Full Name

Maurice Linton Churchill Foster

Born

May 09, 1943, Retreat, St Mary, Jamaica

Age

80y 324d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Maurice Foster was a solid middle-order batsman and more than useful offspinner who was one of the Shell Shield's most prolific runscorers in the late 60s and early 70s. He made his Test debut against England on West Indies 1969 tour, but enjoyed his best series against Australia in 1972-73 when he averaged 43.67. He only passed fifty once in that series, but his 125 in front of his home crowd at Kingston was his only Test hundred - he had made 99 two years earlier against New Zealand. He toured England for a second time in 1973, only playing in the innings victory at Lord's (the only time he was on the winning side in 14 Tests) but thereafter his appearances were increasingly spasmodic as a new generation of batsmen emerged. The genial Foster was also an excellent table-tennis player, and at one time was West Indies champion.
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Maurice Foster Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1424558012530.52--11-030
ODIs210252525.006240.32004000
FC11217526673123445.17--1735--360
List A9811514921.57--00--40

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests1423177660092/413/7566.662.02197.3000
ODIs21302222/222/2211.004.4015.0000
FC112-1240740561325/65-30.721.9693.9-20
List A9-363188145/245/2413.423.1025.9100
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Debut/Last Matches of Maurice Foster

Recent Matches of Maurice Foster

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
West Indies vs Australia8 & 51/68 & 0/2228-Apr-1978KingstonTest # 824
West Indies vs Pakistan15 & 42/41 & 1/3418-Feb-1977BridgetownTest # 797
West Indies vs England--0/3222-Mar-1974GeorgetownTest # 737
West Indies vs England--2/2207-Sep-1973The OvalODI # 9
West Indies vs England25--05-Sep-1973LeedsODI # 8

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