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Full name Paul John Franks
Born February 3, 1979, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Current age 29 years 289 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

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

4.00

23.52

First-class

154

221

4677

123*

26.27

List A

145

108

1604

84*

21.10

Twenty20

200

29*

18.18

173

115.60

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

5.33

First-class

154

23289

13128

407

7/56

32.25

3.38

57.2

List A

145

5573

4544

163

6/27

27.87

4.89

34.1

Twenty20

165

230

2/12

20.90

8.36

15.0

Career statistics

Only ODI

England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jul 20, 2000 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1996

Last First-class

Sussex v Nottinghamshire at Hove, Aug 27-30, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1997

Last List A

Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Lord's, Sep 7, 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

Apr 16, 2008

Paul Franks has Geraint Jones caught behind © Getty Images

Apr 20, 2007

Paul Franks approaches his delivery stride © Getty Images

Sep 8, 2006

Paul Franks is cleaned up by Johann Louw © Martin Williamson

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