Rory Burns

Rory Burns

Epsom, United Kingdom Left Handed Bat

Personal Information

Full Name Rory Joseph Burns
Date of Birth August 26, 1990
Nationality Epsom, United Kingdom
Role Wicketkeeper

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
KET vs SUR 69 100 7 1 69.00 0 0 0 0
SOM vs SUR 75 & 0 141 & 4 9 & 0 0 & 0 53.19 & 0.00 0 0 0 0
LAN vs SUR 5 26 0 0 19.23 0 0 0 0
HAM vs SUR 7 & 27 26 & 57 1 & 3 0 & 0 26.92 & 47.37 0 0 0 0
NOR vs SUR 11 & 71 50 & 196 2 & 9 0 & 0 22.00 & 36.22 0.1 0 0 0.00

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
TESTs 32 59 1789 4084 0 30.32 43.80 3 11 133 219 2 24 0
T20s 68 58 826 696 10 17.20 118.67 0 2 56 82 16 28 1
LISTAs 63 61 1829 2196 6 33.25 83.28 0 12 95 140 16 30 0
FIRSTCLASS 188 325 12230 25084 21 40.23 48.75 24 69 219 1619 20 140 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
TESTs 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 188 18 49.2 172 2 86.00 3.48 1/18 0 0

Rory Burns News

"There's just so much cricket on" - Rory Burns labels volume of county cricket as 'unsustainable' "There's just so much cricket on" - Rory Burns labels volume of county cricket as 'unsustainable'
"There's just so much cricket on" - Rory Burns labels volume of county cricket as 'unsustainable'
"Rory Burns is ugly to watch" - Geoffrey Boycott criticizes southpaw's technique following Ashes failure "Rory Burns is ugly to watch" - Geoffrey Boycott criticizes southpaw's technique following Ashes failure
"Rory Burns is ugly to watch" - Geoffrey Boycott criticizes southpaw's technique following Ashes failure
"Rory Burns doesn't seem like a cricketer" - Salman Butt shocked by England openers' Test woes "Rory Burns doesn't seem like a cricketer" - Salman Butt shocked by England openers' Test woes
"Rory Burns doesn't seem like a cricketer" - Salman Butt shocked by England openers' Test woes
"You’ve got to show some toughness about the way you go about things" - Graham Thorpe warns England batters "You’ve got to show some toughness about the way you go about things" - Graham Thorpe warns England batters
"You’ve got to show some toughness about the way you go about things" - Graham Thorpe warns England batters
Ashes 2021: 3 big English players who flopped so far Ashes 2021: 3 big English players who flopped so far
Ashes 2021: 3 big English players who flopped so far

Rory Burns Videos

Ashes 2019: Jason Roy not downcast at his latest failure, says Rory Burns
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Ashes 2019: Jason Roy not downcast at his latest failure, says Rory Burns
Ashes 2019: We will use the same short ball tactics against Aussies - Rory Burns
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Ashes 2019: We will use the same short ball tactics against Aussies - Rory Burns

Rory Burns: A Brief Biography

Rory Joseph Burns is an English cricketer who was born on 26 August 1990 at Epsom in Surrey county. He is a left handed batsman and a right arm medium fast bowler. He is also a wicketkeeper and generally plays as the opening batsman for his team. He is also an occasional wicket keeper.


Background


Rory Burns has been playing cricket since his school days and has made his first professional appearance in Second XI cricket tournament for his home county of Surrey. He then went to the Cambridge MCCU and started playing county cricket regularly, which made him a professional cricketer.


Debut


Rory Burns made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on 6 November 2018 at Galle. He scored 9 runs in the first innings and 23 runs in the second innings of the match, which was won by England by a margin of 211 runs.


Rory made his First Class debut against Cambridge MCCU, playing for Surrey on 11 May 2011. He scored 9 and 23 runs respectively in both the innings of the match, which was won by Cambridge MCCU by 10 wickets.


The List A debut for Rory Burns came on 15 July 2012 for Surrey against Nottinghamshire where he scored only 3 runs. The Notts won the match by 5 wickets.


Rory Burns made his T20 debut for Surrey against Essex on 22 June 2012 where he scored 15 runs, but ended up on the losing side again.


Rise to Glory


Rory Burns has been a consistent performer in the domestic cricket of England for the past 5 years, and that earned him a spot in the National Test Team of England in November 2018. He has scored 538 runs in 9 Test matches so far and has 1 century and 3 half centuries to his name. He is one of the few players from England to have scored a century in the Ashes.


Low Points


Rory Burns collided with his teammate while attempting to take a catch in June 2015, which injured him badly and put him out of action for the rest of the domestic season, which was the only cricket he was playing at that time. However, he managed to rise against the odds and went on to become one of the most successful players for Surrey County.


Club Career


Rory Burns plays domestic cricket of England for his home county, Surrey and has been a consistent performer in the past few seasons. He has scored 8528 runs in 123 matches for Surrey. He has also 16 centuries and 46 half centuries in domestic cricket as well.


He has been scoring 1000+ runs in each season of English County Cricket since the past 5 seasons and also led the Surrey County to its first title victory since 2002. He is now the captain of the Surrey County Cricket team in both First Class and List A formats.