By Charlie Talbot-Smith
COUNTY NEWS ROUND-UP

New venture: James Foster, the former Essex and England wicketkeeper, has joined the backroom staff at Worcestershire
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JAMES Foster has nearly two decades worth of first-class experience behind the stumps and Worcestershire will hope that rubs off on their young squad after snapping up the former England keeper.
Foster, who made his Essex bow back in 2000 and retired at the end of last summer with 23 England appearances to his name, has joined the back-room staff at New Road ahead of the new season...