 His best run in a ranking tournament was reaching the last 16, which he achieved at both the 1996 Asian Classic and the 1998 British Open.At the British Open tournament, he defeated 1986 world champion Joe Johnson before being whitewashed by reigning world champion Ken Doherty at the last 16 stage.One of most memorable moments of Burrows' career came when he recorded a maximum break against Adrian Rosa at the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship, the 33rd official maximum break.