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 Basked in sunshine, the lavant pitch was solid as a rock. The new skipper won the toss (phone flip) against the opposition and without hesitation put the rebranded T20 side into bat. The legends? The lizards? …..No the unhinged, loud, Eurasian Waterbirds ‘The Lavant Loons.’ The side was a flock of misfits, ready to tackle a very strong Ashling side. Joe and Will started off steady with a partnership of 43 off 6 overs, courtesy of some lusty…
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…
Sunday 29th September Match Report On a cold and windy autumnal Sunday in late September the mighty Lavant had been hoping that a break in the weather would allow for the final game of the season to be played out. Thankfully (after a LOT of rain during the last couple of weeks) Derek was able to resurrect the hallowed turf at Lavant and get the pitch and outfield into a decent enough state for a game to get underway. This…
Sunday 15th September Match Report After the previous week’s game had been rained off the mighty Lavant arrived to the ground basked in September sunshine looking hopeful to get a full day’s play in. The Lavant skipper lost the toss and DACD elected to bat, giving the opportunity for Lavant to try and make early breakthroughs and keep the total down to a chaseable amount. GAME ON. The team took the field with the skipper asking Justin and Chris to…
Sunday 1st September Match Report After nervously being on ‘thunder and lightning’ watch all morning the mighty Lavant breathed a massive sigh of relief that the day had turned out to be warm and sunny and perfect conditions for the annual BBQ day event. With all the planning and effort put in by Chris ‘John Maclean’ the village green was looking picture perfect. It was a great sight to see the Lavant team members (plus friends and families) pull together…
Sunday 18th August Match Report On another beautiful day in the village of Lavant the conditions seemed perfect for cricket. This week the mighty Lavant welcomed Clanfield and were looking to put behind the disappointing result of last weekend. After being caught off guard from an out of the blue debrief from a visiting umpire and his adjudicator the Lavant captain seemed to have even more to deal with than normal but headed over to the opposition skipper for the…