Erin Alexandra Burns (born 22 June 1988) is an Australian

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er who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She has appeared in one

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and five

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for

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, making her debut in September 2019 against the

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. She plays for

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in the

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and

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in the

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. She has previously played for

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and

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Early life

Born in

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

, Burns found herself unable to progress any further through the strong New South Wales system than the state's second XI. In 2009, however, the

Tasmanian Roar The Tasmania Women cricket team, also known as Tasmanian Tigers and previously Tasmanian Roar, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of Tasmania. They play their home games at Blundstone Arena, Hobart. They compete ...

was casting around for extra talent for its entry to interstate competition, and rang Burns with an offer of a place which she accepted.

Tasmanian Roar

Burns won the

Player of the Year award for 2009–10. She was a squad member of the Southern Stars in 2011, and toured New Zealand with the Shooting Stars in 2012. She remained part of the Shooting Stars squad, and was once again Tasmanian Roar Player of the Year, in 2012–13. In that season's

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, she played such a prominent role for the Roar, including by hitting 90 runs against

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off just 50 deliveries, with 10 boundaries and four sixes, that she was named the ACA women's Player of the Month for December 2012. In late 2013, Burns suffered a serious cartilage tear in her knee that threatened her playing career. However,

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club doctor

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treated the injury with stem cell injections, which were more effective than anticipated; Burns returned to the Roar at a T20 match in November 2014. In October 2016, during the opening round of that season's

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, Burns top scored for the Roar in the match against the

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with 45 runs, and also took two wickets.

Hobart Hurricanes

Burns was included in the Hurricanes squad for its inaugural WBBL01 season (2015–16), during which she scored 224 runs at 17.23 with a highest score of 34, and took 7 wickets at 30.14 with best figures of 2/22. She also achieved the feat of taking three catches in a single innings. During the WBBL02 season (2016–17), Burns played a key role in two Hurricanes wins. On 18 December 2016, she hit a four through mid-wicket off the final ball of a super over to claim victory against the

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, and propel the Hurricanes to equal first on the WBBL table. On 5 January 2017, after being promoted to open the Hurricanes' innings against

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, she scored 46 runs, and shared in a second wicket partnership of 64 with Heather Knight, to help lead the Hurricanes to a match winning 171/3, which eventually proved to be the highest innings total for WBBL, 02. In November 2018, she was named in the

' squad for the

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International career

In August 2019, Burns was named in Australia's squad for their series against the West Indies. She made her

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(WODI) debut for Australia against the

on 8 September 2019. She made her

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(WT20I) debut for Australia, also against the

, on 14 September 2019. In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the

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in Australia. In January 2022, Burns was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A, with the matches being played alongside the

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Personal life

Burns completed a degree in Exercise Science in 2009, and later, with the assistance of a

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Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship, obtained a master's degree in physiotherapy. She has worked as both an Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapist, and has a particular interest in sporting injuries. While undergoing rehabilitation for her knee injury, Burns took up cycling to strengthen her knee. In 2015, she completed a bike ride from her home town of Wollongong to Melbourne to raise money for Bowel Cancer Australia, in honour of her late father, who died from the disease in 2005. Burns married her wife Anna in 2019, and has supported initiatives to include the LGBTQI community as part of the Sydney Sixers.

References

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