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