Silver Stumps - the Over 60s/70s Cricket Podcast

Grant and Trevor were at the fabulous Banbury CC on Thursday Sept 10th for the Grand Final of the O65s regional competition which saw the Northern Superchargers prevail over the South West Falcons. You will hear from Tony Bennett, Michael Kenyon and Ian Frost who we briefly recorded with. Scorecard here In his role as Player of the Match adjudicator Grant picked out Superchargers captain Chris ‘Noddy’ Dearden for the award. The money can’t buy prize? A whole episode on this show! We also round up the final matches in the O70s County Cricket Championship 2026 Divisions 2 and 3 with Kent confirmed as Division 2 champions. The final action of the domestic season sees an O65s XI take on England O70s on Sunday September 13th. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

In this episode we cover the three O70s County Cricket Championship 2026 1st XI Finals Plus the action in the O70s Division 2 and 3 which have one more week of matches Full results here We congratulate the amazing Ron Hedley who has reached and surpassed the £100,000 mark - absolutely incredible! Still time to donate by clicking here If you are in Cornwall on Friday October 2nd join Ron and Chris Dennis for a walk at 4pm from Skinners Brewery on Newham Road The O60s / O70s championship released a statement this week with regards to the World Cup ‘incident’ We discuss whether putting it out on Facebook with comments turned on is a good idea as yet again it attracted a whole raft of critical comments, almost certainly from people not directly connected to Seniors cricket Let’s hope this can now be finished and everyone can focus on the numerous positives that surround Seniors cricket in England. We will cover the final O70s Div 2 and 3 matches and the O65s regional competition final in our next episode. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

In this episode we cover all nine O60s County Cricket Championship 2026 Finals which happened this week across 4 Divisions. Full results here 13 counties were represented with only one county triumphing in more than one final. In the three O60s 1st XI finals the side batting first won in all three matches. There were some fairly easy wins alongside some close matches, although in only one match did both teams score 220+ 16 of the 18 innings were 214 or less - with no hundreds recorded The lowest total was 75 all out. We will cover the O70s finals in our next episode. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It’s semi-final week in county O60s and O70s cricket - we cover all the matches, although some of the O70s matches were rained off and will be played on Tuesday Sept 2nd - the day when the O60s finals take place. We also mention the amazing Ron Hedley who is closing in on his target of raising £100,000 for Prostate Cancer Awareness before the O60s/O70s AGM later in the year. As these notes are written Ron is on £99,234 You can help get the him past the magical £100k by donating here England shared the O60s World Cup with New Zealand after the final was rained off. Here’s the link to the O60s / O70s county matches: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It’s quarter final week in county O60s and O70s cricket- we cover all the matches England beat New Zealand 3-0 in the Silver Fern series And its controversy time at the O60s World Cup after a major incident in the England v India match and the resultant fall out and media coverage Not quite how O60s cricket would wish to be talked about For all the O60s and O70s knockout and championship results and fixtures click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

We are into August which means knockout county O60s and O70s cricket, the O60s World Cup in Toronto and the O70s ODI series between England and New Zealand This week was the round of 16 of the O60s Cup competition - so who won the prediction between Grant and Trevor? We also had the round of 16 in the O60s 2nd XI Cup, some prelim matches in the O60s 2nd XI Bowl competition and in the O60s 3rd XI Vase Extreme heat saw all O70s Div 2 and Div 3 matches cancelled and all the O70s 1st XI Bowl prelim matches postponed Here’s a link to Ron Hedley’s march as featured on Songs of Praise https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m003056z/songs-of-praise-the-power-of-walking Matches got underway at the O60s World Cup in Toronto with as we record no surprises os far Matches on Wednesday largely went to Duckworth - Lewis when the rains came and with no covers for the grounds all of Thursday’s matches were cancelled The infrastructure, or lack of it, was always going to be a talking point England won the first O70s ODI at Frocester by 84 runs - match 2 is on Sunday 16th at Royal Fareham and match 3 on Tuesday 18th at High Wycombe Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe> For all the O60s and O70s knockout and championship results and fixtures click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It's the final week of group matches for the O70s Division One plus we round up the O70s Division 2 and 3 and Divs 4 and 5 of the O60s. The New Zealand O70s tour of England and Wales started in Somerset on August 2nd - with the first of three ODI’s v England kicking off at Frocester CC on Sunday August 9th. Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe. And the eagerly awaited O60s World Cup starts in Toronto on August 9th. We’ve struggled to find a comprehensive list of fixtures and info about the format and the grounds but we will be keeping an eye on the action. O60s county championship knockout matches start on Tuesday August 11th. We predict who we think will prevail in the round of 16 matches in the O60s Div 1 Cup. For all the O60s and O70s championship results and fixtures click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It's the final week of group matches for divisions one, two and three in the O60s county championship competitions. We round up the matches and look ahead to the various knockout competition draws with matches in the ko stage starting on August 11th. We look at all the action across the three divisions of the O70s county championship. In the O70s 1st division there is one more week of group action in which teams can play matches that were previously cancelled. We also look briefly at how the England O60s Lions got on against an Invitational XI. Look out for Silver Stumps, bonus episodes you can enjoy over the next week or so featuring Australia O60s Captain Peter Judd, Jim Morrison one of the co-founders of the International Masters Cricket (IMC) organisation and Lindsay Hewitson who is the tour manager for the New Zealand O70s who play eight matches in 17 days in England including three ODI’s starting with a match against Somerset on August 2nd. Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe For all the O60s and O70s championship results click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

