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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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| 2022–present | 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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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]