he was sometimes unavailable to play for Leicestershire. Taylor was appointed captain of the England Lions for the 2011 series against Sri Lanka A team. Impressive performances in the series, including an innings of 168 not out, meant that many were calling for Taylor to be elevated up to the full squad when Jonathan Trott was injured in the second Test against India, although in the end Ravi Bopara was preferred by the selectors. Taylor was not too disheartened and on 12 August made 106 whilst captaining the England Lions to victory against Sri Lanka in a one-day match. Taylor was the subject of a controversial approach from Warwickshire to try and sign him. Leicestershire's captain, Matthew Hoggard, criticised the approach as "rude" and accusing Warwickshire of using their money to attract players. In August 2011, Taylor scored the tenth century of his first-class career in a loss against Glamorgan, he scored 127 not out in the first innings before Leicestershire declared on 309/7, still 83 runs behind Glamorgan to try and force a result. On 27 August, Leicestershire competed in the 2011 Friends Life t20 finals day. Taylor scored 19 runs from 23 balls in the semi-final against Lancashire, the game went to a Super Over which Leicestershire won. In the final against Somerset, Taylor scored 18 not out from 15 balls to help Leicestershire claim the trophy. That season he scored 1,602 first-class runs from 17 matches at an average of 55.24. As well as Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire expressed an interest in signing Taylor. Hoping to keep the batsman, Leicestershire offered him an extension of his contract which was due to expire at the end of the 2012 season but in December it was announced that Taylor had signed a three-year contract with Nottinghamshire. 2012 Following his move to Nottinghamshire, Taylor endured a tricky start to a season in which poor weather and low scores prevailed. Although he scored a century as captain for the England Lions against the West Indies, his maiden County Championship ton for his new county did not come until 28 July against Sussex. Youth international career and England Lions Taylor was first selected for the England Under-19 cricket team