| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Michael Burns | |||
| Born | 6 February 1969 Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997–2005 | Somerset | |||
| 1990–1996 | Warwickshire | |||
| First-class debut | 12 May 1992 Warwickshire v Cambridge University | |||
| Last First-class | 8 June 2005 Somerset v Worcestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | List A | T20 | |
| Matches | 154 | 221 | 9 | |
| Runs scored | 7648 | 4802 | 108 | |
| Batting average | 32.68 | 25.81 | 15.42 | |
| 100s/50s | 8/51 | 3/31 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 221 | 115* | 36 | |
| Balls bowled | 4751 | 1844 | 36 | |
| Wickets | 68 | 58 | 2 | |
| Bowling average | 42.42 | 30.50 | 27.50 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 6/54 | 4/39 | 1/15 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 142/7 | 101/15 | 3/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2009 | ||||
Michael Burns (born February 6, 1969 in Lancashire), is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset and Warwickshire in first-class cricket.
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Throughout his cricketing career, he adapted himself to fit into the slots in the team. At the very beginnings of his cricketing days, he played primarily as an off spin bowler.[1] The day before his trial with Warwickshire, Dermot Reeve (their captain at the time) saw him keeping wicket for Cumbria, which he did when they were short.[1] He spent his days at Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper batsman, and in five years there scored 640 runs at 20.00.[2]
Burns moved to Somerset, and became a middle order batsman, who bowled useful medium pace.[1][3] In both 2002 and 2003, he passed 1000 first-class runs for Somerset,[2] and he captained them in 2003 and 2004.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jamie Cox |
Somerset County Cricket Captain 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Graeme Smith |