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…
Match Report After a couple of weeks on the road the mighty Lavant returned to their home turf. The legend goes that if the team doesn’t return home at least once a month and bathe in the River Lavant then someone’s shoes will be cursed. With the sun shining and the weather finally starting to warm up this week Lavant welcomed Arundel Castle to the field of dreams, on what was a busy Father’s day with many people stationed around…
Match Report The mighty Lavant were on the road once more this time heading to West Meon. After a couple of days of heavy rainfall the West Meon pitch appeared green, spongy and damp. With the Lavant bowlers licking their lips at the idea of being unleashed on (what appeared to be a bowler friendly track) the toss went up and much to the frustration of the Lavant skipper he called wrong and (unsurprisingly in a timed game) Lavant were…
Match Report The mighty Lavant were back on the road this week visiting the picturesque Ebernoe. The team assembled on a warm (but blustery) day with a track that looked flat and hard and an outfield which had a very ‘unique’ feature….the road that led to the ground also happened to continue through the outfield! Due to this interesting feature local rules determined that the moment any vehicle appeared the game needed to stop until it passed. To give an…
Match Report With the mighty Lavant buoyed by the last game’s defence with the ball they welcomed Elsted to the village knowing that a stiff challenge faced them. With the weather turning during the week heavy rain had fallen so a big thanks for the efforts of TamTarps™ for keeping the strip dry, fresh ready for the day’s play! With the Lavant team arriving and the pitch ready to go, the Elsted team gathered around the middle waiting for the…
Match Report This week Lavant welcomed our good friends Lynchmere to the hallowed turf but with a slight twist to the proceedings. Due to an ‘admin error’ with the green booking the game needed to start earlier to allow for a wedding reception to enjoy the delights of the outfield. So the game needed to start at a test match time of 11am which was perfectly fine with everyone, there were NO issues or moaning. The whole team was philosophical…
Match Report After another dazzling week of sunshine the mighty Lavant (after a last minute fixture change) were on the road to Amberley (who we thank for hosting us and allowing us to have a fixture this weekend). The ground was bathed in glorious early May sunshine and warmth allowing the club’s lucky mascot (Foster) to make the most of the weather by basking in the sun rays like a Lizard (only moving by hopping from one foot to the…
Match Report Following on from a glorious warm and sunny first game the mighty Lavant hit the road for their first away game of the season to Westbourne and although the sun was out, the day was very different. Air conditioning in the travelling cars was swapped for heating and T-shirts swapped for many layers of thermal base layers and jumpers! The Lavant captain took to the middle (avoiding damaging any of the sectioned-off flowers in the outfield), lost the…
Match Report After a long, dark and cold winter two rare things happened. 1) The hallowed turf at Lavant wasn’t under water AND the April game was warm and sunny! Most passersby could easily have mistaken it for what appeared to be a beautiful summer day in June. Fresh off the back of a solid Winter net period the squad had picked up a couple of freak injuries with the overseas breaking JB’s toe with a snorting yorker and Dave…