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Sarah Potter
Personal information
Full name
Sarah Potter
Born (1961-07-11) 11 July 1961 (age 63)
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsDennis Potter (Father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 94)27 July 1984 v New Zealand
Last Test29 August 1987 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 36)24 June 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI25 July 1987 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1979–1988West
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 7 8 14 26
Runs scored 360 58 552 292
Batting average 32.72 9.66 25.09 15.36
100s/50s 1/1 0/0 1/2 0/2
Top score 102 30 102 67
Balls bowled 957 408 2,152 1,310
Wickets 8 10 22 35
Bowling average 48.00 23.50 41.50 18.74
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/52 3/11 6/59 3/7
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 February 2021

Sarah Potter (born 11 July 1961) is a British former cricketer who played as a left-arm bowler and a middle-order batter. She played seven Test matches and eight One-Day Internationals for England between 1984 and 1987. She scored one Test century, an innings of 102 against India at Worcester in 1986.[1] She played domestic cricket for West of England.[2]

She is the daughter of the dramatist Dennis Potter.[3] She was her father's secretary, and head of the Whistling Gypsy production company for TV dramas, most of which were written by her father.[4] She wrote a novelisation of his TV play Brimstone and Treacle, published by Quartet Books in 1982. She has also written on women's cricket for The Times.[5] She was in a long-term relationship with sports journalist Alan Lee, who died in 2015.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Scorecard England Women v India Women, 3rd Test, 1986 from CricketArchive retrieved June 26, 2008
  2. ^ Player Profile: Sarah Potter from CricketArchive retrieved 25 February 2021
  3. ^ "Fast bowler with a difference", The Times, April 24, 1982.
  4. ^ Profile of Dennis Potter
  5. ^ Potter, S., Minor Counties, women's cricket and schools[dead link] from The Times retrieved June 26, 2008
  6. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016 edition. p. 224.
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