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| Full name | Nicholas James Potts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 2002 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Derbyshire (squad no. 26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 14 April 2022 Derbyshire v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 2 August 2022 Derbyshire v Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas James Potts (born 17 July 2002) is an English cricketer who plays for Derbyshire.[1]
In November 2020, at the age of eighteen, Potts signed a rookie contract with Derbyshire, and had previously played for the Young Lions.[2] In August 2021, Potts signed a three-year deal with Derbyshire, after coming through the club's academy system.[3] Potts had been hampered by an ankle injury,[4] which had only allowed him to play in four matches for Derbyshire's second XI team in 2021.[3] Derbyshire's head of cricket, Dave Houghton said that Potts is a "talent for the future".[5]
In April 2022, at the start of the 2022 English cricket season, Potts played in a warm-up match for Derbyshire against Oxford University Cricket Club, as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches.[6] Potts took two wickets in the match, including that of opener Joe Gordon.[6]
Potts made his first-class debut on 14 April 2022, for Derbyshire against Sussex in Division Two of the 2022 County Championship.[7] Electing to bat first, Derbyshire made 505/8 in their innings before declaring, with Potts scoring nine runs.[7] In the next innings, Potts was the leading wicket-taker for Derbyshire, taking three wickets for 43 runs,[8] including that of the Sussex captain Tom Haines.[9] Sussex were bowled out for 174 runs and were forced to follow-on.[7] However, in their second innings, Sussex batted out a draw, making 513 runs for the loss of just three wickets.[7] Potts effected a run out, and again took the wicket of Sussex's captain, but not before Haines had made 243 runs.[10]