He was educated at Homefield Preparatory and Cranleigh School in Surrey, and at Loughborough University, where he obtained an Upper Second Class honours BSc in Sports and Exercise Science.
In April 2015 in a non first-class game Burgess scored 116 against a Kent attack including first XI players Matt Coles and Adam Riley.
He was released by Leicestershire at the end of the 2016 season,[2] joining Sussex County Cricket Club on a non contract basis in March 2017.
A series of good performances with bat and gloves in both red and white ball formats led to the award of a one-year contract in August of that year.
This was promptly extended for a further year after he hit a career-best 146 v Nottinghamshire in the final County Championship match of the season at Hove.