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Phoebe Antonia Franklin (born 18 February 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Phoebe Franklin

Personal information
Full name	Phoebe Antonia Franklin
Born	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 24) Greenwich, Greater London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2014–present	Kent
2020–present	South East Stars
2021–present	Birmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 33 56 Runs scored 339 658 Batting average 14.73 15.67 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 37 51 Balls bowled 462 335 Wickets 17 17 Bowling average 20.41 22.76 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/14 3/14 Catches/stumpings 10/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2022

Early life

Franklin was born on 18 February 1998 in Greenwich.[2]

Domestic career

Franklin made her county debut in 2014, for Kent against Essex.[3] She was part of the Kent team that won the Championship and Twenty20 Cup double in 2016, and won the Championship again in 2019.[4][5] She played six matches in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup as Kent won the South East Group, and scored her maiden county half-century, scoring 51 against Middlesex.[6][7] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Franklin scored 155 runs, including 51 made against Surrey.[8][9]

In 2020, Franklin played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in two matches, batting once and scoring 22 against Southern Vipers.[10][11] In 2021, she made 112 runs in the Stars' successful Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign, as well as playing four times in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12][13] She also appeared three times for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.[14] She played eleven matches for South East Stars in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 147 runs.[15][16] She also took eight wickets at an average of 21.25 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[16] In The Hundred, Franklin made two appearances for Birmingham Phoenix, scoring 10 runs and taking one wicket.[17] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Franklin had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars.[18]

References

External links

• Phoebe Franklin at ESPNcricinfo
• Phoebe Franklin at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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