duck in the defeat to Australia, but performed better in the next match against India, hitting an unbeaten 56 to help guide England to victory. He again struggled against Australia in the next match, making just five. In the must win game against India he hit 82 to help England win the match and reach the final. However, in the final Taylor could only make four as England lost to Australia. 2015 Cricket World Cup Taylor continued his impressive form at the 2015 Cricket World Cup opener against Australia, where he scored an unbeaten 98 in a losing cause. He was involved in the controversial dismissal of James Anderson in the same match, which arguably prevented him from going on to make a maiden ODI century. Anderson was incorrectly ruled run out by ICC umpire Kumar Dharmasena. Taylor was dismissed for a duck in the next match as England suffered a humiliating eight wicket defeat by New Zealand. He made 17 against Scotland as England won their first match of the tournament. He made 25 against Sri Lanka but England again suffered a heavy defeat, this time by nine wickets. This set up a must win game against Bangladesh. Taylor was dismissed for just one as England failed to chase down 275 and went out of the tournament at the group stage. In their final game against Afghanistan England won by nine wickets, with Taylor hitting an unbeaten eight to help see England over the line. In February 2015, Taylor was awarded an England increment contract after representing the team in 10 ODIs in a period of 12 months. Increment contracts are granted to county players who feature regularly in England's limited-overs teams. 2015 Australia He played in all five ODIs against Australia, and was one of England's stand out performers. He made a score of 49 in the first match but England were unable to chase down Australia's total of 305, losing by 59 runs. Taylor made 43 in the next game, which England also lost. In the third ODI, he made 101 to guide England to a total of 300, and helped England win their first match of the series. In the next match he scored 41 again as England won the game by three wickets to level the series at 2-2. In the final game of the series, Taylor could only manage 12, as England posted a