Bio

James Edward Charles Franklin (born 7 November 1980) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played all forms of the game internationally. Franklin played as a left-arm medium-fast bowler who swung the ball, and an important middle order batsman who hit the ball with power. He began his career as a capable left-handed lower order batsman, but has greatly improved his batting and is now seen as a first class middle order batsmen. He is one of only two New Zealanders to ever take a hat-trick in Test cricket (the other being Peter Petherick). He achieved this feat on 20 October 2004 against Bangladesh. James Franklin has been named as Durham's head coach as off 2019.