Martin Burton
Martin Arthur Edward Burton (born 6 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Burton was a left-handed batsman who was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
Burton made his Minor Counties Championship for Cambridgeshire in 1994 against Bedfordshire. The following season, he made his List-A debut for the county in the 1995 NatWest Trophy against Derbyshire. This was his only List-A appearance for the county, although he made 7 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county from 1994 to 1995.
Burton made his List-A debut for Huntingdonshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Bedfordshire at Wardown Park, Luton. Burton next represented Huntingdonshire in List-A cricket in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against a Hampshire Cricket Board side and also played against a Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same compe*ion. He played 3 further List-A matches for Huntingdonshire, against Oxfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and a further game against Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same compe*ion. His final two List-A matches for the county came against a Gloucestershire Cricket Board side in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which Huntingdonshire lost and against Cheshire in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.
In his 8 List-A matches, he scored 134 at a batting average of 16.75, with a high score of 34. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 37.00, with best figures of 2/22.
References
External links
- Martin Burton at Cricinfo
- Martin Burton at CricketArchive