PLAYER CAREER

Neil Foster

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

England1983–1993

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	29	45	45	45	1983-08-11	1993-06-17
ODI	48	25	25	25	1984-02-18	1989-05-29

77Internationals

596Career runs

0Centuries

147Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 29
Innings: 45
Runs: 446
Average: 11.73
Strike rate: 36.46
Highest score: 39
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 9
4s: 54
6s: 4
Balls faced: 1,223

Bowling

Matches: 29
Innings: 47
Balls: 6,261
Maidens: 239
Runs conceded: 2,891
Wickets: 88
Average: 32.85
Economy: 2.77
Strike rate: 71.14
Best innings: 8/107
Best match: 11/163
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 5
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 29
Innings: 50
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.140
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 48
Innings: 25
Runs: 150
Average: 11.53
Strike rate: 61.47
Highest score: 24
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 9
6s: 0
Balls faced: 244

Bowling

Matches: 48
Innings: 48
Balls: 2,627
Maidens: 25
Runs conceded: 1,836
Wickets: 59
Average: 31.11
Economy: 4.19
Strike rate: 44.52
Best innings: 3/20
Best match: 3/20
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 48
Innings: 48
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1993-06-17	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 62 runs
1989-07-27	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1989-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets
1989-06-08	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 210 runs
1989-05-29	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1989-05-27	Australia v England	ODI	Match tied
1989-05-25	Australia v England	ODI	England won by 95 runs
1988-09-04	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
1988-08-25	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1988-08-04	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1988-07-21	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1988-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

England

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

198313 runs
198449 runs
198516 runs
198649 runs
1987133 runs
198882 runs
198968 runs
199336 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19831 wickets
198411 wickets
198515 wickets
198612 wickets
198721 wickets
198816 wickets
198912 wickets
19930 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1993	1	2	36	20	18.00	27.48	4	0	131	1	0	N/A	3.13	N/A
1989	3	6	68	39	17.00	40.00	8	1	170	6	12	35.08	2.52	83.50
1988	4	6	82	34	20.50	42.05	10	0	195	8	16	28.31	2.80	60.50
1987	7	10	133	39	13.30	40.42	15	2	329	8	21	21.09	2.44	51.80
1986	5	9	49	17	6.12	39.20	8	0	125	9	12	41.25	2.83	87.41
1985	3	4	16	8	4.00	31.37	1	0	51	4	15	24.60	3.35	44.00
1984	5	6	49	18	12.25	30.06	7	1	163	9	11	49.18	2.83	104.18
1983	1	2	13	10	6.50	22.03	1	0	59	2	1	75.00	2.67	168.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

198435 runs
19857 runs
198619 runs
198784 runs
19895 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19848 wickets
19856 wickets
19868 wickets
198731 wickets
19880 wickets
19896 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1989	3	1	5	5	N/A	166.66	0	3	3	6	21.66	4.06	32.00
1988	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	1	0	N/A	4.27	N/A
1987	22	13	84	20	12.00	69.42	5	121	22	31	27.09	4.10	39.64
1986	6	3	19	9	19.00	44.18	2	43	6	8	27.37	4.29	38.25
1985	6	3	7	5	3.50	36.84	0	19	6	6	38.00	4.56	50.00
1984	10	5	35	24	11.66	60.34	2	58	10	8	46.50	4.17	66.75

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1983-08-11
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Lord's
1984-03-19
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
1987-07-02
Best recorded bowling · 8/107
Test v Pakistan · Leeds
1987-11-25
Highest recorded innings · 39 runs
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
1993-06-17
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Lord's