Paul Burn

Who is Paul Burn?

Paul Burn is a former English cricketer. Burn was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Sacriston, County Durham.

Burn made his debut in County Cricket for Durham in the 1985 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. From 1985 to 1991, he represented the county in 40 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire. Burn also represented Durham in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition against Hertfordshire in 1986. From 1986 to 1991, he played 6 Trophy matches for the county, the last of which came against Cumberland. It was for Durham that Burn made his debut in List A cricket against Derbyshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. From 1985 to 1991, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. Following Durham's elevation to first-class status at the end of the 1991 season, Burn played no further matches for the county.

While playing Minor counties cricket for Durham, he made his one and only appearance in first-class cricket for the combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Indians. In this match he scored 47 runs at a batting average of 17, with a high score of 47*. In his other innings in the match, he was dismissed for a duck.