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Wellington, Feb 6 (Ians) Former New Zealand all-rounder Bruce Taylor, who is the only player to have scored a century and taken a five-wicket haul on Test debut, died on Saturday at 77.

The right-arm pace bowler, who batted left-handed, achieved the feat in the second Test against India at Kolkata in 1965, after being drafted into the playing XI at the last moment to replace Barry Sinclair, who had fallen ill.

After New Zealand were reduced to 233 for six, Taylor joined Bert Sutcliffe and added 163 for the seventh wicket.

Taylor made the majority of the runs -- 105 off 158 deliveries with 14 fours and three sixes. The strike rate of 66.5 in a Test was quite high for those times as he went on the counter-attack against an Indian bowling that had S Venkataraghavan, Bapu Nadkarni, Salim Durrani and Ramakant Desai.

Having begun the second day unbeaten on 13, and with his batting partner -- Bert Sutcliffe,...

Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in "Same Kind of Different as Me," the film version of a nonfiction bestseller that has been adapted by screenwriters Roderick and Bruce Taylor ("The Brave One").Jackson will play Denver Moore, an ex-con drifter who develops an unlikely friendship with a wealthy Dallas art dealer named Ron Hall. The book, written by Hall, Moore and Lynn Vincent, was optioned by Veralux Media in 2008. According to Variety, Ralph Winter will produce through his 1019 Entertainment production company, with Veralux's Mark Clayman and Jennifer Gates. Jackson will executive produce alongside Brad Reeves, Susana Zepeda and Todd Shuster.

Samuel L. Jackson will star in Same Kind of Different as Me , an adaptation of a nonfiction bestseller that has been adapted by screenwriters Roderick and Bruce Taylor ( The Brave One ). Jackson will play Denver Moore, an ex-con drifter who develops an unlikely friendship with a wealthy Dallas art dealer named Ron Hall. The book was written by Hall. Ralph Winter will produce through his 1019 Entertainment banner, with Veralux's Mark Clayman and Jennifer Gates. Jackson will be executive producer alongside Brad Reeves, Susana Zepeda and Todd Shuster.

The great Samuel L. Jackson is all set and ready to star in "Same Kind of Different as Me," the big-screen adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller written by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent.

What's it about? Jackson will star as Moore, an ex-con who launches into an unlikely friendship with Hall, a wealthy art dealer from Dallas. Roderick and Bruce Taylor ("The Brave One") are writing the script.

Samuel Jackson has signed on to star in Same Kind of Different As Me, from the bestselling memoir by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.It's one of those deals where there's a production company and a script and a star before there's a studio or a budget. The screenwriters are Roderick and Bruce Taylor (The Brave One) and the producer is franchise king Ralph Winter (X-Men, Fantastic Four, pre-Abrams Star Trek), with Jackson also executive-producing.The book's subtitle is "a modern day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together", which is a fairly handy nutshell version of the plot. Jackson's character will be Louisiana plantation worker, drifter and ex-con Denver Moore, while the role of his opposite number, toff Dallas art dealer Ron Hall, remains to be cast. Might we respectfully suggest Kevin Spacey, for a Negotiator reunion? ...

Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in the upcoming adaptation of the nonfiction book Same Kind Of Different As Me for writers Roderick and Bruce Taylor. The film follows Denver Moore, a con man who grew up in slavery in 1960s Louisiana (yup, you read right: 1960s). He eventually meets up with a woman who has cancer and her husband, a wealthy art dealer in Texas. Their relationships eventually change all their lives for the better. As the cover of the book states, it's an...

Samuel L. Jackson will star in the nonfiction bestseller adaptation Same Kind of Different as Me, from screenwriters Roderick and Bruce Taylor.

According to Variety, Jackson will play Denver Moore, an ex-con drifter who develops an unlikely friendship with a wealthy Dallas art dealer named Ron Hall. The book, written by Hall, Moore and Lynn Vincent, was optioned by Veralux Media in 2008. With Jackson aboard, the script is now being shopped for production financing.

No production date has been set.