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IPL playerNew Zealand2011 to 2012

James Franklin

On scorecards: JEC Franklin · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
20
Matches
327
Runs
SR 108.7
9
Wickets
econ 8.63
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2011 to 2012 · Sources

James Franklin, a batter, played two IPL seasons, both with Mumbai Indians.

The arrival

James Franklin arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹45 lakh (US$100k), the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2008 and 2009).

That first season brought 8 matches, 107 runs and 3 wickets at 9.43 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2012, for Mumbai Indians: 220 runs at an average of 24.4, striking at 98.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 79.

With the ball, the best season was 2012, for Mumbai Indians: 6 wickets at 8.07 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 2 for 18.

One franchise

James Franklin spent the whole IPL career with Mumbai Indians, from 2011 to 2012.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, James Franklin struck at 108.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.0, so James Franklin scored about 14 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 47% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 25 fours and 9 sixes.

With the ball, 9 wickets in 153 deliveries, at 8.63 runs an over against a league rate of 7.59 for the same seasons: 1.04 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.

The fielding record: 6 catches.

At the auction

James Franklin went under the hammer three times, bought once and left unsold twice. The price was ₹45 lakh (US$100k), paid by Mumbai Indians in 2011. Unsold in 2008, James Franklin was bought in 2011 by Mumbai Indians.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

James Franklin made 20 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2012, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2011Mumbai Indians810745*53.5137.20/039.432/3521
2012Mumbai Indians122207924.498.71/068.072/184

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced38.2%
Balls per four12
Balls per six33.4
Dot balls bowled25.8%
Balls per wicket16.8
Catches6
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Auction-2–Unsold
2009All-rounder₹24 lakhUnsold
2011–₹45 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹45 lakh (US$100k)

Sources