A stylish middle-order batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, Wayne Burtt made his Plunket Shield debut in the fourth match of the 1965–66 season and was never out of the Canterbury side until he moved to Central Districts at the end of the 1972–73 season.
In his first match for Canterbury he made 53 and took 4 for 49 as Central Districts hung on for a draw.
[2] Burtt had his most productive season in 1967–68 when he scored 416 runs at an average of 46.22, including his only century, 130 not out against Wellington.
[3][4] Towards the end of the season he was selected to play for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring Indian team, scoring 33 and 71 in a low-scoring match.
Burtt died in the Christchurch suburb of Spreydon in February 2023, aged 78.