The opener is in India armed with a fresh perspective thanks to his baby daughter and a new interest in psychology
After missing the Sri Lanka series to be present for the birth of his first child, Rory Burns is quarantining in India, where England’s first Test starts next Friday, and preparing to return to the biosecure bubble in which he struggled off and, at times, on the field. The opener is now armed with a few new tools to ensure he does not become overwhelmed by total immersion in cricket.
After last summer, when his most impressive series on home soil – averaging 43.82 runs against West Indies – segued into his worst – averaging five against Pakistan – Burns admitted the bubble was “not something I personally enjoyed that much” and that he “found that you couldn’t get away from cricket”, something not helped by the players living at the ground, as they were at Manchester and Southampton.
