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Full name James Edward Charles Franklin
Born November 7, 1980, Wellington
Current age 27 years 289 days
Major teams New Zealand,Glamorgan,Wellington
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
28
5
505
122*
21.95
1248
40.46
1
1
50
4
9
0
ODIs
65
44
15
508
45*
17.51
679
74.81
0
0
35
6
19
0
T20Is
3
3
2
34
18
34.00
30
113.33
0
0
2
2
2
0
First-class
89
131
19
3106
208
27.73
3
14
31
0
List A
135
104
36
1532
76
22.52
0
5
42
0
Twenty20
14
12
4
254
69*
31.75
178
142.69
0
1
19
10
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
39
3577
2143
76
6/119
7/117
28.19
3.59
47.0
6
3
0
ODIs
65
63
2804
2392
64
5/42
5/42
37.37
5.11
43.8
0
1
0
T20Is
3
3
60
63
3
3/23
3/23
21.00
6.30
20.0
0
0
0
First-class
89
14655
7689
310
7/30
24.80
3.14
47.2
11
1
List A
135
6046
4784
147
5/42
5/42
32.54
4.74
41.1
3
1
0
Twenty20
14
13
281
379
8
3/23
3/23
47.37
8.09
35.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Mar 8-12, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-18, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Taupo, Jan 2, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Apr 24, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-18, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Apr 24, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at Cardiff, Jul 14, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
Profile
A left-arm medium-fast bowler who can swing the ball, James Franklin was introduced to international cricket when barely out of his teens after New Zealand suffered a run of injuries. Franklin made his one-day debut in 2000-01, and played two home Tests against Pakistan the same season, but struggled to make an impact and lost his place after the Sharjah Cup in April 2002. Back in domestic cricket he worked on his batting, which he had neglected, and filled out generally. He returned to the side in England in 2004. He was playing league cricket in Lancashire, but was called up when Shane Bond went home with a back injury. Franklin was included for the third Test at Trent Bridge, and although New Zealand lost he did his cause no harm with six wickets, five of them Test century-makers. He stayed on for the one-dayers that followed, and picked up the match award at Chester-le-Street for his 5 for 42 as England were skittled for 101. He was retained for the tour of Bangladesh, and took a hat-trick at Dhaka. Back home he took 6 for 119 against Australia in March 2005, and bowled superbly - getting the ball to reverse-swing - against Sri Lanka a month later, although his figures didn't reflect his excellence. More wickets followed against West Indies, then in April 2006 Franklin did his allrounder claims no harm with an unbeaten 122 - and a stand of 256 with Stephen Fleming - against South Africa at Cape Town. A knee injury hampered his 2006-07 season and he was unavailable for the World Cup but was preparing for a comeback in 2007-08. Lynn McConnell September 2007
