BBL playerAustralia2012-13 to 2023-24
JA Burns
Right-handed bat
JA Burns, a batter, played twelve BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
JA Burns's first BBL season was 2012-13, with Brisbane Heat.
That first season brought 8 matches and 207 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2012-13, for Brisbane Heat: 207 runs at an average of 25.9, striking at 124.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 115.5, and a highest score of 44.
Club by club
2012-13 to 2020-21, Brisbane Heat. 56 matches, 1,151 runs and 3 wickets.
2021-22 to 2023-24, Melbourne Stars. 8 matches and 135 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Brisbane Heat, 2012-13 to 2020-21.
How the runs came
Across the career, JA Burns struck at 117.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.1, so JA Burns scored about 7 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 49% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 90 fours and 46 sixes.
The legacy
JA Burns made 64 BBL appearances, the last for Melbourne Stars in 2023-24.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 207 | 44 | 25.9 | 124.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Brisbane Heat | 6 | 118 | 69 | 19.7 | 120.4 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Brisbane Heat | 3 | 29 | 28 | 9.7 | 103.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Brisbane Heat | 3 | 103 | 60 | 34.3 | 106.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 199 | 51* | 49.8 | 131.8 | 1/0 | 1 | 7.80 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Brisbane Heat | 7 | 201 | 50 | 40.2 | 138.6 | 1/0 | 1 | 4.89 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Brisbane Heat | 5 | 50 | 20* | 12.5 | 86.2 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Brisbane Heat | 5 | 64 | 37 | 16.0 | 101.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Brisbane Heat | 11 | 180 | 52 | 22.5 | 120.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Melbourne Stars | 6 | 95 | 25 | 15.8 | 94.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Melbourne Stars | 1 | 18 | 18* | – | 112.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Melbourne Stars | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22.0 | 95.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Brisbane Heat: 2012-13 to 2020-21
- Melbourne Stars: 2021-22 to 2023-24
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics