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Paul Franks
England
Player profile
Full name Paul John Franks
Born February 3, 1979, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Current age 29 years 173 days
Major teams England, Nottinghamshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Minster School, Southwell
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
4.00 |
17 |
23.52 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
152 |
218 |
43 |
4648 |
123* |
26.56 |
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3 |
22 |
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54 |
0 |
| List A |
142 |
105 |
30 |
1551 |
84* |
20.68 |
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0 |
4 |
|
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21 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
30 |
19 |
8 |
200 |
29* |
18.18 |
173 |
115.60 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
1 |
1 |
54 |
48 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
5.33 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
152 |
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23079 |
12998 |
407 |
7/56 |
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31.93 |
3.37 |
56.7 |
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11 |
0 |
| List A |
142 |
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5531 |
4492 |
163 |
6/27 |
6/27 |
27.55 |
4.87 |
33.9 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
30 |
14 |
165 |
230 |
11 |
2/12 |
2/12 |
20.90 |
8.36 |
15.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Only ODI |
England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jul 20, 2000 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1996 |
| Last First-class |
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire at Southampton, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1997 |
| Last List A |
Nottinghamshire v Hampshire at Nottingham, Jul 20, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard |
Injury struck at exactly the wrong time for Paul Franks. An intelligent,
thoughtful fast-medium bowler who could make serious contributions with the bat, he had gained international recognition with an appearance for England in a one-day international against the West Indies on his home ground, Trent Bridge. That was in 2000, the year he was elected Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club. However he missed much of the 2001 season with a knee injury and did not re-appear until midway through the 2002 season by which time he had fallen a long way down the pecking order, and a poor 2003 season further hampered his chances of a recall.
He had been a star of the England U-19 side and was vice-captain of the team that won the U-19 World Cup in South Africa in 1998. The following winter he was called up as a replacement for the England A team in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and was selected in his own right for the following winter's A tour to Bangladesh and New Zealand. Having previously attended the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai under the guidance of Dennis Lillee, he was in the provisional squad to attend the 2002-03 ECB National Academy in Australia but did not make the final cut. In recent seasons Franks has again been troubled by injuries and failed to hit the standards that were once predicted of him.
Cricinfo staff September 2007
NBC Denis Compton Award 1997, 1998, 1999
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Paul Franks has Geraint Jones caught behind
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Apr 20, 2007 |
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Paul Franks approaches his delivery stride
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Sep 8, 2006 |
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Paul Franks is cleaned up by Johann Louw
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