Quinton Friend

Quinton Friend (born 16 February 1982) is a South African former cricketer. 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 name
Quinton Friend
Born (1982-02-16) 16 February 1982
Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
NicknameQuinne
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02—2006/07Western Province
2005/06–2006/07Cape Cobras
2006/07–2010/11Dolphins
2009/10–2010/11KwaZulu-Natal
2011/12–2015/16Knights
2011/12–2015/16Free State
FC debut11 October 2002 Western Province v KwaZulu-Natal
Last FC27 January 2008 Free State v Gauteng
LA debut26 December 2001 Western Province v Northerns
Last LA28 February 2016 Free State v Gauteng
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 117 89 44
Runs scored 1,819 319 61
Batting average 15.54 9.96 6.10
100s/50s 0/6 0/1 0/0
Top score 78 51 23
Balls bowled 17,973 3,817 844
Wickets 366 108 31
Bowling average 25.00 28.73 30.93
5 wickets in innings 12 0 1
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/31 4/30 5/21
Catches/stumpings 45/– 22/– 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 20 May 2022

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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