Sarah Potter

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1961)}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Sarah Potter

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| country = England

| fullname = Sarah Potter

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|7|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, Middlesex, England

| nickname =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting =

| bowling = Left-arm fast

| role = All-rounder

| family = Dennis Potter (Father)

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1984–1987

| testdebutdate = 27 July

| testdebutyear = 1984

| testdebutagainst = New Zealand

| testcap = 94

| lasttestdate = 29 August

| lasttestyear = 1987

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| odidebutdate = 24 June

| odidebutyear = 1984

| odidebutagainst = New Zealand

| odicap = 36

| lastodidate = 25 July

| lastodiyear = 1987

| lastodiagainst = Australia

| odishirt =

| club1 = West

| year1 = 1979–1988

| columns = 4

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 360

| bat avg1 = 32.72

| 100s/50s1 = 1/1

| top score1 = 102

| deliveries1 = 957

| wickets1 = 8

| bowl avg1 = 48.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/52

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 58

| bat avg2 = 9.66

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 30

| deliveries2 = 408

| wickets2 = 10

| bowl avg2 = 23.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/11

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = WFC

| matches3 = 14

| runs3 = 552

| bat avg3 = 25.09

| 100s/50s3 = 1/2

| top score3 = 102

| deliveries3 = 2,152

| wickets3 = 22

| bowl avg3 = 41.50

| fivefor3 = 1

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 6/59

| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–

| column4 = WLA

| matches4 = 26

| runs4 = 292

| bat avg4 = 15.36

| 100s/50s4 = 0/2

| top score4 = 67

| deliveries4 = 1,310

| wickets4 = 35

| bowl avg4 = 18.74

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 3/7

| catches/stumpings4 = 10/–

| date = 25 February 2021

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17070/17070.html CricketArchive

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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.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/47/47571.html Scorecard England Women v India Women, 3rd Test, 1986] from CricketArchive retrieved June 26, 2008 She played domestic cricket for West of England.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17070/17070.html Player Profile: Sarah Potter] from CricketArchive retrieved 25 February 2021

She is the daughter of the dramatist Dennis Potter."Fast bowler with a difference", The Times, April 24, 1982. 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.[http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Dennis_Potter/190846 Profile of Dennis Potter] 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.Potter, S., [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/counties/article3971432.ece Minor Counties, women's cricket and schools]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} from The Times retrieved June 26, 2008 She was in a long-term relationship with sports journalist Alan Lee, who died in 2015.{{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016 edition |page = 224}}