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LANCING COLLEGE
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 0RW
Established 1848
Notable fixtures Bede’s, Eastbourne
College, Hurstpierpoint, MCC
Cricket professional Rajesh Maru
(Hampshire)
Teams The school runs six teams
with girls cricket in the early stages of
development
Facilities Sports hall with two nets plus
open area for group work
Club/county affiliation Sussex
Cricketers of note Mason
Crane (Hampshire)
Extras Cricket is coached
against an ethos of taking each
individual player to their highest
level of attainment. Recent pupil
Mason Crane is already involved with
the England set-up
Spin king:
Mason Crane
bowls for
Hampshire
LEICESTER GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
London Road
Great Glen
Leicester
LE8 9FL
Established 1981
Notable fixtures MCC,
Loughborough Grammar, Oundle,
Gentlemen of Leicester
Master i/c cricket Laurie Potter
(Kent, Leicestershire)
Teams U9, U10, U11, U12AB, U13AB,
U14AB, U15AB, 1st XI 2nd XI, U18
girls, U15 girls, U13 girls
Facilities Three indoor nets, seven
grass nets, three artificial strips,
two cricket squares over two
grounds
Club/county affiliation The school
work with many local clubs
and also Leicestershire Young
Cricketers, Leicestershire County
Cricket Club and the City Cricket
Academy, who have summer camps
at LGS, playing matches on Sundays
free of charge
Brief history Leicester Grammar
School is a young school and the
cricket set-up even younger. A
minimal amount of cricket was
played there before 1994 but with
the appointment of a formal master
in charge, cricket became more of a
focus. A regular fixture list has been
developed with more than 70 games
of cricket played by representative
teams from LGS in 2015. Fixture
formats vary from T20 games to an
all-day fixture against MCC. In 2008
the school moved to a purpose-built
site with facilities to develop the
game at all levels. Coaching takes
place throughout the year with the
school touring Barbados in 2014.
In 2015 under-13 teams toured
Holland
Cricketers of note Avish Patel
(Cambridge University)
Extras Different to many
independent schools, LGS plays
cricket midweek rather than
the more traditional Saturday
cricket. Pupil Lucy Higham has
excelled at the game, representing
Leicestershire Under-17s and the
senior team. “Lucy has a fantastic
attitude,” Potter said. “She
is keen to learn and just wants to
work and play the game. She is a
very fine prospect in my eyes.”
The school hosted a T20 tournament
for youngsters during the summer,
with some travelling from as far as
India and the United Arab Emirates.
Former Pakistan allrounder
Mudassar Nazar accompanied one
of the under-13 teams who had
travelled from Dubai
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