In a tournament where his team has made headlines in US sporting discourse and around the world, the dizzy heights of a T20 World Cup are a far cry from hairy moments in US national team cricket over the years.
Only a 13-run win defending just 145 in 2017 at World Cricket League 3 in Uganda saved Taylor and the American side from relegation to Division 4, and a sliding doors moment likely back into cricket obscurity.
Seven years later, the 30-year-old has taken the chance to reflect on the journey to the game’s summit, playing at a T20 World Cup co-hosted by his nation of birth, and shared by a region of his family’s roots in the West Indies.
“It’s actually a great feeling being a co-host of the World Cup itself, playing games in our hometown (Miami, Florida), people actually chanting your name Taylor, or Jesse (Singh) or Aaron (Jones), people who were actually born in the USA.
“And to play cricket in your hometown, at a World Cup, is the biggest stage of life.
“It would never get better than that.”