Grant Forster is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Forster was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break

Off break

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. He was born in Seaham

Seaham

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, County Durham

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In 1978, Forster played 3 Youth Test matches

Test cricket

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 for England Under-19s against West Indies Young Cricketers, while in 1979, he played a single Youth One Day International against Australia Young Cricketers at the MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

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. He later made his first-class

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 debut for Northamptonshire

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 against Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 in 1980. 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

Derek Pringle

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 in the Cambridge first-innings, while in their second-innings he took the wicket of Crawford again. He joined Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 following the end of the 1980 season

1980 English cricket season

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, 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

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1982 County Championship.

He later joined Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

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, making his debut for the county in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1983 to 1986, making 4 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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External links

• Grant Forster at ESPNcricinfo
• Grant Forster at CricketArchive
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