Career
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since 2000. Franklyn Hinds first played cricket for the Cayman Islands in August 2000, when he played against Bermuda and the United States of America in the Americas Championship at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario. Later that year, he made his List A debut against Guyana in October as part of the Red Stripe Bowl.
He played three more matches in the tournament.
After this, he spent some time out of the Cayman Islands side, returning to take part in the 2004 Americas Championship in Bermuda. The following year he played in the repĂȘchage tournament for the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Kuala Lumpur in February 2005.
Later that year, he made his first-class debut, playing against Bermuda and Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club as part of the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup. In 2006, he played against the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago in the Stanford 20/20 before playing in the Americas Championship in King City.