[2] She has played domestic cricket for Sussex, Lancashire Thunder, Surrey Stars, Northern Diamonds, Welsh Fire, Wellington, South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.

The inclusion of Taylor and her future England team-mate Holly Colvin in the Brighton College boys' team caused some controversy within the MCC.

On 8 August 2008, she broke the record for the highest stand in women's One Day International cricket with a first wicket partnership of 268 with Caroline Atkins at Lord's for England against South Africa.

[13] In the tournament, she and Tammy Beaumont set the record for the highest 2nd-wicket partnership in Women's Cricket World Cup history (275) in a 68-run victory over South Africa.

[20][21] In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.

[34] In October 2021 Taylor was appointed as assistant coach at Team Abu Dhabi, working with Paul Farbrace and Lance Klusener.

[35] In February 2022 it was announced that she had been appointed as assistant coach at Manchester Originals for the upcoming season of The Hundred, working with both the men's and the women's sides, and had not yet ruled out returning to playing.

[36] In November 2020, Taylor was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade.