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Neil Foster

All-rounder · 1983 to 1993 · 77 internationals

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77Internationals
596Runs
0Hundreds
147Wickets
19Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test294574463911.731,22336.46009544
ODI4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test29476,2612392,891888/10711/16332.852.7771.14251
ODI48482,627251,836593/203/2031.114.1944.5200-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test29507070.1401 (1ct 0st)
ODI4848120120.2502 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Neil Foster: Test and ODI stats

Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 446 75%ODI 150 25%
Wickets by format
Test 88 60%ODI 59 40%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test454547471983-08-111993-06-17Complete
ODI252548481984-02-181989-05-29Complete

Questions fans ask about Neil Foster

How many Test runs has Neil Foster scored?
Neil Foster has 446 runs in 45 Test innings from 29 matches at an average of 11.73 and a strike rate of 36.46. Highest score: 39.
What is Neil Foster's Test batting average?
Neil Foster's Test batting average is 11.73, from 446 runs and 45 innings.
How many Test wickets has Neil Foster taken?
Neil Foster has taken 88 wickets in Test from 29 matches at a bowling average of 32.85. Best innings: 8/107.
How many ODI runs has Neil Foster scored?
Neil Foster has 150 runs in 25 ODI innings from 48 matches at an average of 11.53 and a strike rate of 61.47. Highest score: 24.
What is Neil Foster's ODI batting average?
Neil Foster's ODI batting average is 11.53, from 150 runs and 25 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Neil Foster taken?
Neil Foster has taken 59 wickets in ODI from 48 matches at a bowling average of 31.11. Best innings: 3/20.

Explore every recorded innings

77 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1993-06-17Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by inns & 62 runs
1989-07-27Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 9 wickets
1989-06-22Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 6 wickets
1989-06-08Australia v EnglandTestAustralia won by 210 runs
1989-05-29Australia v EnglandODIAustralia won by 6 wickets
1989-05-27Australia v EnglandODIMatch tied
1989-05-25Australia v EnglandODIEngland won by 95 runs
1988-09-04England v Sri LankaODIEngland won by 5 wickets
1988-08-25England v Sri LankaTestEngland won by 7 wickets
1988-08-04England v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 8 wickets
1988-07-21England v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1988-01-29Australia v EnglandTestMatch drawn

TEST CAREER · 1983 to 1993

Neil Foster in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

446Runs
11.73Bat avg
36.46Strike rate
88Wickets
32.85Bowl avg
2.77Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career29476,2612392,891888/10711/16332.852.7771.14251
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career29507070.1401 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings
0200400250 runs: 1987-11-252504461983198519871989
Test runs by year
040801201983: 13 runs1319831984: 49 runs491985: 16 runs1619851986: 49 runs491987: 133 runs13319871988: 82 runs821989: 68 runs6819891990: 0 runs1991: 0 runs19911992: 0 runs1993: 36 runs361993
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught23 · 51.1%
Bowled8 · 17.8%
LBW5 · 11.1%
Run out2 · 4.4%
Not out7 · 15.6%
Test batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
534.001 inns
62.502 inns
7-0 inns
89.427 inns
917.1415 inns
107.3315 inns
116.505 inns
Test runs from boundaries
Fours216 · 48.4%
Sixes24 · 5.4%
Other runs206 · 46.2%
Test wickets, innings by innings
0306050 wickets: 1987-07-2350881983198519871989
Test wickets by year
0612181983: 1 wickets119831984: 11 wickets111985: 15 wickets1519851986: 12 wickets121987: 21 wickets2119871988: 16 wickets161989: 12 wickets1219891990: 0 wickets1991: 0 wickets19911992: 0 wickets1993: 0 wickets1993
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
152runs
21.71average
35.10strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
18wickets
39.77average
2.66economy
89.66strike rate
3/39best

