Based at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria, Marchant went about polishing his skills and work towards getting strong and ready for higher grade cricket. What a perfect place to do this as an upcoming cricketer than at the University of Pretoria. Marchant quickly moved up from the 3rd team and established himself in the 2nd Team. Soon he was spearheading the attack for the Assupol Tuks 1st team and was also drafted into the Titans pre-season squad for 2009.

Unfortunately, Marchant picked up a foot injury in the off season but was back in full flight by the end of the year. He spent a few months at the beginning of 2010, gaining fitness and game time at the TuksCricket Academy and was then pulled up again into the Franchise setup.

By this time his skills had been worked on and he was ready to tear into any batters, given the chance. It was then that the Titans Head Coach, Chris van Noordwyk, decided to send Marchant to Easterns and apply his trade for the Easterns Amateur side which play in the Domestic 3Day completion and is classed as 1st Class. With Marchant’s parents staying in Tzaneen, and his Uncle in Boksburg, this was a no brainer decision.

Since moving to Easterns, Marchant has not looked back. Since making his debut against Free State in September 2010, he has posted some very impressive career stats so far.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	7	8	1	38	14	5.42	75	50.66	0	0	3	1	5	0
List A	7	5	1	67	29	16.75	69	97.10	0	0	7	0	2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	7	14	1221	650	32	6/36	11/62	20.31	3.19	38.1	1	2	1
List A	7	7	288	229	10	4/30	4/30	22.90	4.77	28.8	1	0	0

The future is bright for Marchant, and with the right guidance and opportunities that he will get in the National Academy, it is only a matter of time until he gets a break for the Franchise and higher honours.