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Yorkshire have signed seamer James Taylor on a three-year deal from Surrey.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 25-year-old will join the White Rose ahead of the 2027 season, having spent seven years at the Oval.<\/p>\n
Taylor, who came through Derbyshire’s youth ranks, has taken 41 wickets for Surrey in 19 first-class appearances.<\/p>\n
“At this stage of my career, I felt it was the right time to take on a new challenge,” he said., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “Yorkshire have shown a lot of belief in me, and I’m looking forward to repaying that faith by contributing as much as I can to the team.<\/p>\n “Hopefully I can help the club compete for trophies over the next few seasons and continue to develop my game.”<\/p>\n Taylor made his senior debut for Derbyshire against a touring West Indies team in 2017 and went on to join Surrey in 2020.<\/p>\n He made his Surrey debut against Middlesex in that summer’s Bob Willis Trophy and helped them win the County Championship three seasons in a row between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n “Despite numerous conversations over the last twelve months, which included a contract offer, we fully appreciate James Taylor’s decision to move to Yorkshire,” Surrey’s director of men’s cricket Alec Stewart said., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n