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Full name Simon Richard George Francis
Born August 15, 1978, Bromley, Kent
Current age 30 years 6 days
Major teams Hampshire,Nottinghamshire,Somerset
Nickname Franco, Guru
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education King Edward VI, Southampton; Durham University
Relations Brother - JD Francis
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
60
77
33
509
44
11.56
0
0
19
0
List A
70
36
17
240
33*
12.63
0
0
16
0
Twenty20
22
10
5
39
9*
7.80
27
144.44
0
0
2
3
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
60
8583
5595
136
5/42
41.13
3.91
63.1
3
0
List A
70
2929
2644
77
8/66
8/66
34.33
5.41
38.0
1
1
0
Twenty20
22
20
384
628
11
2/22
2/22
57.09
9.81
34.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1997
Last First-class
Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Nottingham, Jul 13-16, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1997
Last List A
Somerset v Yorkshire at Taunton, Aug 13, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Simon Francis, a right-arm fast-medium bowler, made his county debut for Hampshire in 1997 and made a handful of appearances in between Durham University commitments before he moved to Somerset in 2002. He made the most of his move, and in 2003-4 he toured Malaysia and India with England A, having previously been on England Under-17 and Under-19 tours. In 2004 he took the best figures for the county in one-day cricket, 8 for 66 in the C&G Trophy against Derbyshire. But he struggled to hold down a place and was released at the end of the 2006 season. Nottinghamshire offered him another chance and Francis joined the club in May 2007. Like his brother John - with whom he played at Somerset - he also played hockey for England at U-18 level and in his time out of the game took up a career in sales and marketing.
Cricinfo staff May 2007
