Background
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.
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.
He bowls right arm fast-medium with an action similar to Damien Fleming and is a tail-end right handed batsman. He took career best figures of 3/36 against Western Province Boland in a one day match on 17 November 2004, and the following year in January 2005 he took 5/93 in one day again against Western Province in a first class match, ending with final figures of 6/114. He led them to victory against the Titans on 22 October 2007, however eight days later was suspended for one match along with Titans" Martin van Jaarsveld for verbal abuse.