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Joe Burns

Joe Burns was born in the year 1986 in the city of Herson in Queensland. He is a cricketer of Australian citizenship and plays for Brisbane Heat on both ODI and Test Levels. He is a right-handed man and plays as an opening Batsman and he is able to play wherever he wants on Top Order. The fielding position is mostly short leg or bat pad. His batting style is right-handed while his bowling style is right-arm medium.

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From his biography, Joe Burns started to play with Sheffield Shield while playing with South Australia and he scored 140 during the year 2011. For the following season, he saw him developing in highest scoring batsman for the First class cricket. The performance resulted in the call up to the Australia A for facing a touring party for England and he scored 114 in just one-day game. It was not too long before he is called Bradman Young Cricketer of that Year.

He continued with his fitness, and with his return to Australia, he became the top Scorer of Brisbane heat and he won Perth Scorcher for the final of 2012-13 Big Bash League Season. The performance he had in these games was brought to Leicestershire’s attention and he got signed to be a replacement of overseas player called Ramnaresh Sarwan starting from May until august 2013 County Season. However, he was not able to finish because he suffered a hip injury and it forced him to end this spell while in England and then returned to his home Queensland. He was the deputy of captain Adam Voges for Middlesex during English season of 2015.

Joe Burns was chosen for playing for Australia in their Boxing Day Test and it was against India at Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was because of the injury of Mitchell Marsh who played as All rounder. He was batting at number 6 and he was able to make 13 runs afterwards, he was caught behind by Umesh Yadav. Afterwards, he was able to score two half centuries for the Second Test with Sydney Cricket Ground.

He made the first Test Century while playing against New Zealand at Gabba. He reached a century with consecutive sixes away of bowling away off-spinner Mark Craig. He was able to make One Day International Debut under Australia while playing against Ireland in the year 2015 at Stormont in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. During the ODI debut, he was able to score half century.

There is no information about his parents or net worth. Joe Burns full name is Joseph Anthony Burns and he has played in many teams such as Australia, Brisbane heat, Australia A, Queensland Under 19s, Queensland, Middlesex, Under 23s and Sussex 2nd XL. He is not the owner of Joe Burns funeral home based in Florida and has no relationship with Joe Burns, an American footballer.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 6 Sep, 1989
Age: 30 yrs
Occupations: Cricketer
Citizenship: Australia
Birth Place: Herston
Gender: Male
Description: Australian cricketer
Net Worth 2021: 1.2 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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