Matthew James Friedlander (born 1 August 1979) is a former

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. Friedlander is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Durban, Natal. Friedlander made his first-class debut for Boland during the 2003/4 season against Free State. His second and final first-class match for Boland came during the same season against Easterns. He also made his debut in List-A cricket during this season against North West. He played 2 further List-A matches during the season against Border and Free State. In his 3 List-A matches he took 2 wickets at a

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of 2/27. In 2005, he made his first-class debut for CUCCE in 2005 against Essex in England. From 2005 to 2008, he represented the university in 10 first-class matches, the last of which came against Warwickshire. In 2005 he also represented a combined

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team against the touring Bangladeshis. During the 2005 season he represented Northamptonshire in a single first-class match against the Bangladeshis.First-Class Matches played by Matthew Friedlander
/ref> In his combined first-class career, he scored 260 runs at a batting average of 14.44, with a single half century high score of 81. With the ball he took 26 wickets at an average of 41.15, with a single

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of 6/78, which represented his best figures. In local domestic cricket, he currently plays for

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in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League.

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