Travis Friend

Travis Friend

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	13	51
Runs scored	447	548
Batting average	29.80	16.11
100s/50s	0/3	0/3
Top score	81	91
Balls bowled	2000	1930
Wickets	25	37
Bowling average	43.60	48.08
5 wickets in innings	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/31	4/55
Catches/stumpings	2/-	17/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2006

Travis John Friend (born 7 January 1981 in Kwekwe, Midlands) is a former Zimbabwean Test and One Day International cricketer. Friend captained Zimbabwe in four under-19 ODIs and went on to play a full senior ODI for Zimbabwe aged 19. A stress fracture to his back set him back, but he later returned to the Test squad. One of the 15 "rebels" of Zimbabwean cricket, his Test career now looks finished. In 2005 he was contracted by Derbyshire CCC but made little impact in the County Championship and was not retained for 2006. In 2009 he signed up for the summer with Castletown Cricket Club in the Isle of Man --- the first time any of the island's teams could boast a former Test player.

He is also training to be a professional pilot in UK, and may hamper a prospect of a return to cricket for Zimbabwe.

References

• http://www.brmtaylor.com/news-142.html
• Cricinfo page on Travis Friend

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