James Franklin (cricketer)

James Franklin

Franklin (left) and Joe Burns in 2015
Personal information
Full name	James Edward Franklin
Born	(1980-11-07) 7 November 1980 (age 44) 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.