According to the first-team coach Toby Booth, Bath "are behind the eight ball a bit" as the competition reaches halfway in the pool stages, but nevertheless think the time is right to risk starting Burgess.
Captaincy seems to agree with the left-hander, who must fancy his chances of picking up some silverware with Middlesex handily placed in all three competitions about halfway through the season.
The duo had led the competition at the halfway mark but they faded thereafter.
Tom Pappas, who ranks second in the world in decathlon, led the competition at the halfway mark with 4,400 points.
Not only is the oldest, dumpiest, heaviest, most ungainly contestant still in the competition past the halfway point – it is episode eight tonight – but arbiters of Middle England's opinion such as Esther Rantzen have been penning articles with headlines such as: "Why all women love an ugly man".
Brooklyn boasted the most clubs in the competition, including Jazzy Lil Secret, who, halfway through the doubles competition, brought out a small, cornrowed boy.
Ok, so it wasn't the toughest competition, what with Ken halfway checked-out and Dougie unable to crank the volume but fair play to her, she did get the most claps.
Great Britain are seventh and in contention for a medal halfway through a four-man bobsleigh competition that Russia lead.
Halfway through the competition, Biles briefly trailed the Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina, a moment of faux-tension.
Three dives, halfway through the competition, they were a substantial two points ahead of the invincible Chinese.
