{{Short description|English-born Scottish cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Sara Maclean | fullname = Sara Jeanne Maclean | female = true | image = | family = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Clapham, London, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm | role = | country = Scotland | international = true | internationalspan = 2000–2003 | odidebutdate = 10 August | odidebutyear = 2001 | odidebutagainst = England | odicap = 3 | lastodidate = 25 July | lastodiyear = 2003 | lastodiagainst = Japan | club1 = Northumberland | year1 = 1998 | columns = 1 | column1 = WODI | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 67 | bat avg1 = 11.16 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 23 | deliveries1 = 104 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 24.33 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/39 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = 19 November | year = 2015 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55199.html Cricinfo }}
'''Sara Jeanne Maclean''' (born 25 September 1963) is a former Scottish international cricketer whose career for the Scottish national side spanned from 2000 to 2003.
Maclean was born in England rather than Scotland, in Clapham, London.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55199.html Players / Scotland / Sara Maclean] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> She made her debut for Scotland in June 2000, in a friendly match against Northumberland.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44556/Womens_Miscellaneous_Matches.html Women's miscellaneous matches played by Sara Maclean] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> Before a separate Scottish team began to compete, she and another future international, Linda Spence, had played for Northumberland for a brief period, it being one of the closest English counties to Scotland.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44556/Womens_limited_overs_Matches.html Women's limited-overs matches played by Sara Maclean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081117/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44556/Womens_limited_overs_Matches.html |date=16 January 2018 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref>
In 2001, Maclean was selected in the Scottish squad for the 2001 European Championship, where matches held One Day International (ODI) status. The tournament was Scotland's first at ODI level, and Maclean played in all three of her team's matches, against England, Ireland, and the Netherlands.<ref name="odi">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44556/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sara Maclean] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> On debut against England, she topscored with eight runs from 71 balls (out of a team total of only 24 runs), and took 2/39 from her ten overs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/72/72757.html England Women v Scotland Women], Women's European Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> The third-oldest member of the squad (after Liz Smith and Pamela Quin), McLean was 37 years and 319 days old on her debut, becoming the ninth-oldest ODI debutant for any team.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283458.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Oldest players on debut] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref>
The next international tournament for Scotland was the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands, which served as a qualifier for the 2005 World Cup. Maclean played in only three of her team's five matches at the event, against Pakistan, the West Indies, and Japan.<ref name="odi"/> In her final match, against Japan, she made her highest ODI score, 23 runs from fifth in the batting order.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77580.html Japan Women v Scotland Women], International Women's Cricket Council Trophy 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> In that match, which was her final international appearance, she was almost 40 years old – only Liz Smith has appeared in an ODI for Scotland at an older age.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283453.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Oldest players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref> Maclean had balanced the final years of her playing career for Scotland with a position as marketing and communications manager for Cricket Scotland.<ref>[http://www.scotsman.com/sport/cricket/cricket-strives-for-fast-attack-and-inspiring-partnerships-in-challenging-era-1-1373013 "Cricket strives for fast attack and inspiring partnerships in challenging era"] – ''The Scotsman''. Retrieved 22 November 2015.</ref>
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