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Neil Foster

Neil Foster
Personal information
Full name Neil Alan Foster
Born (1962-05-06) 6 May 1962 (age 54)
Colchester, Essex, England
Nickname Fozzy
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm fast medium
Role bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 502) 11 August 1983 v New Zealand
Last Test 17 June 1993 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 71) 18 February 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI 29 May 1989 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995 Norfolk
1981–1993 Essex
1991–1992 Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 29 48 230 215
Runs scored 446 150 4343 1247
Batting average 11.73 11.53 20.68 17.08
100s/50s –/– –/– 2/11 –/2
Top score 39 24 107* 62
Balls bowled 6261 6261 45833 10954
Wickets 88 59 908 292
Bowling average 32.85 31.11 24.44 24.41
5 wickets in innings 5 50 2
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 8 n/a
Best bowling 8/107 3/20 8/99 5/17
Catches/stumpings 7/– 12/– 116/– 49/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2008

Neil Alan Foster (born 6 May 1962) is an English former cricketer, who played in twenty nine Tests and forty eight One Day Internationals for England from 1983 to 1993. He played for Essex from 1980 to 1993, earning his county cap in 1983. He was a fast bowler.

Born 6 May 1962, Colchester, Essex) Foster was educated at Philip Morant Comprehensive, Colchester. He played for Essex during arguably their most successful period in their history. Supported by a star-studded team that included other England players such Graham Gooch, Keith Fletcher, John Lever and Derek Pringle, Essex with Foster as their spearhead fast bowler won the County Championship on five occasions (1983, 1984, 1986, 1991 and 1992) during his time there.

Foster made his Test debut against New Zealand at Lord's in 1983, with Jeremy Coney becoming his first wicket and only wicket of that game. Foster made his debut alongside other debutants, Nick Cook and Chris Smith, and it was the first time since 1959 that England had fielded three new players in a home Test.

Foster made his mark on Test cricket at a similar time to other fellow Essex players and captain Graham Gooch. Foster's fast swing bowling suited English conditions, but his best bowling figures came against India in Madras in 1984–85 where he took eleven wickets in the match. Foster is the only bowler to get both Javed Miandad and Viv Richards out for a duck in a Test.


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