| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Grant Forster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1961 Seaham, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980/81–1982 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grant Forster (born 27 May 1961) is a former English cricketer. Forster was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Seaham, County Durham.
In 1978, Forster played 3 Youth Test matches for England Under-19s against West Indies Young Cricketers, [1] while in 1979, he played a single Youth One Day International against Australia Young Cricketers at the MCG. [2] He later made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Cambridge University in 1980. [3] In his only appearance Northamptonshire, he wasn't required to bat, while with the ball he took the wickets of Neil Crawford and Derek Pringle in the Cambridge first-innings, while in their second-innings he took the wicket of Crawford again. [4] He joined Leicestershire following the end of the 1980 season, making his first-class debut for the county against Zimbabwe on Leicestershire's tour there. He made 3 further first-class appearances for Leicestershire, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1982 County Championship. [3]
He later joined Durham, making his debut for the county in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1983 to 1986, making 4 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship [5] and a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. [6]
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