Sarah Potter

Sarah Potter (born July 11, 1961 at Hammersmith, London) is a former cricketer who played seven Test matches and eight One-Day Internationals for the England Women's team between 1984 and 1987. She currently writes on women's cricket for The Times.[1] She was a left-arm fast bowler and a middle order batsman. She scored 360 runs in Tests at an average of 32.72, and took 8 wickets at 48.00, She scored one Test century, an innings of 102 against India at Worcester in the Third Test in 1986.[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 novelization of his TV play Brimstone and Treacle, published by Quartet Books in 1982. She was in a long-term relationship with sports journalist Alan Lee, who died in 2015.[5]

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

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