Franklyn Rose

Who is Franklyn Rose?

Franklyn Albert Rose 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 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.