 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Burgess akatungamirira New Zealand mu10 ye50 Tests dzake. Munguva yake ari kaputeni, New Zealand yakangokunda Test imwe chete, yake yekutanga semutungamiriri, muWellington muna 1977-78, asi kwaive kukunda kwakakosha, kwekutanga kuNew Zealand pamusoro peEngland, muTest 48 pakati penyika mbiri idzi. Akatungamirirawo New Zealand muNdebe yeNyika ya1979, apo vakasvika kumasemi-fainari asi vakakundwa neEngland nemaruniti mapfumbamwe. 