21 Facts About Rory Burns

Rory Burns led Surrey to the 2018,2022,2023 and 2024 County Championship titles.

Whilst at Whitgift school, Rory Burns played with fellow England international Jason Roy, who is the same age.

Rory Burns made scores of 23 and 16, and keeping wicket ahead of regular keepers Steven Davies and Gary Wilson he took two catches.

Rory Burns remained on the team for the rest of the season finishing with 741 runs at an average of 49.4.

Rory Burns continued to open the batting in 2013 and 2014, playing all Surrey's first-class games in both seasons.

Rory Burns scored 1000 runs in a season for the first time in 2014.

In June 2015, whilst playing for Surrey in a NatWest t20 Blast game against Sussex Sharks at Arundel Castle, Rory Burns collided with teammate Moises Henriques while attempting to take a catch.

Rory Burns played in 7 of Surrey's 10 games in the Royal London Cup, including all the knock-out games, scoring 364 runs.

Rory Burns only played one match in Surrey's 2020 Bob Willis Trophy campaign, hitting 103 and 52 against Sussex.

In September 2018, Rory Burns was named in England's Test squad for their tour of Sri Lanka, replacing the retiring Alastair Cook.

Rory Burns made his Test debut on 6 November 2018, and played all three matches in the series, making 155 runs at an average of 25.83.

Rory Burns made his maiden Test century in the first Test at Edgbaston, scoring 133 in "an urgent, scrappy, dogged" innings after a period of poor form.

Rory Burns success continued throughout the Ashes - he was the series' third highest scorer, making 390 runs in 10 innings, supplementing his century with scores of 53 and 81.

However, after scoring 84 in England's first Test against South Africa, Rory Burns was ruled out the last 3 Tests after rolling his ankle playing a game of football.

Rory Burns came back into the side for the behind closed doors Test series against West Indies and Pakistan in 2020.

However, this success was followed by a series of failures against Pakistan, Rory Burns scoring just 20 runs in his 4 innings.

Rory Burns was immediately brought back into the team for England's 2021 home series against New Zealand, and found form straight away.

Rory Burns played in three Tests over the full series scoring 77 runs at an average of 12.83.

Rory Burns was not included for England's subsequent Test tour of the West Indies.

Rory Burns missed England's 2021 tour of Sri Lanka for the birth of his daughter.

Rory Burns is very close to his school, Surrey and England teammate Jason Roy, both of them serving as each other's best man at their weddings.