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Paul Franks

England

Full name Paul John Franks

Born February 3, 1979, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Current age 30 years 292 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
ODIs	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	17	23.52	0	0	0	0	1
First-class	159	227	43	4878	123*	26.51			3	24			55
List A	156	115	35	1757	84*	21.96			0	5			24
Twenty20	35	21	8	201	29*	15.46	176	114.20	0	0	15	6	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	1	1	54	48	0	-	-	-	5.33	-	0	0
First-class	159		24135	13556	418	7/56		32.43	3.37	57.7		11
List A	156		5846	4800	165	6/27	6/27	29.09	4.92	35.4	3	2
Twenty20	35	19	237	333	12	2/12	2/12	27.75	8.43	19.7	0	0

Career statistics

Only ODI	England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jul 20, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1996
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Sep 3-6, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Sep 2, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

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

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997, 1998, 1999