Career
He was a left-handed batsman who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board. Forward, who made his cricketing debut with Hampshire Under-19s in 1987, played for Hampshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy in 1990. Forward went on a Marylebone Cricket Club tour of Namibia during the 2000-2001 season, making nine appearances for the side, five of which came against the Namibia national cricket team
Forward made a single List-A appearance for Hampshire Cricket Board in September 2002.
From the upper-middle order, he scored 20 runs.