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

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.

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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