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Full name John Daniel Francis
Born November 13, 1980, Bromley, Kent
Current age 27 years 297 days
Major teams British Universities,Hampshire,Hampshire 2nd XI,Loughborough UCCE
Nickname Long John, Franky, Junior
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education King Edward VI, Southampton; Durham University; Loughborough University
Relations Brother - SRG Francis
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
57
101
8
2748
125*
29.54
6497
42.29
6
15
32
0
List A
70
65
11
1827
103*
33.83
2635
69.33
1
12
17
0
Twenty20
14
14
4
271
49
27.10
222
122.07
0
0
25
8
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
57
273
164
4
1/1
41.00
3.60
68.2
0
0
0
List A
70
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001
Last First-class
Lancashire v Somerset at Manchester, Apr 23-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001
Last List A
Kent v Somerset at Beckenham, Jun 4-5, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Warwickshire v Somerset at Birmingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard
Profile
The younger of the Francis brothers; John is a top-order batsman. Having moved from Hampshire to Somerset in 2004; he has become a more productive player and had his most successful season in 2005 where he amassed 1062 runs at 40.84, including four centuries and a career-best of 125* against Yorkshire. 2006 was a poor year for Francis though as he played only five times in the Championship and failed to reach 150 runs for the season. His sporting capabilities extend beyond the cricket field as he also has a keen interest in hockey, representing England at U-18 level. In the off-season he runs Universal Marquees Limited Liam Sumsion September 2006
