Kevin James Burns (born 7 July 1960) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played 58 first-class and 31 List A matches, all but one of them for Otago between the 1980–81 and 1991–92 seasons. Burns was born at

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in 1960.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 27. Cardiff:

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. He played for

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in a December 1977

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match against Central Otago at Balclutha, and went on to play Hawke a total of 28 Hawke Cup matches for the side, with his final appearance in 1992. He played for Otago age-group sides before making his representative debut for the senior Otago side in December 1980 against

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at Molyneux Park in Alexandra.Kevin Burns
CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023. Primarily a batsman, Burns played in a total of 58 first-class matches and scored a total of 2,729 runs at a

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of 29.03 runs per innings, including three centuries. He set new record partnerships for Otago for the second wicket―putting on 254 runs batting with Ken Rutherford against Wellington in 1987/88―and for the fourth wicket―a partnership of 235 with Richard Hoskin against

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during the same season. He played one match for a New Zealand XI against the touring England side, opening the batting in a match played between the first and second Test matches of a three match Test series, but never played international cricket for New Zealand. He played in 31 List A matches for Otago, scoring 497 runs, and made his final appearance for Otago in January 1991.

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