Four months after giving birth to daughter Nina, all-rounder Erin Burns has been included in the Sydney Sixers squad for their Women’s Big Bash League season opener against the Perth Scorchers.

The 37-year-old, who missed the start of last summer’s WBBL campaign due to a heel injury, welcomed her second child in June, four years after wife Erin carried their son Jack.

Under Cricket Australia’s Parental Leave Policy, players can take up to 12 months of paid leave following a birth — with an option to return earlier pending medical clearance — but Burns made her comeback during last month’s T20 Spring Challenge, playing two matches for the Sixers at North Sydney Oval.

And the former Australian representative could make her Big Bash return this weekend, included in the Sixers squad for Sun

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