Sarah Potter Explained

Sarah Potter
Female:true
Country:England
Fullname:Sarah Potter
Birth Date:11 July 1961
Birth Place:Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
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
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

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/47/47571.html Scorecard England Women v India Women, 3rd Test, 1986
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17070/17070.html Player Profile: Sarah Potter
  3. "Fast bowler with a difference", The Times, April 24, 1982.
  4. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Dennis_Potter/190846 Profile of Dennis Potter
  5. Potter, S., Minor Counties, women's cricket and schools from The Times retrieved June 26, 2008
  6. Book: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016 edition . 224.