James Edward Charles Franklin (born 7 November 1980) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game internationally.
Franklin played as a left-arm medium-fast bowler who swung the ball, and an important middle order batsman who hit the ball with power.
He began his career as a capable left-handed lower order batsman, but has greatly improved his batting and is now seen as a first class middle order batsmen.
He is one of only two New Zealanders to ever take a hat-trick in Test cricket (the other being Peter Petherick).
He achieved this feat on 20 October 2004 against Bangladesh.