Born in Barbados on 8 April 1959, Franklyn’s professional first-class career took him to four continents where he terrorised batting line-ups and bowling attacks. He was a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who regularly clocked over 140 kph. In addition, he developed a pioneering slower ball and was the first bowler to use it with success in one-day cricket.

Franklyn’s finest hour came at the end of the 1988 season for Nottinghamshire. Going into the last match, he had already steamed past 100 wickets, but needed 210 runs to reach 1000 and the first double since Richard Hadlee - also of Notts - four years before. Franklyn ‘Cookie’ sailed to the target in epic style, slamming 111 and 117. He added 11 wickets as well to round off his one-man show. This record has never been repeated since.

Franklyn was a key figure for three further seasons for Nottinghamshire, before he transferred in 1992 to Sussex, where he had four further productive seasons. In 1994, he again took the leading all-rounder award with more than 750 runs and 67 wickets. Retiring from English county cricket after 1995 and from South African domestic cricket after the 1996-97 seasons, Franklyn took to golf, which he played to professional standards back home in Barbados.

Combined with his love of golf, Franklyn opened his academy from humble beginnings and continues to teach the kids of his native Barbados the fundamentals of the beautiful game. His vision of spreading cricket to children in all corners through the FSA Global network is just getting started.