Club: North City

Wellington Firebirds debut: v Central Stags 2010-11 (first-class)
Best bowl: 3 for 39 v Central Stags 2010-11 (first-class)

Promising new ball bowler Friday made his Wellington Firebirds debut in the first round of last year’s Plunket Shield against the Central Stags in Napier, taking 3 for 39. A former Junior Tall Black basketball player, Friday is also a former New Zealand 19 cricketer and was a key member in the Wellington U23s last season. Over the recent winter he trained with the New Zealand A side in Queensland, Australia, and played in their three-day match against India Emerging Players at Townsville.

TIPENE FRIDAY

Playing style: Bowler

Nickname: Tipuation

Secondary school attended: St. Patrick’s College, Wellington

Club: North City

Earliest cricket memory: Backyard cricket with pep’s

Favourite ground to play cricket on: Linden Park

Most memorable cricket moment: Being at the Hawkins Basin Reserve for the Christchurch earthquake game

If I could bat/bowl in partnership with any cricketer from any era I would chose: Glen McGrath – would have been great to have bowled in tandem with him

Favourite player growing up: Shane Warne: Heath Davis

The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire: Dirk Nowitzki

If I wasn’t a Firebirds cricketer I’d be: A policeman or a judge on X-factor

Favourite superhero: Maui

Favourite book/magazine: Facebook

Favourite holiday destination: Jersey Shore

If I was in a band I would play the: Triangle

In my spare time I like to: Fist pump and play basketball

My signature dish is: Spaghetti Bolognaise