neil foster Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
neil foster is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Neil Alan Foster
Born
May 06, 1962, Colchester, Essex
Age
61 years old
Nicknames
Fozzy
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
6ft 4in
Education
Philip Morant Comprehensive, Colchester
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | 48 | - | - |
Inn | 45 | 25 | - | - |
Runs | 446 | 150 | - | - |
Avg | 11.74 | 11.54 | - | - |
SR | 36.47 | 61.48 | - | - |
HS | 39 | 24 | - | - |
NO | 7 | 12 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 54 | 9 | - | - |
6s | 4 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | 48 | - | - |
Inn | 47 | 48 | - | - |
Balls | 6261 | 2627 | - | - |
Runs | 2891 | 1836 | - | - |
Wkt | 88 | 59 | - | - |
BBI | 107 / 8 | 20 / 3 | - | - |
BBM | 163 / 11 | 20 / 3 | - | - |
Eco | 2.77 | 4.19 | - | - |
Avg | 32.85 | 31.12 | - | - |
5W | 5 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- HG Foster
- England
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Transvaal
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
At his best, Foster was the kind of bowler who could run through an opposition batting line-up. One wicket would spur him on to pick up a cluster of scalps in a single spell. Fitness concerns meant that he ended up playing more ODIs than Tests owing to the lesser workload. Foster had over 1200 wickets across formats in the domestic circuit but couldn't breach the 100-wicket mark in either format for England. Nevertheless, he was a great servant whenever he got the opportunity. There is a famous story about Foster at an airport when a metal detector set off due to the number of plates in his body; a testimony to the surgeries he endured. If not for those fitness issues, he could have ended up as one of the finest pacers of all time.
Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Back and knee injuries plagued the career of Essex seam bowler Neil Foster so much that the plates in his body once apparently set off an airport metal-detector. In all, he had as many as nine knee operations, and the problems jinxed a fine career. Fozzie had a beautiful, upright action, which generated prolific outswing and seam movement both ways. And he had the priceless ability to dismiss good batsmen: he is the only man to snare Javed Miandad and Viv Richards for 0 in a Test. He came from nowhere to take 11 wickets in England's stunning Madras victory in 1984-85, and at The Oval in 1988 demolished West Indies' top order single-handedly in a devastating display. He went on the rebel tour to South Africa a year later, only to return to Test cricket at his Lord's bogey ground - where his bowling average was 51 - in 1993. He gave in to injury and retired a week later.
Rob Smyth