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

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coach and former player. She was a right-handed

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and right-arm medium bowler who appeared in 9

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, 58 One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2001 and 2011. She primarily played

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for

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before ending her career with Somerset. She also spent two Women's National Cricket League seasons with South Australia.

Early life

Foster was born on 13 January 1981 in

Burgess Hill Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It ...

, West Sussex. She attended

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, an all-girls private school.

International career

In January 2002, Foster and

Arran Brindle Arran Brindle (; born 23 November 1981) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Interna ...

shared a partnership of 200 against India at K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow, 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 South Africa at

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, 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 World Cup and World Twenty20 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 Somerset. She was the head coach of

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for the

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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