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]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–present | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2022 |
Franklin was born on 18 February 1998 in Greenwich.[2]
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]
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