{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1976)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Lee Savident | image = Lee savident.jpg | country = Guernsey | fullname = Lee Savident | caption = Savident, pictured playing for Guernsey | alt = A colour photo of two cricketers, one with their back to the camera, and one looking toward the camera while catching a cricket ball. | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint Martin, Guernsey | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | international = true | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = 1997–2000 | clubnumber1 = 22 | club2 = Dorset | year2 = 2003 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 32 | bat avg1 = 8.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 10* | deliveries1 = 384 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 71.50 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/86 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 94 | bat avg2 = 18.80 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 39 | deliveries2 = 178 | wickets2 = 7 | bowl avg2 = 25.42 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 3/41 | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 18 August | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20062.html Cricinfo }}
'''Lee Savident''' (born 22 October 1976) is a Guernsey former cricketer who played at first-class level for Hampshire and international cricket for Guernsey. He is the current head coach of the Guernsey cricket team.
==Cricket== ===Career with Hampshire=== Savident was born on the Channel Island of Guernsey at Saint Martin. After impressing on Hampshire during a Guernsey Under-15s cricket tour of the county, Savident signed a professional contract with Hampshire in 1995.<ref name="GUE">{{cite web|url=https://www.guernseycricketstats.co.uk/guernsey-cricket-statistics/miscellaneous-articles/lee-savident/|title=Lee Savident|website=www.guernseycricketstats.co.uk|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> It would be two years before he would make his first team debut for Hampshire, as a replacement for the injured Dimitri Mascarenhas,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000736/19970814/395/0062|title=Savident Stands by to Make Hampshire Debut|work=The News|location=Portsmouth|page=62|date=14 August 1997|access-date=15 December 2025|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> in a first-class fixture against Yorkshire at Portsmouth in the 1997 County Championship;<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4625/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Lee Savident|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> on debut, he took the wickets of Michael Vaughan and David Byas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64478.html|title=Hampshire v Yorkshire, Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made two further appearances in the 1997 County Championship, against Kent and Nottinghamshire.<ref name="FCM"/> Prior to the 1998 season, he was chosen alongside Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Owais Shah and Andrew Strauss as one of ''The Wisden Cricketer's'' 'Five Young Cricketers to Watch'.<ref name="GUE"/> In the same season, he made his debut in List A one-day cricket against Middlesex at Lord's in the Axa Life League, with Savident making three appearances in that seasons competition.<ref name="LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4625/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Lee Savident|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following season he featured in a further two one-day matches in the 1998 Axa League.<ref name="LAM"/> Having not featured for Hampshire in 1999, Savident made his final first-class appearance against the touring Zimbabweans at Southampton in 2000.<ref name="FCM"/> He also made three one-day appearances in the 2000 Norwich Union National League.<ref name="LAM"/> Having spent most of his three years at Hampshire beset by injuries, Savident took the decision to retire from the professional game at the end of the 2000 season, doing so alongside Peter Hartley.<ref name="RET">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hartley-and-savident-retire-renshaw-not-retained-94287|title=Hartley and Savident retire, Renshaw not retained|first=Vic|last=Isaacs|date=12 September 2000|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
After his retirement, he continued to play club cricket in Southern Premier Cricket League for Bournemouth, and from 2002 for Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mcc-groundstaff-shirazi-back-for-league-leaders-128933|title=MCC groundstaff Shirazi back for league leaders|first=Mike|last=Vimpany|date=17 July 2003|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> In 2003, he played a List A one-day match for Dorset in the 1st Round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Buckinghamshire, which was played in 2003 at Bournemouth;<ref name="LAM"/> however, he did not play minor counties cricket for Dorset. He later played in the Southern Premier Cricket League for BAT Sports, Totton and Eling, and Burridge. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/hampshire_cricket/1724505.totton-eling-are-national-cricket-champions/|title=Totton & Eling are national cricket champions|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton|date=30 September 2007|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/cricket/how-former-portsmouth-and-burridge-cricketer-lee-savident-made-hampshire-history-two-decades-ago-2877922|title=How former Portsmouth and Burridge cricketer Lee Savident made Hampshire history two decades ago|first=Simon|last=Carter|work=The News|location=Portsmouth|date=8 June 2020|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
===Return to Guernsey=== Savident played for Guernsey in the 2006 European Cricket Championship Division Two in Scotland. He scored 136 against France and was named player of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2006/08/10/savident-shocked-to-win-award/|title=Savident shocked to win award|work=Guernsey Press|location=Vale, Guernsey|date=10 August 2006|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> He played in the same tournament in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2008/08/23/biggest-game-in-islands-history/|title=Biggest game in islands' history|work=Guernsey Press|location=Vale, Guernsey|date=23 August 2008|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> The following year, he moved back to Guernsey.<ref name="GUE"/> He took part in the 2009 World Cricket League Division Seven,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cricket-league-division-seven-2009-400914/guernsey-squad-403339/series-squads|title=Guernsey squad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 May 2009|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> where he played in all five of Guernsey's matches. Guernsey earned promotion to Division Six, which was played in Singapore later in 2009, with Savident again a part of the Guernsey squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cricket-league-division-six-2009-418156/guernsey-squad-419248/series-squads|title=Guernsey squad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 August 2009|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> Guernsey remained in Division Six for 2011, which Savident took part in,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cricket-league-division-six-2011-529926/guernsey-squad-530181/series-squads|title=Guernsey squad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=29 August 2011|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> helping Guernsey gain promotion to Division Five in 2012; however, he was unable to participate in that tournament, having undergone back surgery prior to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16574291|title=Lee Savident out of Guernsey squad with back injury|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 January 2012|access-date=5 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a result of that tournament, Guernsey remained in Division Five for 2014, which Savident played in.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cricket-league-division-five-2013-14-722647/guernsey-squad-723067/series-squads|title=Guernsey squad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=26 February 2014|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> His final match for Guernsey came in the tournament against the Cayman Islands, with Savident scoring an unbeaten 98.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://guernseypress.com/sport/2014/03/13/guernsey-end-on-a-high-with-play-off-win/|title=Guernsey end on a high with play-off win|work=Guernsey Press|location=Vale, Guernsey|date=13 March 2014|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
Savident was later appointed head coach of Guernsey in July 2012, replacing Andrew Cornford. Prior to his appointment, he had been assisting performance coach Olly Tapp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57886675|title=Lee Savident: Guernsey appoint former Hampshire player as new head coach|first=Brent|last=Pilnick|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 July 2021|access-date=5 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=20062}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Savident, Lee}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:People from Saint Martin, Guernsey Category:Guernsey cricketers Category:Hampshire cricketers Category:Dorset cricketers Category:Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers Category:Guernsey cricket coaches