Neil Foster is pictured above during his final One Day International against Australia at Lord's on 29th May 1989.
Foster took 2-57 in his 11 overs but was unable to stop Australia recording a comfortable 6 wicket victory
to tie the 3 match series 1-1.
|
Date |
Test |
Venue |
Opp. |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
|
11/08/83 |
3 |
Lord's |
NZ |
16-5-40-0 |
12-0-35-1 |
10 & 3 |
1 |
|
20/01/84 |
1 |
Wellington |
NZ |
24-9-60-1 |
37-12-91-2 |
10 & dnb |
1 |
|
10/02/84 |
3 |
Auckland |
NZ |
30-8-78-1 |
dnb |
18* & dnb |
0 |
|
12/03/84 |
2 |
Faisalabad |
Pak |
30-7-109-1 |
5-1-10-1 |
dnb & dnb |
1 |
|
19/03/84 |
3 |
Lahore |
Pak |
32-8-67-5 |
15-4-44-0 |
6 & 0 |
0 |
|
28/06/84 |
2 |
Lord's |
WI |
6-2-13-0 |
12-0-69-0 |
6 & 9* |
0 |
|
13/01/85 |
4 |
Madras |
Ind |
23-2-104-6 |
28-8-59-5 |
5 & dnb |
0 |
|
31/01/85 |
5 |
Kanpur |
Ind |
36-8-123-3 |
dnb |
8 & dnb |
0 |
|
27/06/85 |
2 |
Lord's |
Aus |
23-1-83-1 |
dnb |
3 & 0 |
0 |
|
21/03/86 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
WI |
19-0-76-3 |
dnb |
0 & 0 |
0 |
|
03/04/86 |
4 |
Port-of-Spain |
WI |
24-3-68-2 |
2.5-0-15-0 |
0 & 14 |
0 |
|
11/04/86 |
5 |
St. John's |
WI |
28-5-86-2 |
10-0-40-0 |
10 & 0* |
0 |
|
03/07/86 |
3 |
Birmingham |
Ind |
41-9-93-3 |
22-9-48-1 |
17 & 0 |
0 |
|
24/07/86 |
1 |
Lord's |
NZ |
25-6-56-0 |
3-1-13-1 |
8 & dnb |
0 |
|
04/06/87 |
1 |
Manchester |
Pak |
15-3-34-1 |
dnb |
8 & dnb |
0 |
|
18/06/87 |
2 |
Lord's |
Pak |
dnb |
dnb |
21 & dnb |
0 |
|
02/07/87 |
3 |
Leeds |
Pak |
46.2-15-107-8 |
dnb |
9 & 22 |
0 |
|
23/07/87 |
4 |
Birmingham |
Pak |
37-8-107-2 |
27-7-59-4 |
29 & dnb |
1 |
|
06/08/87 |
5 |
The Oval |
Pak |
12-3-32-0 |
dnb |
4 & dnb |
0 |
|
25/11/87 |
1 |
Lahore |
Pak |
23-6-58-2 |
dnb |
39 & 1 |
0 |
|
07/12/87 |
2 |
Faisalabad |
Pak |
18-4-42-4 |
3-0-4-0 |
0 & 0 |
0 |
|
29/01/88 |
1 |
Sydney |
Aus |
19-6-27-2 |
15-6-27-0 |
19 & dnb |
1 |
|
21/07/88 |
4 |
Leeds |
WI |
32.2-6-98-3 |
7-1-36-0 |
8* & 0 |
1 |
|
04/08/88 |
5 |
The Oval |
WI |
16-2-64-5 |
18-3-52-1 |
7 & 34 |
0 |
|
25/08/88 |
1 |
Lord's |
SL |
21-5-51-3 |
33-10-98-2 |
14* & dnb |
0 |
|
08/06/89 |
1 |
Leeds |
Aus |
46-14-109-3 |
19-4-65-1 |
2* & 1* |
1 |
|
22/06/89 |
2 |
Lord's |
Aus |
45-7-129-3 |
18-3-39-3 |
16 & 4 |
0 |
|
27/07/89 |
4 |
Manchester |
Aus |
34-12-74-2 |
5-2-5-0 |
39 & 6 |
0 |
|
17/06/93 |
2 |
Lord's |
Aus |
30-4-94-0 |
dnb |
16 & 20 |
0 |
Summary of all matches
M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
29 |
446 |
39 |
11.74 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
8-107 |
32.85 |
5 |
7 |
The photograph of England cricketer Neil Foster was taken on 4th. June 1984.
Image by George Herringshaw. ©
Profile of ten year Test career for England.
Neil Foster was held together by a metal plate when he made his Test
debut against New Zealand in 1983. He was still recovering from a
serious back injury and surgeons had screwed the metal reinforcement to
his spine. Injury problems were to dog his Test career, but his greatest
problem was the lack of a top class fast bowler at the other end.
Foster was one of those whippy fast-medium bowlers who moved the ball
either way from a tight line and length; the sort who need contrasting
support. He could be a handful on the deadest wickets: he once took 5-67
at Lahore. In his early years he often went on tour - he went to New
Zealand in 1983-84 and India in 1984-85 - but rarely got an extended
opportunity at home. Sportswriter Martin Johnson joked that cricket's
ancient rituals included, 'The Dropping of Foster after the Lord's
Test.' In 1986 he went to the West Indies under David Gower, taking 3-76
at Bridgetown, Barbados. He took 8-107 against Pakistan at Headingley
in 1987, one of the rare occasions he was able to share the new ball
with Graham Dilley and went on to play in the Bi-centenary Test in
Australia. He took 5-64 against West Indies at the Oval in 1988, but was
dropped for Gus Fraser after the second Australian Test of 1989. He
went to South Africa with Mike Gatting's rebel team and later played
first-class cricket for Transvaal. (Bob Harragan) |