Joe Burns (cricketer)
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Herston, Queensland, Australia
 James Franklin and Burns (right) in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joseph Anthony Burns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1989 Herston, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Harold Burns (Great uncle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 441) | 26 December 2014 Australia v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 December 2020 Australia v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 207) | 27 August 2015 Australia v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2015 Australia v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 43) | 9 June 2024 Italy v Luxembourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 July 2025 Italy v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2023/24 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–2020/21 | Brisbane Heat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–2023/24 | Melbourne Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Anthony Burns (born 6 September 1989) is an Australian-Italian cricketer. He previously played for the Australia national cricket team, Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and Queensland in Australian domestic cricket. In May 2024, he announced his move to Italy as a tribute for his late brother Dominic, who died in February 2024 and in the hopes of playing for Italy in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Under his leadership, the Italy national cricket team qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup for the first time. However, in the lead up to the tournament, he was dropped from the squad and replaced by Wayne Madsen as captain.[1]
Burns' parents were both school teachers. He was a good cricketer as a child, though not a prodigy. "I finished uni, thinking I was going to get a job in business," he said. "I didn't play cricket with the ambition of playing professionally … but you make a few runs, go up the grades, and it all happened so quickly from there."[2] Burns grew up in Brisbane's northern suburbs and attended Nudgee College.[3]
Domestic and T20 career
Burns made an exceptional start in his Sheffield Shield debut against South Australia, scoring 140 in February 2011.[4]
In the 2011–12 Sheffield Shield season, Burns was the fifth highest run scorer in the Australian first-class cricket season, scoring 781 runs.[5] This was followed by 587 runs in the 2012–13 Sheffield Shield season.[6]
Burns performances resulted in a call in early 2013 up to the Australia A to face the touring party from England, where he scored 114 in a one-day game,[7] not long after being named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.[8]
Burns continued his good form on his return to Australia and was top scorer for the Brisbane Heat in their win over Perth Scorchers in the final of the 2012–13 Big Bash League season.[9][10]
Burns performances brought him to the attention of Leicestershire who signed him as a replacement for their overseas player, Ramnaresh Sarwan, between May and August of the 2013 County season.[11] This was curtailed in July, when a hip injury forced Burns to end his spell in England and return home to Queensland.[12]
Burns deputised for the Middlesex captain Adam Voges during the 2015 English season.[13]
In December 2017, Burns scored his maiden first-class double century, batting for Queensland against South Australia in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season.[14] In March 2018, Cricket Australia named Burns in their Sheffield Shield team of the year.[15] In 2019, he signed with Lancashire ahead of the 2019 County Championship in England,[16] but returned to Australia for personal reasons after making only one appearance.[17]
In April 2021, Burns was signed by Lahore Qalandars to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[18]
