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Full name Paul John Franks
Born February 3, 1979, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Current age 29 years 247 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
154
221
43
4677
123*
26.27
3
22
54
0
List A
145
108
32
1604
84*
21.10
0
4
22
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
154
23289
13128
407
7/56
32.25
3.38
57.2
11
0
List A
145
5573
4544
163
6/27
6/27
27.87
4.89
34.1
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
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
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
