Match report With the big weekend of the BBQ behind us the next game always feels a little like ‘after the lord mayor show’ which was highlighted with many of the Lavant players absent. It was a day for the Lavant skipper to shuffle his pack and dip into his squad. Stuck in traffic on the drive over gave the skipper time to think about the game ahead and the plan of action. Considered one of the great thinkers of…
Match Report With the truly remarkable summer 2025 has bestowed on England there is always going to be an inflection point and, typically, it was during the week running up to the now traditional BBQ game. With high winds and driving rain many club members had been on weather watch for most of the week checking several forecasts and pinning their hopes on the one they liked! With flooding in the car park and heavy rain on Saturday there was…
Match Report For the second time this season the mighty Lavant returned home after 3 weeks playing away fixtures. It was good to be home! After such a glorious summer the outfield looked short, the pitch looked ready after being baked in the hot sun, and the trees looked large and leafy. On another glorious warm and sunny day it felt like a good chance to trial playing 40 overs with the theory of giving Lavant’s abundant all-rounders a better…
Match Report With a heat wave rolling in, the mighty Lavant were on the road AGAIN, this time visiting the very picturesque location of Lynchmere which looked wonderful on a sun soaked and beautiful summer day. With the Lavant team assembling the Lavant skipper hunted down his opposite number looking to get stuck into the tossing procedure after regaining his tossing form. As seems to be a recurring theme a location of a coin was required by the opposition and…
Match Report With the storm clouds gathered the mighty Lavant (seemingly on a constant tour right now) crossed the county lines into Hampshire to visit Droxford. Upon arrival (and having to trek up a hill dragging kit to the pavilion) the ground felt soft under foot. Upon inspection of the wicket it also felt soft and very spongy and could lead to an interesting game! Against convention the opposition captain didn’t want to walk to the middle and didn’t have…
Match Report After briefly returning home, the mighty Lavant packed up their bags and were back out on the road heading to Walberton for the next away game on the fixture list. On a cloudy but warm day the outfield looked burnt and fast and the wicket felt rock hard. The toss went up and yet again the Lavant skipper failed. With an upcoming committee meeting due a ‘tossing training camp’ has been added to the agenda (once we had…
Match Report With dark grey clouds looming in the morning when the mighty Lavant awoke from their slumber the prospect of any match play seemed unlikely. However the afternoon forecast looked good and thanks to TamsTarps™ even the heavy rain couldn’t deter the home side from getting out onto the park! This week Grayshott were coming to play on one of the rare Saturday fixtures. Upon arrival at the ground suddenly the thunderclouds had lifted, the rain had moved on…
Match Report On a blazing hot July summer day the mighty Lavant (after being on the road for a couple of weeks) returned home. The Village green looked dry, the outfield brown and the wicket seemed baked and hard! This week we welcomed Shirrel Heath who had been struggling to get a full 11. A BIG thank you to Jayden who has been patiently waiting for a chance to play for Lavant and was kind enough to play for Shirrel…
Match Report After a grey, windy and dreary weekend the mighty Lavant (once again on the road) were travelling all the way to Hampshire to face (a surprisingly youthful) Clanfield. Although the forecast was ropey and it was lightly raining upon their arrival the team were hopeful that things would clear up as last year’s fixture was lost to rain. It did give the team a chance to gaze upon Clanfield’s new pavilion which was very impressive, and many of…
Match Report (Kindly written this week by Justin) After another thumping win and a great turn out to nets the mighty Lavant CC headed to Amberley for a repeat fixture full of confidence. The earlier game had been based off a tried and tested method of batting first, scoring runs and squeezing the side batting second. So, in true style when the captain was nowhere to be seen and with an excitable bunch of players the talk in the pregame…