Background
He was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
He was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Foster was a right-handed batsman. Foster made his debut for Shropshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Foster played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1980 to 1994, which included 105 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
He made his List A debut against Somerset in the 1983 National Westminster Trophy.
He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 1991 National Westminster Trophy. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 181 runs at an average of 22.62, with a high score of 63.
This score, which was one of 2 List A half centuries, came against Northamptonshire in the 1985 National Westminster Trophy.