5 possible replacements for Gary Ballance in the future

#1 Rory Burns

Rory Burns after his double century against Hampshire

Roy Burns has been plying his trade in the County circuit for the past six years. However, playing for Surrey, he has been absolutely brilliant with the bat. He is approaching 27, and still has plenty of cricket left in him.

Provided he continues to perform as per expectations, he has every chance of getting a place in the English Test team. In 87 first-class games, the left-handed batsman has racked up 5919 runs at an average of 42.58 and also has 11 tons to his name.

With 761 runs in 8 games, he has been Surrey’s third-highest run scorer in the Specsavers County Championship. He played a brilliant knock of 219 runs in 423 balls against Hampshire, which eventually turned out to be his highest score of the season.