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Full name Trevor John Franklin
Born March 15, 1962, Mount Eden, Auckland
Current age 46 years 212 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
37
1
828
101
23.00
3131
26.44
1
4
83
1
8
0
ODIs
3
3
0
27
21
9.00
89
30.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
148
254
20
7794
181
33.30
15
40
79
0
List A
62
61
2
1420
102
24.06
1
6
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
148
91
51
1
1/21
51.00
3.36
91.0
0
0
List A
62
54
50
1
1/23
1/23
50.00
5.55
54.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Aug 25-29, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Mar 1-5, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Mar 17, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
India v New Zealand at Visakhapatnam, Dec 10, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1980/81 - 1992/93
List A span
1980/81 - 1992/93
Profile
Lanky New Zealand opener Trevor Franklin knew only one way to play, and it didn't involve too many horizontal-bat shots. In 21 Tests he scored his runs at a rate of 27 runs per 100 balls. That equates to 1.6 runs per over, and makes him slower than those great blockers Chris Tavaré (33) and Jimmy Adams (38). But despite boring spectators and bowlers into submission Franklin was a popular figure, mainly because he was so unlucky with injuries. Most famously, he had his leg shattered when he was run over by a luggage trailer at Gatwick Airport in 1986, and he didn't play a Test for nearly two years. He wasn't endowed with good luck. On that tour he also broke a thumb, and in 1991-92 had his forearm smashed by David Lawrence. Even though it did take seven hours, his first and only Test hundred, against England at Lord's in 1990, was extremely well received. Rob Smyth
