Quinton Friend

Quinton Friend (born 16 February 1982) is a South African domestic cricketer as well as a regular representative in the South Africa A cricket team. He bowls right arm fast-medium with an action similar to Damien Fleming and is a tail-end right-handed batsman.

Quinton Friend
Personal information
Full nameQuinton Friend
Born (1982-02-16) 16 February 1982
Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
NicknameQuinne
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000—2007Western Province/Cape Cobras
2009/10-2011/12Dolphins
2011/12-presentKnights
Career statistics
Competition First Class List-A Twenty20
Matches 41 35 10
Runs scored 638 82 1
Batting average 17.24 5.86 0.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 51 20 1*
Balls bowled 5844 1563 223
Wickets 117 39 7
Bowling average 25.51 29.05 36.86
5 wickets in innings 4 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 - -
Best bowling 7/31 3/36 2/29
Catches/stumpings 13/0 10/0 2/0
Source: CricInfo, 24 April 2008

Career

Friend, who was born in Bellville, Western Cape, debuted for the Warriors in 2002 in List-A cricket, and in 2002 in first class cricket at Pietermaritzburg.[1] He took career best figures of 3/36 against Western Province Boland in a one-day match on 17 November 2004,[2] and the following year in January 2005 he took 5/93 in one day again against Western Province in a first class match,[3] ending with final figures of 6/114.[4] Against Western Province again Friend was the pick of the bowlers with 4/65 on 2 March 2006 during a one-day game,[5]

In 2007, Western Provinces merged with Boland to become the Cape Cobras, who then released Friend on 12 July 2007 to join the Dolphins.[6] He led them to victory against the Titans on 22 October 2007,[7] however eight days later was suspended for one match along with Titans' Martin van Jaarsveld for verbal abuse.[8]

Notes
  1. Quinton Friend at ESPNcricinfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  2. Warriors waltz to win in the rain at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  3. Runs flow as SuperSport Series restarts at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  4. Klusener in among the wickets at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  5. Morkel shines with bat and ball at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  6. Dolphins sign up Quinton Friend at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  7. Dolphins and Eagles ease to victories at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
  8. van Jaarsveld and Friend suspended at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008
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