Neil Foster
INTL CAREER: 1983 - 1993
Full Name
Neil Alan Foster
Born
May 06, 1962, Colchester, Essex
Age
61y 364d
Nicknames
Fozzy
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
6ft 4in
Education
Philip Morant Comprehensive, Colchester
RELATIONS
(son)
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.
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