Test record by situation

complete career
Neil Foster: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Pakistan81201393911.5835439.26003162
West Indies612388349.7722239.63004130
Australia61121263914.0034436.62001151
New Zealand4514918*12.2518326.7700061
India34030177.506844.1100140
Sri Lanka1111414*N/A5226.9200000
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Pakistan8121,58066673288/10724.032.5556.4222
West Indies6111,05122617165/6438.563.5265.6801
Australia6101,52459652153/3943.462.56101.6000
New Zealand478824137362/9162.162.53147.0000
India3590036427186/10423.722.8450.0002
Sri Lanka123241514953/5129.802.7564.8000
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425
Neil Foster: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home172853163913.7387036.32003371
Away11172130398.6635336.82006173
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home16273,7301421,703488/10735.472.7377.7012
Away12202,531971,188406/10429.702.8163.2713
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425
Neil Foster: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match171712163913.5045048.00002263
2nd innings of the match111131162914.5039729.21001121
3rd innings of the match15151113348.0734632.65006160
4th innings of the match22211*N/A303.3300000
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match12122,016731,029256/10441.163.0680.6401
2nd innings of the match16162,494951,053418/10725.682.5360.8213
3rd innings of the match881,04448449155/5929.932.5869.6011
4th innings of the match11117072336073/3951.423.05101.0000
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425
Neil Foster: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 5110343434.008042.5000050
No. 6220552.501050.0000110
No. 847066209.4222729.0700280
No. 9121512403917.1459640.26001294
No. 10111538814*7.3325734.24004100
No. 1135313106.505324.5200110
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won3413214*10.6611627.5800020
Lost132652663912.6670237.89005333
Drawn121511482910.5740536.54004191
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won3679830387176/10422.762.9046.9402
Lost13212,787901,380398/10735.382.9771.4602
Drawn12202,6761191,124325/6735.122.5283.6221
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425
Neil Foster: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
198312013106.505922.0300010
19844624918*12.2516330.0600171
19853401684.005131.3700110
198659149176.1212539.2000480
198771001333913.3032940.42002152
1988462823420.5019542.05001100
1989362683917.0017040.0000081
1993120362018.0013127.4800040
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19831216857511/3575.002.67168.0000
1984591,14651541115/6749.182.83104.1801
19853466019369156/10424.603.3544.0002
1986591,04933495123/7641.252.8387.4100
1987681,08846443218/10721.092.4451.8021
19884896839453165/6428.312.8060.5001
1989361,00242421123/3935.082.5283.5000
19931118049400/94N/A3.13N/A00
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425
Neil Foster: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Lord's81321302111.8137834.39001160
Headingley363422214.0013531.1100150
Gaddafi Stadium240463911.509946.4600152
Edgbaston230462915.339946.4600160
Kennington Oval230453415.0014231.6900060
Old Trafford230533917.6611645.6800041
All294574463911.731,22336.46009544
Neil Foster: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Lord's7121,46444720143/3951.422.95104.5700
Headingley3590440415158/10727.662.7560.2601
Edgbaston2476233307104/5930.702.4176.2010
Iqbal Stadium243361216564/4227.502.9456.0010
Gaddafi Stadium234201816975/6724.142.4160.0001
Kennington Oval23276814865/6424.663.2146.0001
Old Trafford233241711332/7437.662.09108.0000
All29476,2612392,891888/10732.852.7771.1425

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Best Test performances

Neil Foster: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
396262.9042PakistanGaddafi Stadium1987-11-25
396857.3541AustraliaOld Trafford1989-07-27
348042.5050West IndiesKennington Oval1988-08-04
296346.0330PakistanEdgbaston1987-07-23
225738.5940PakistanHeadingley1987-07-02
212295.4540PakistanLord's1987-06-18
208124.6910AustraliaLord's1993-06-17
192479.1630AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1988-01-29
18*8022.5021New ZealandEden Park1984-02-10
173253.1230IndiaEdgbaston1986-07-03
Neil Foster: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
8/107278152.30PakistanHeadingley1987-07-02
6/10413824.52IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium1985-01-13
5/5916882.10IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium1985-01-13
5/649624.00West IndiesKennington Oval1988-08-04
5/6719282.09PakistanGaddafi Stadium1984-03-19
4/4210842.33PakistanIqbal Stadium1987-12-07
4/5916272.18PakistanEdgbaston1987-07-23
3/3910832.16AustraliaLord's1989-06-22
3/5112652.42Sri LankaLord's1988-08-25
3/7611404.00West IndiesKensington Oval1986-03-21

