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Full name Michael Burns
Born February 6, 1969, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire
Current age 39 years 214 days
Major teams Cornwall,Cumberland,Somerset,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
154
248
14
7648
221
32.68
8
51
142
7
List A
221
207
21
4802
115*
25.81
3
31
101
15
Twenty20
9
7
0
108
36
15.42
100
108.00
0
0
12
1
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
154
4751
2885
68
6/54
42.42
3.64
69.8
1
0
List A
221
1844
1769
58
4/39
4/39
30.50
5.75
31.7
1
0
0
Twenty20
9
3
36
55
2
1/15
1/15
27.50
9.16
18.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1992 - 2005
List A span
1991 - 2005
Twenty20 debut
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Profile
Michael Burns is very much a bits and pieces player. He began his career at Warwickshire as a wicketkeeper-batsman but found opportunities limited and when Dermot Reeve moved to Somerset as their coach in 1997, Burns was one of the first to follow him south. While there was no keeping vacancy, he forced his way into the side as an aggressive batsman whose medium-pace trundlers grew increasingly useful. He became a firm favourite at Taunton, passing 1000 runs in 2002 and 2003, and was appointed captain. When Somerset were relegated from the top flight in 2003 he offered to stand down, but was re-appointed when the county failed to find a suitable replacement. However, when Mark Garaway took over as coach in 2005 he became a victim of the youth policy and decided to retire at the end of the summer. He holds an ECB coaching certificate.
Martin Williamson (April 2004)
