15 Facts About Erin Burns

Erin Alexandra Burns was born on 22 June 1988 and is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.

Erin Burns has appeared in one One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for Australia, making her debut in September 2019 against the West Indies.

Erin Burns plays for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League and Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League.

Erin Burns has previously played for Tasmania, Wellington, Hobart Hurricanes, Australian Capital Territory and Birmingham Phoenix.

Erin Burns was a squad member of the Southern Stars in 2011, and toured New Zealand with the Shooting Stars in 2012.

In late 2013, Erin Burns suffered a serious cartilage tear in her knee that threatened her playing career.

However, Sydney Swans club doctor Nathan Gibbs treated the injury with stem cell injections, which were more effective than anticipated; Erin Burns returned to the Roar at a T20 match in November 2014.

In October 2016, during the opening round of that season's WNCL, Erin Burns top scored for the Roar in the match against the South Australian Scorpions with 45 runs, and took two wickets.

Erin Burns achieved the feat of taking three catches in a single innings.

Erin Burns made her Women's One Day International debut for Australia against the West Indies on 8 September 2019.

Erin Burns made her Women's Twenty20 International debut for Australia, against the West Indies, on 14 September 2019.

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

Erin Burns completed a degree in Exercise Science in 2009, and later, with the assistance of a University of Sydney Elite Athlete Program scholarship, obtained a master's degree in physiotherapy.

Erin Burns has worked as both an Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapist, and has a particular interest in sporting injuries.

Erin Burns married her wife Anna in 2019, and has supported initiatives to include the LGBTQI community as part of the Sydney Sixers.