Caroline Mary Ghislaine Foster (; born 13 January 1981) is an English

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coach and former player. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler who appeared in 9 Test matches, 58

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and 19

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for

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between 2001 and 2011. She primarily played county cricket for Sussex before ending her career with

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. She also spent two

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seasons with

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Early life

Foster was born on 13 January 1981 in Burgess Hill,

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. She attended Burgess Hill Girls, an all-girls private school.

International career

In January 2002, Foster and Arran Brindle shared a partnership of 200 against

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at K. D. Singh Babu Stadium,

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, which was at the time a record for the first wicket in women's Test cricket. Foster was a member of the side which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. In August 2008, Foster and Sarah Taylor shared a partnership of 268 against

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at Lord's, which was at the time a record for any wicket in women's One Day Internationals. Foster was dismissed for 145, her highest score in international cricket. Foster was a member of the England team which won both the

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and

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in 2009.

Coaching career

Foster is employed by the Cricket Foundation as a ''Chance to Shine'' coaching ambassador and is a coach at Queen's College a private school in Taunton which is in

. She was the head coach of Western Storm for the 2016 Women's Cricket Super League.

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* 1981 births Living people People from Burgess Hill People educated at Burgess Hill School Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham English women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Somerset women cricketers South Australian Scorpions cricketers Sussex women cricketers English cricket coaches Cricketers from West Sussex {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub