Daryl Hugh Foster OAM (born 9 December 1938) is an Australian cricket coach.

Cricket

Playing career

Foster played in Victorian grade cricket between 1955 and 1971 for Essendon, University and Northcote. He played two second XI matches for Victoria in 1955 and 1956.

Coaching career

Foster coached

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to nine

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wins in two stints between 1975 and 1995. He was replaced for the 1992-93 season by Terry Alderman but returned to the job for the 1993-94 season. Between 1991 and 1997 Foster was coach of English county team

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. In 1987 Foster was involved with the founding of the

MRF Pace Foundation MRF Pace Foundation is a coaching clinic for training fast bowlers from all over the world. Based in Chennai, India, it was founded in 1987 by MRF Limited, with the help of former Australian pace spearhead Dennis Lillee. Through this program, y ...

. Since 2002 he has been involved with the Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy in Perth, Western Australia.

Throwing

As a human movement lecturer at the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilitie ...

, Foster was regularly involved in tests to prove whether bowlers threw deliveries beyond ICC guidelines. He was involved in testing Sri Lankan bowler

Muttiah Muralitharan Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional ...

's bowling action in 1995, 1999 and 2004. He was also involved in analysing Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar's action in 2001.

Honours

In 1991 Foster was awarded the

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for service to cricket.

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