Joe Burns: It is every youth's dream to play cricket for Australia wearing that baggy green cap and many turn that dream into reality. But in this article, we will know about that player who first made his name while playing for Australia and now he has left the Australian team and has not only started playing cricket for Italy but has also become the captain of Italy.
We have also seen in the past that cricket players from big countries have played cricket for associate countries before. In which New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson and India's Unmukt Chand and Saurabh Netrawalkar have played for America. Now the name of former Australian opening batsman Joe Burns has also been added to this list.
Joe Burns was dropped for some time
Burns last played the Boxing Day Test match for Australia in Melbourne in 2020, after which he was dropped from the team due to poor performance. After which he decided to play for Italy. His brother passed away some time ago after which
He had taken this decision.
Joe Burns held Italy's hand
Joe Burns's mother was from Italy, due to which he got a chance to play there. Joe Burns has played 5 T20 matches for Italy so far and during this he has scored 1 century and 1 half-century. Burns has not only impressed everyone with his batting but has also shown the power of his off-spin bowling.
This has been Joe Burns' career for Australia
Burns played 23 Test matches for Australia, scoring 1442 runs in 40 innings at an average of 36.97. He had scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries. In ODI, he scored 146 runs for Australia in 6 innings of 6 matches at an average of 24.33.
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