James Franklin

Franklin (left) and Joe Burns in 2015
Personal information
Full name	James Edward Franklin
Born	(1980-11-07) 7 November 1980 (age 43) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	All rounder
Relations	Jean Coulston (aunt)
International information
National side	New Zealand (2001–2013)
Test debut (cap  214)	8 March 2001 v  Pakistan
Last Test	2 January 2013 v  South Africa
ODI debut (cap  118)	2 January 2001 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI	16 June 2013 v  England
ODI shirt no.	70
T20I debut (cap  17)	16 February 2006 v  West Indies
Last T20I	27 June 2013 v  England
T20I shirt no.	70
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2014/15	Wellington
2004	Gloucestershire
2006	Glamorgan
2009–2010	Gloucestershire
2011–2012	Mumbai Indians
2011/12	Adelaide Strikers
2012	Essex
2013	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2014	Nottinghamshire
2014	Barbados Tridents
2015–2018	Middlesex
2016–2017	Rajshahi Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 31 110 206 292 Runs scored 808 1,270 9,780 5,811 Batting average 20.71 23.96 35.56 32.83 100s/50s 1/2 0/4 22/43 4/34 Top score 122 * 98 * 219 133 * Balls bowled 4,767 3,848 25,509 9,623 Wickets 82 81 479 230 Bowling average 33.97 41.40 28.18 34.43 5 wickets in innings 3 1 14 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 6/119 5/42 7/14 5/42 Catches/ stumpings 12/– 26/– 107/– 94/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 July 2018

James Edward Charles Franklin (born 7 November 1980) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game internationally.

Franklin played as a left-arm medium-fast bowler who swung the ball, and a middle order batsman who hit the ball with power. He began his career as a capable left-handed lower order batsman, but greatly improved his batting during his career. He is one of only two New Zealanders to take a hat-trick in Test cricket, a feat he achieved in October 2004 against Bangladesh.

Playing career

Domestically Franklin played for Wellington. He made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Pakistan in early 2001 aged 20 as a result of a series of injuries to New Zealand's bowlers. He made his Test debut in Auckland against Pakistan later in the year, collecting a pair and taking two wickets. In April 2006, he scored his maiden Test century, making 122 not out in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Franklin became the first man to take a wicket with the first ball of a match on World Cup debut. ^[1] He scored two first-class double centuries, both for Wellington against Auckland, making 208 in 2005/06 and 219 in 2008/09.

Franklin played county cricket for Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire and Middlesex. On 6 February 2015, it was announced that James Franklin had signed for Middlesex, initially on a two-year contract, effectively retiring from international cricket. Due to a Northern Irish grandfather from Enniskillen, he was able to play as a domestic player, playing for the side until the end of the 2018 season.

He played in the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians, in the Bangladesh Premier League for Rajshahi Kings, in the Australian Big Bash League for Adelaide Strikers and in the Caribbean Premier League for Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents.

Coaching career

In January 2019 Franklin was appointed the head coach of Durham County Cricket Club. ^[2] After four seasons, in which their high point was reaching the final of the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup, he stepped down in September 2022. ^[3] He is currently serving as the bowling coach of Islamabad United in the ongoing PSL 8. ^[2] He replaced Dale Steyn as the fast bowling coach of the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Personal life

He is married and has a son, Charlie Franklin, born on 15th November 2008. ^[4]

See also

• List of Test cricket hat-tricks

References

External links

• James Franklin at ESPNcricinfo
• James Franklin at New Zealand Cricket Players Association
• James Franklin on Twitter