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1993-06-17Australia16 & 200/94Lord'sAustralia won by inns & 62 runs
1989-07-27Australia39 & 62/74 & 0/5Old TraffordAustralia won by 9 wickets
1989-06-22Australia16 & 43/129 & 3/39Lord'sAustralia won by 6 wickets
1989-06-08Australia2* & 1*3/109 & 1/65HeadingleyAustralia won by 210 runs
1988-08-25Sri Lanka14*3/51 & 2/98Lord'sEngland won by 7 wickets
1988-08-04West Indies7 & 345/64 & 1/52Kennington OvalWest Indies won by 8 wickets
1988-07-21West Indies8* & 03/98 & 0/36HeadingleyWest Indies won by 10 wickets
1988-01-29Australia192/27 & 0/27Sydney Cricket GroundMatch drawn
1987-12-07Pakistan0 & 04/42 & 0/4Iqbal StadiumMatch drawn
1987-11-25Pakistan39 & 12/58Gaddafi StadiumPakistan won by inns & 87 runs

ODI CAREER · 1984 to 1989

Neil Foster in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

59Wickets
31.11Average
4.19Economy
44.52Strike rate
3/20Best
0Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career48482,627251,836593/203/2031.114.1944.5200-
Official ODI fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career4848120120.2502 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings
0204050 wickets: 1987-11-205059198419851986198719881989
ODI wickets by year
0816241984: 8 wickets819841985: 6 wickets619851986: 8 wickets819861987: 31 wickets3119871988: 0 wickets19881989: 6 wickets61989
Last 20 ODI bowling innings
ODI innings by wickets
ODI runs, innings by innings
04080120100 runs: 1987-10-0910015019841985198619871989
ODI runs by year
030601984: 35 runs3519841985: 7 runs719851986: 19 runs1919861987: 84 runs8419871988: 0 runs19881989: 5 runs51989
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI innings by score
How ODI innings ended
Caught3 · 12.0%
Bowled4 · 16.0%
LBW1 · 4.0%
Run out5 · 20.0%
Not out12 · 48.0%
ODI batting position: average and innings
1-0 inns
2-0 inns
3-0 inns
4-0 inns
5-0 inns
6-0 inns
7-0 inns
811 inns
910.0011 inns
1011.4212 inns
1111 inns
ODI runs from boundaries
Fours36 · 24.0%
Other runs114 · 76.0%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings
73runs
24.33average
87.95strike rate
050s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
17wickets
23.70average
4.16economy
34.17strike rate
3/20best

