James Franklin

For most counties Friday is T20 night but Middlesex have always preferred Thursdays. The stroll from St John's Wood to Lord's, brimming with City types anticipating their first T20 game of the season, showed why.

Composed centuries from captain Adam Voges and James Franklin led Middlesex to a five-wicket Championship victory over Somerset at Taunton after they had been set an unlikely 402 to win

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on February 19, 2014

New Zealand allrounder James Franklin has signed a two-year deal with Middlesex, a move that will end his international career

A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches played on January 18, 2015

Two wickets apiece from Matt Henry and James McMillan, and economical bowling from the South Island spinners gave them a 15-run win against North Island in the Georgie Pie Super Smash exhibition match in Hamilton

Stephen Murdoch's sixth first-class century helped Wellington gun down 307 to secure a remarkable four-wicket victory against Canterbury in Christchurch

New Zealand allrounder James Franklin remembers all his stats, and likes to take his five-year-old to watch football and rugby

Nottinghamshire clawed back a tie in the Royal London Cup after an oepning stand of 125 between Marcus Trescothick and Nick Compton had promised to set up a Somerset victory

Guided by a well-compiled fifty from James Franklin and an aggressive 41 from Luke Ronchi, Wellington edged out Northern Districts by four wickets in a tense game to win the Ford Trophy

Round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on February 19, 2014

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on January 26, 2014

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on December 23, 2013

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on December 15, 2013

A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches played on March 19, 2013

England foundered from the start under the lights at Seddon Park, enabling New Zealand to inflict a 55-run trouncing

Preview of the second ODI between South Africa and New Zealand in Kimberley

James Franklin has targeted a first ODI series win in South Africa after New Zealand took a 1-0 lead

Twenty20 cricket is where teams like New Zealand hope to compete when they come up against a side with the reputation and form of South Africa, and assistant coach Bob Carter said they go into the T20s with optimism