Franklyn Rose

Franklyn Rose

Personal information
Full name	Franklyn Albert Rose
Born	(1972-02-01) 1 February 1972 Chalky Hill, Saint Ann, Jamaica
Nickname	Frankie, Rosey
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	6 March 1997 v India
Last Test	3 August 2000 v England
ODI debut	26 April 1997 v India
Last ODI	20 July 2000 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992–2003	Jamaica
1998	Northamptonshire
2001–2002	Gauteng
2003	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 19 27 94 81 Runs scored 344 217 1,426 419 Batting average 13.23 12.05 13.08 9.52 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 69 30 96 37 Balls bowled 3,124 1,326 14,273 3,777 Wickets 53 29 296 99 Bowling average 30.88 36.06 26.51 27.37 5 wickets in innings 2 1 14 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 7/84 5/23 7/39 5/14 Catches/stumpings 4/– 6/– 24/– 18/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 24 October 2010

Franklyn Albert Rose (born 1 February 1972) is a West Indian cricketer.

He is a right-handed batsman and a fast right-arm bowler who possesses a lot of power with his full-length outswing. In the first innings in which he participated, he achieved figures of 6 for 100, but for Test after Test beyond this, his bowling disappointed in comparison, only picking up during a Test match in Durban, where he achieved figures of 7 for 84.

Rose also had his moments with the bat, including a match-turning 69 against Zimbabwe in Kingston during the 1999/2000 Cable and Wireless series. Coming in at 170 for 7, as West Indies replied to the visitors' 308, he and Jimmy Adams (101 n.o.) added a record 148 for the eighth wicket and the Windies eventually went on to win by 10 wickets. Rose was subsequently named Man-of-the-Series.

Later that year, Rose's aggressive instincts cost West Indies the second Test at Lord's when his attempts to shake up England's Dominic Cork with short-pitched bowling leaked valuable runs in a low-scoring game.

Although he was dropped for good shortly afterward at age 28, his final Test bowling average of 30.88 would prove to be the lowest of any West Indian pacer of his generation until Kemar Roach emerged nearly a decade later.

Rose has played for various more community-based outfits since departing from the international scene. One more prominent appointment was his recruitment for the 2004 season in England for Lashings Cricket Club. Rose, always a controversial figure in any cricketing scene, be it local, national or international, in turn fell out with equally controversial chairman of Lashings David Folb. Rose has also played in Sydney, Australia, and for the Chicago Tornadoes of the USA's Pro Cricket league. He currently resides in Auckland, where he played and coached at Birkenhead City Cricket Club on Auckland's North Shore during the 2011-12 season.

See also

• List of West Indies Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut