Rory Burns

Rory Burns
Personal information
Full name Rory Joseph Burns
Born (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990
Epsom, Surrey, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Opening batsman, occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–present Surrey (squad no. 17)
FC debut 11 May 2011 Surrey v Cambridge MCCU
LA debut 15 July 2012 Surrey v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 107 49 40
Runs scored 7,601 1,524 452
Batting average 44.71 37.17 14.58
100s/50s 15/42 0/11 0/1
Top score 219* 95 50
Balls bowled 180 – –
Wickets 2 – –
Bowling average 63.50 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/18 – –
Catches/stumpings 93/0 25/0 13/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 September 2018

Rory Joseph Burns (born 26 August 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey. He is a left-handed batsman who opens in first-class cricket and occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Epsom, Surrey and educated at City of London Freemens and Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC). In 2018 he was appointed captain of Surrey in both first-class and List A formats.

Having played Second XI cricket for both Surrey and Hampshire,[1] Burns made his first-class debut for Surrey against Cambridge MCCU in May 2011.[2] He made scores of 23 and 16, and keeping wicket ahead of regular keepers Steven Davies and Gary Wilson he took two catches.[3] This was his only first team appearance for Surrey in the 2011 season.

In the 2012 season he scored a century against Leeds Bradford MCCU and filled in as wicket-keeper in one game before being called upon to open the batting in early July against Lancashire. He remained in the team for the rest of the season finishing with 741 runs at an average of 49.4.

He continued to open the batting in 2013 and 2014, playing all Surrey's first-class games in both seasons. He scored 1000 runs in a season for the first time in 2014. In June 2015, whilst playing for Surrey in a NatWest t20 Blast game against Sussex Sharks at Arundel Castle, Burns collided with teammate Moisés Henriques whilst attempting to take a catch. Both players were knocked unconscious from the collision with Burns requiring stitches to facial injuries and Henriques suffered a broken jaw. Ambulances and medical staff treated the players on-field before taking them both to hospital. The game was abandoned due to the injuries.[4] Burns returned to the team in late-June and finished the season with 1019 First-Class runs at an average of 48.52. He also played in 7 of Surrey's 10 games in the Royal London Cup, including all the knock-out games, scoring 364 runs.

His good form in the previous season saw him selected to represent the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the champions Yorkshire in the traditional curtain-raiser to the 2016 English cricket season. In July 2017 he made his highest score of 219 not-out versus Hampshire – this game was his first game as captain of Surrey.

In September 2018, he was named in England's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Teams Rory Burns played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Rory Burns". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cambridge MCCU v Surrey, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Talbot, Bruce (14 June 2015). "Surrey's Rory Burns and Moises Henriques involved in horrifying collision".
  5. ↑ "Rory Burns, Olly Stone, Joe Denly named in Sri Lanka Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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