| Maurice Foster is a former West Indies and Jamaica | | | | ground, Sabina Park, in a drawn match. His other |
| batsman who played First Class cricket between | | | | score over 50 was 99, as Foster missed out on a |
| 1963/64 and 1977/78. Although he was a fringe | | | | maiden century against India in 1971. |
| player for the West Indies, Foster performed | | | | From Foster's records, one can glean that he was a |
| creditably whenever he got the opportunity to | | | | true Caribbean man. Amazingly, only three of his 24 |
| represent the regional team. | | | | Test innings were outside of the Caribbean. |
| Born on May 9, 1943, the multi-talented Jamaican | | | | Interestingly, all three of those were in England-two |
| made his debut for Jamaica at First Class level in the | | | | in 1969 (on his debut) and one in 1973. In England, he |
| 1963/1964 season. According to Cricinfo's Martin | | | | did not appear to know which end of the bat to hold. |
| Williamson, Foster was even the West Indian | | | | With the ball, Foster's part-time off-spin picked up a |
| champion in table tennis and a capable part-time | | | | few wicket, though he only picked up more than 1 |
| off-spinner. His proficiency with the bat earned the | | | | wicket once in an innings. His best match figured |
| Jamaican a Test debut against England in 1969. | | | | were 3/75 against Pakistan, in a match where the |
| However, he had an abysmal debut in English | | | | W.I. barely held on for a draw with their last wicket |
| conditions-scoring only seven runs in two innings as | | | | pair of Andy Roberts and debutant, Colin Croft. |
| the West Indies lost by 10 wickets. | | | | Foster had the distinction of becoming one of the |
| Foster waited nearly two years to play his second | | | | first players to represent the West Indies in an ODI |
| Test match. In his second match, he had more | | | | on the 1973 tour of England. He opened the batting |
| success with the bat, scoring 60 runs without being | | | | for the Caribbean side and scored 25 runs off 62 |
| dismissed in either innings. Foster played 10 Test | | | | balls. The West Indies lost that match by merely one |
| matches between 1971 and 1973. In all, he played 14 | | | | wicket. In his second and last ODI, Foster did not |
| Tests, accumulating 580 runs at an average of 30.52 | | | | bat, but helped the West Indies to victory by |
| and with one century and one half-century. His | | | | bowling 5 overs for 22 runs and two wickets, to |
| century was 125 against Australia at his home | | | | restrict England to 189 runs off 55 overs. |