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Full name | Quinton Friend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa | 16 February 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Quinne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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