Profile
In a country where patience runs low, especially when it comes to fast bowlers, it is no surprise that despite toiling for over a decade, James Franklin still continues to remain a fringe player in the New Zealand set up.
Franklin debuted for Wellington in the 1998-99 season before a hurried call-up to the ODI side in 2001 when an injury crisis robbed the Black Caps of several of their key pace men. He had an average debut in the shorter format with two wickets in his five overs against Zimbabwe and just months later he made a forgettable Test debut against Pakistan. Not impressed by his abilities in the longer format, selectors continued playing him in ODIs, but following a poor 2002 Sharjah Cup in which he failed to pick even a single wicket, he was sacked, only to return in 2004 as a replacement for the injured Shane Bond.
During this period, the speedster worked both on his batting and his swing bowling and the efforts were visible. His fine returns for both club Glamorgan and country - including a Test ton against the South Africans - earned him a place in New Zealand’s 2007 World Cup side. Over the past few years, Franklin has been in and out of the side with the axe always seeming to following him like a shadow. However, failures haven’t deterred this left-arm seamer who continues to come up with performances which keep him in the loop of New Zealand cricket. He was roped in by the Mumbai for the third IPL edition in 2010, after he displayed flashes of his talent on New Zealand’s tour of India earlier that year.
Fast Facts
- James Franklin became the second Kiwi player to have taken a hat-trick in Tests.
- He was New Zealand's 'Almanack Player of the Year' in 2006.
- Franklin also became the first player to take a wicket of the first legitimate delivery of World Cup debut, a feat which he achieved in the 2007 opener against England.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
31 |
46 |
808 |
7 |
20.71 |
37.35 |
1 |
2 |
122* |
| ODI |
110 |
80 |
1270 |
27 |
23.96 |
76.92 |
0 |
4 |
98* |
| T20 |
36 |
30 |
463 |
8 |
21.04 |
118.71 |
0 |
2 |
60 |
| IPL |
20 |
16 |
327 |
5 |
29.72 |
108.63 |
0 |
1 |
79 |
| CLT20 |
5 |
5 |
107 |
1 |
26.75 |
98.16 |
0 |
0 |
42* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
31 |
54 |
4767 |
2786 |
82 |
6/119 |
/ |
33.97 |
3.50 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
119 |
| ODI |
110 |
97 |
3848 |
3354 |
81 |
5/42 |
/ |
41.40 |
5.22 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
165 |
| T20 |
36 |
25 |
321 |
412 |
20 |
4/15 |
/ |
20.6 |
7.70 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| IPL |
20 |
15 |
151 |
220 |
9 |
2/18 |
/ |
24.44 |
8.74 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| CLT20 |
5 |
4 |
48 |
43 |
3 |
2/16 |
/ |
14.33 |
5.37 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
12 |
0 |
2 |
| ODI |
26 |
0 |
6 |
| T20 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
| IPL |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| CLT20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2001-2013
- ODI:
- 2001-2013
- T20:
- 2006-2013
- IPL:
- 2011-2012
- CLT20:
- 2011-2011
- Test
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs Pakistan at Eden Park, Auckland - Mar 08, 2001
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town - Jan 02, 2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe at Owen Delany Park, Taupo - Jan 02, 2001
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Jun 16, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland - Feb 16, 2006
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs England at Westpac Stadium, Wellington - Feb 15, 2013
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Vs Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Apr 10, 2011
- Last played:
- Mumbai Vs Chennai at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru - May 23, 2012
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Vs Trinidad and Tobago at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru - Sep 26, 2011
- Last played:
- Mumbai Vs Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Oct 09, 2011
