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David Burton Personal information Full name David Alexander Burton Born 23 August 1985
Stockwell, London, EnglandBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast Role bowler Career statistics Competition FC T20 Matches 5 3 Runs scored 58 – Batting average 14.50 – 100s/50s 0/1 – Top score 52* – Balls bowled 698 54 Wickets 14 4 Bowling average 39.28 12.75 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 5/68 2/13 Catches/stumpings 1/0 1/– Source: ESPNcricinfo, 05 August 2011 David Burton (born David Alexander Burton, 23 August 1985)[1] is a first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire.
Career
Burton has climbed the greasy pole towards becoming a county cricketer as he represented fourdifferent counties in Second Eleven or friendly matches in 2005 and 2006 (Surrey, Sussex, Essex and Gloucestershire). Whilst at Gloucestershire, he played two Second Eleven matches in the latter part of 2006, taking 5-66 against Derbyshire[2] and 5-76 and 3-60 against Glamorgan[3] and was rewarded by being selected for the First XI in Gloucestershire's last County Championship match of the season against Glamorgan.[4] Coming in at no.10 with the score on 384-8, he scored 52* in a 128-run partnership with Mark Hardinges, Gloucestershire's highest-ever ninth-wicket stand against Glamorgan.[5] He performed poorly in the remainder of the match, bowling 20 wicketless overs for 129 including three wides and fifteen no-balls and was out for 1 in the second innings.
In 2007, Burton played five Second Eleven Championship matches and four Second Eleven Trophy matches for Gloucestershire but could not break in to the first team and was released at the end of the season.
At the start of the 2008 season, he played three pre-season matches for Kent and another four for Middlesex, and was eventually signed up by the latter. He became a regular in the second XI, playing 11 Championship matches and 4 Trophy matches, and due to injuries to other bowlers got into the first XI for two Twenty20 Cup group stage matches in what turned out to be a competition that Middlesex won. He also played in a first-class match against the touring South Africans. However, he made no further 1st team appearances and was not initially retained for the following season.
2009 saw Burton play one pre-season match for Kent and one Second Eleven Championship match for Leicestershire. Middlesex asked him to return after they suffered another injury crisis to their bowlers, and as well as playing two Second Eleven Championship matches and taking part in a match against Cardiff UCCE he was selected for a County Championship match against his old team Gloucestershire,[6] and in a Twenty20 match against Sussex.[7] Against Gloucestershire, in what was otherwise a difficult match for the Middlesex players, Burton took 5-68,[8][9][10] and against Sussex he took 2-13 off four overs making him Middlesex's top wicket-taker in the match as well as their most economical bowler. These two performances earned him a contract for the remainder of the season.[11]
He signed and made his debut for Northamptonshire on 16 September 2010 against Leicestershire and took five wickets for 75 from 20 overs in the first innings.
References
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/current/player/260128.html
- ^ Derbyshire Second XI v Gloucestershire Second XI in 2006 CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Glamorgan Second XI v Gloucestershire Second XI in 2006 CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Glamorgan v Gloucestershire in 2006 CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Highest Partnership For Gloucestershire Against Glamorgan CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Gloucestershire v Middlesex in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Middlesex v Sussex in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ After seven counties, David Burton claims five wickets Times Online. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ Gloucestershire v Middlesex Sporting Life. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ David and Jonathan star Middlesex til we die. Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ David Burton & Robbie Williams sign contracts with Middlesex Middlesex CCC. Retrieved July 5, 2009
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club – current squad Categories:- English cricketers
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