The 30-year-old wicket keeper/batsman was drafted into the Central Coast Chargers side for the inaugural series played last weekend in Sydney’s Centennial Park. Six franchises took part, where Central Coast was eliminated in the semi-final.

Burton was one of 54 players chosen from a pool of 140 to play in the two day competition.

He is the Manning River Times-Iguana Sporstar of the Week, earning a $50 open order at Iguana.

Burton was one of two wicket keepers in the Central Coast squad. He sat the first game out but said he was pleased with the way he kept when given a run. Burton didn’t get much of a chance with the bat, coming in down the order.

“I was dismissed cheaply going for runs,’’ he said.

LMS cricket is an eight-a-side T20 game with modifications.

While he didn’t get a lot of game time in the series, Burton hopes he’s done enough to earn a place in the draft for the 2020 event.

The six franchises were split into two pools of three. Central Coast scraped into the semi-finals on a run rate before going down to a side from Illawarra.

“It was a really enjoyable couple of days,’’ Burton said.

“There was great camaraderie between the players. The cricket was hard, but once it was over all the players would socialise and we’d have a few beers together.’’

This could also be beneficial for the Manning LMS competition. Each September a two day carnival organised by Mid North Coast manager Trent Thompson is played here.

Burton said he fielded a number of inquiries from players last weekend regarding the event.

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“Hopefully we’ll get more teams here this year and that might get more recognition for our players,’’ he said.

“We might see a few more involved in the series next season.’’

LMS cricket is played around the world and exhaustive and up-to-date statistics are collected. Burton started playing LMS when the competition was introduced here by Thompson in 2015/16. At one stage he had the fourth best batting average in the world.

“It (LMS) gives amateur park cricketers the chance to play around the world,’’ Burton said.

With the Super Series out of the way Burton will now concentrate on commitments with Taree West in the Mid North Coast Premier League cricket competition, along with his local LMS commitments.

The West sit in seventh place with the premier league to resume after the Christmas break tomorrow. Burton said Taree West was starting to show a bit of form before Christmas.

“We started slowly but we beginning to jell,’’ he said.

“Hopefully we can put a few wins together now and sneak into the top four.’’