Travis Friend

Zimbabwe

Full name Travis John Friend

Born January 7, 1981, Kwekwe, Midlands

Current age 37 years 108 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Derbyshire, Derbyshire 2nd XI, Midlands, Zimbabwe Cricket Academy

Also known as Testosterone,Chunks

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Explore Travis Friend's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	13	19	4	447	81	29.80	1020	43.82	0	3	54	3	2
ODIs	51	39	5	548	91	16.11	724	75.69	0	3	54	6	17
First-class	44	66	9	1791	183	31.42			3	7			33
List A	88	74	7	1105	91	16.49			0	4			30
T20s	4	3	0	41	24	13.66	29	141.37	0	0	3	2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	13	19	2000	1090	25	5/31	7/57	43.60	3.27	80.0	0	1	0
ODIs	51	45	1930	1779	37	4/55	4/55	48.08	5.53	52.1	1	0	0
First-class	44		5608	3154	79	5/16		39.92	3.37	70.9		2	0
List A	88		3201	2766	77	4/37	4/37	35.92	5.18	41.5	2	0	0
T20s	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 15-18, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Feb 26-Mar 1, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Sep 30, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Zimbabwe at Perth, Feb 3, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Derbyshire v Somerset at Derby, Aug 4-7, 2005 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Somerset v Derbyshire at Taunton, Sep 25, 2005 scorecard
T20s debut	Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire at Nottingham, Jul 1, 2005 scorecard
Last T20s	Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, Jul 18, 2005 scorecard

Profile

Tall, well-built and known as Chunks to his mates, Travis Friend is a bowler of genuine pace who first played for Zimbabwe in a one-day international at the age of 19, despite only changing from legspin two years earlier. But he picked up a stress fracture in the back, perhaps due to over-bowling in New Zealand and India in 2000-01. He recovered, and quickly made an impact in the Test arena, taking 5 for 31 as Bangladesh were skittled for 107 on the first day of the Test series in November 2001. A useful batsman who drives well off the front foot, Friend is a modest and approachable individual.

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