England's Rory Burns becomes 10th player to bat on all five days of a Test match

Ashes 2019: England opener Rory Burns has joined a select list of cricketers to have batted on all 5 days of a Test, after he took strike on Day 5 of the 1st Test at Edgbaston.
England's Rory Burns returns to the pavilion after getting out for 11 runs during play on the fifth day of the first Ashes cricket Test match. (Photo | AFP)
England's Rory Burns returns to the pavilion after getting out for 11 runs during play on the fifth day of the first Ashes cricket Test match. (Photo | AFP)

England's Rory Burns became just the 10th player to bat on all five days of a Test match during the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Monday.

The complete list is as follows (player, innings, team, opponents, venue, year):

ML Jaisimha          20* 74   India        v Australia    Kolkata      1960

Geoff Boycott       107  80*  England      v Australia    Nottingham   1977

Kim Hughes          117  84   Australia    v England      Lord's       1980

Allan Lamb           23 110   England      v West Indies  Lord's       1984

Ravi Shastri        111   7*  India        v England      Kolkata      1984

Adrian Griffith     114  18   West Indies  v New Zealand  Hamilton     1999

Andrew Flintoff      70  51   England      v India        Mohali       2006

Alviro Petersen     156  39   South Africa v New Zealand  Wellington   2012

Cheteshwar Pujara    52  22   India        v Sri Lanka    Kolkata      2017

Rory Burns          133  11   England      v Australia    Birmingham   2019

Note: * = not out

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