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 (age 43) Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
Nickname	Quinne
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02—2006/07	Western Province
2005/06–2006/07	Cape Cobras
2006/07–2010/11	Dolphins
2009/10–2010/11	KwaZulu-Natal
2011/12–2015/16	Knights
2011/12–2015/16	Free State
FC debut	11 October 2002 Western Province v KwaZulu-Natal
Last FC	27 January 2008 Free State v Gauteng
LA debut	26 December 2001 Western Province v Northerns
Last LA	28 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]