ODI record by situation

complete career
Neil Foster: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Pakistan9955920*14.757578.6600140
West Indies774562418.669558.9400150
Australia553287*14.004463.6300000
New Zealand330652.001735.2900100
India110111.00137.6900000
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Pakistan13137014476183/2026.444.0738.9400
West Indies11116365458143/3932.714.3245.4200
Australia10105947420123/2935.004.2449.5000
India77318124693/4427.334.6435.3300
New Zealand55252815262/1925.333.6142.0000
Sri Lanka2212608400/37N/A4.00N/A00
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home663572419.009460.6300030
Away121266520*10.8310860.1800250
Neutral773289*7.004266.6600110
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home13138109536173/2931.523.9747.6400
Away22221,08513777263/2029.884.2941.7300
Neutral13137323523163/5332.684.2845.7500
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first141487020*11.6610467.3000230
Chasing11114802411.4214057.1400160
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first26261,42291,011323/2931.594.2644.4300
Defending a total22221,20516825273/2030.554.1044.6200
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 811155*N/A2250.0000010
No. 9111156020*10.0010756.0700330
No. 1012125802411.4213260.6000050
No. 1111155*N/A3166.6600000
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won9954214*10.506070.0000330
Lost161671082412.0018458.6900060
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won28281,499131,063353/2030.374.2542.8200
Lost19191,06210729233/3931.694.1146.1700
Tied116624411/4444.004.0066.0000
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1984552352411.665860.3400120
198533175*3.501936.8400000
1986332199*19.004344.1800020
1987131368420*12.0012169.4200250
198911155*N/A3166.6600000
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
19841010534837283/4446.504.1766.7500
198566300122862/3338.004.5650.0000
198666306421983/3927.374.2938.2500
198722221,2297840313/2027.094.1039.6400
1988116604700/47N/A4.27N/A00
198933192513063/2921.664.0632.0000
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Melbourne Cricket Ground3301053.332245.4500000
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Melbourne Cricket Ground44210214362/2523.834.0835.0000
Sharjah Cricket Stadium44234217741/3444.254.5358.5000
Lord's33198115232/5750.664.6066.0000
National Stadium, Karachi33162013422/4767.004.9681.0000
Old Trafford33168313043/2932.504.6442.0000
Trent Bridge33192311532/2538.333.5964.0000
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200
Neil Foster: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first141487020*11.6610467.3000230
Chasing11114802411.4214057.1400160
All4825121502411.5324461.4700390
Neil Foster: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Bowling first26261,42291,011323/2931.594.2644.4300
Defending a total22221,20516825273/2030.554.1044.6200
All48482,627251,836593/2031.114.1944.5200

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best ODI performances

Neil Foster: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
243863.1520West IndiesOld Trafford1984-05-31
20*20100.0020PakistanNational Stadium, Karachi1987-10-20
14*2166.6610PakistanEdgbaston1987-05-25
9*1947.3620West IndiesKensington Oval1986-03-19
9*6150.0010West IndiesGujranwala1987-10-09
7*6116.6600AustraliaEden Gardens1987-11-08
71643.7500AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1987-02-11
6*6100.0000PakistanGaddafi Stadium1984-03-09
65120.0000PakistanRawalpindi Cricket Stadium1987-10-12
5*5100.0000AustraliaSharjah Cricket Stadium1985-03-24
Neil Foster: best ODI bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
3/204102.92PakistanArbab Niaz Stadium1987-11-22
3/296612.63PakistanEdgbaston1987-05-25
3/296032.90AustraliaOld Trafford1989-05-25
3/395404.33West IndiesKensington Oval1986-03-19
3/446004.40IndiaMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium1984-12-05
3/476004.70IndiaWankhede Stadium1987-11-05
3/536005.30West IndiesGujranwala1987-10-09
2/196041.90New ZealandLancaster Park1984-02-18
2/255412.77West IndiesMelbourne Cricket Ground1987-01-30
2/256612.27PakistanTrent Bridge1987-05-23

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1989-05-29Australiadid not bat2/57Lord'sAustralia won by 6 wickets
1989-05-27Australiadid not bat1/44Trent BridgeMatch tied
1989-05-25Australia5*3/29Old TraffordEngland won by 95 runs
1988-09-04Sri Lankadid not bat0/47Kennington OvalEngland won by 5 wickets
1987-11-22Pakistan2*3/20Arbab Niaz StadiumEngland won by 98 runs
1987-11-20Pakistan5*2/47National Stadium, KarachiEngland won by 23 runs
1987-11-18Pakistan02/37Gaddafi StadiumEngland won by 2 wickets
1987-11-08Australia7*1/38Eden GardensAustralia won by 7 runs
1987-11-05Indiadid not bat3/47Wankhede StadiumEngland won by 35 runs
1987-10-30Sri Lankadid not bat0/37Maharashtra Cricket Association StadiumEngland won by 8 wickets