New Zealand O70s are touring England and Wales in August Great therefore to have on Silver Stumps the New Zealand team manager Lindsay Hewitson Lindsay gives us an insight into the tour party. Some of them were over here for the 2024 O70s World Cup. Including in those insights are some interesting skills and experiences that some of the squad have had in their lives including a long distance triathlete, an opera singer, someone whose grandfather was coached by WG Grace and someone who has played representative Cricket for Cornwall, not though the Cornwall where Silver Stumps is based New Zealand O70s will play eight matches in 17 days including three ODI’s starting with a match against Somerset on August 2nd. Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Fern series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe For all the O60s and O70s championship results click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Great to have Australia O60s Captain Peter Judd, Juddy as he's known to the Masters Cricket world, on Silver Stumps ahead of Australia travelling to Toronto for the O60s World Cup where they will be seeking to defend the title they won back in Chennai in February / March 2024 The Australia squad contains seven new names from the squad that came over to England for the Grey Ashes in 2025. Peter gives us a bit of a steer on some of those players whose names may not be familiar to our listeners. We also have a quick review of the recent three match series Australia played against New Zealand and I get Peter to share his view of Masters cricket going forward. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It's the penultimate week of group matches for many of the O60s and O70s county championship competitions. We can report breaking news that Wales have withdrawn from the knockout stages of the O60s division one competition as they will be in Canada for the O60s World Cup. It has been confirmed that the team effectively finishing 17th across all the groups will now be in the cup competition. It's been a busy week at Silver Stumps with bonus episodes you can enjoy over the next week or so featuring Australia O60s Captain Peter Judd, Jim Morrison one of the co-founders of the International Masters Cricket (IMC) organisation and Lindsay Hewitson who is the tour manager for the New Zealand O70s who play eight matches in 17 days in England including three ODI’s starting with a match against Somerset on August 2nd. Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe For all the O60s and O70s championship results click on this link: Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Another packed week of O60s, O65s and O70s county and regional championship cricket plus the England O60s Lions played Western Australia and down under Australia and New Zealand O60s played out a close run three match World Cup warm up series. As usual this week's matches delivered some extraordinary performances - for example in the O70s Div 1 where Alan Hunter of Hertfordshire began the last over of the match v Middlesex with figures of 1-39 with Middlesex needing 16 to win and finished the over with figures of 5-39 including a hat-trick. And in O70s Div 2 in a 40 over game Sussex chased down Essex's 310/4 with a batter on each side making 150+ The South West Falcons secured their place in the O65s Grand Final with a match to go with the Northern Superchargers well placed to join them in the September 10th final. Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

More changes to the England O60s World Cup Squad - Steve Aston out Colin Cliff in - Nick Gaywood out Neal Jackson in - just 4 players left who were part of the 2024 Chennai World Cup squad - Edward Gordon Lennox, Mel Hussain, Phil Deakin and Simon Routh A very warm week but most O60s and O70s matches survived the heat - we round them up On the management front O60s / O70s Chair Dave Murphy has announced he is stepping down when his two year term as Chair ends in December. Interim Vice-Chair Len Attard is co-ordinating the recruitment of a new Chair. Interested parties should drop Len an email via len@electricmango.co.uk And we ask this question - who has played O50s+ cricket for the longest time who is still playing regularly today. Our current leader is Cornwall O70s player Mike Conbeer who first played for the Cornwall O50s team in 1994 And did we have some records this week - was Andy Kemp's 74 out of Shropshire's 106/6 in O70s Div 1 at 70% a record percentage of runs in a completed innings by an individual in O60s / O7Os cricket? And in the O70s Div 1 match which finished Surrey 290/0 and Bucks 130/2 the lowest number of wickets to fall in an O60s / O70s match? Let us know via : podcast@trevorjlee.com Did we have two records last week when Norfolk O70s batter Geoff Roper scored 206 not out and added 327 for the first wicket with Randolph Lofthouse? Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Grant's back to cover the matches - very good timing as we finally had virtually a full programme of O60s and O70s county championship cricket. Some matches went to the wire - we cover them all including a match where 2 players scored 99 in the same innings. This week's packed episode also includes cameo appearances from Somerset's Andy Sapey and Kent's Gary Joyce. We also mention helmets, or the lack of them amongst batters, after a player top edged and suffered a significant cut across the bridge of his nose. Did we have two records last week when Norfolk O70s batter Geoff Roper scored 206 not out and added 327 for the first wicket with Randolph Lofthouse? Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Grant is back in the building! A big welcome back to the show's co-host. And a big welcome back to the amazing Ron Hedley. And a not so warm welcome back to extreme heat which meant only 10 matches across the 8 O60s and O70s divisions happened. Ron has raised over £93,000 to help promote Prostate Cancer Awareness - lets help get to £100,000 before the end of 2026 - https://bobwillisfund.org/ronsmarch You can join an upcoming walk: Fri July 10th - Berkshire : Meet at 1030am Rowbarge Inn, https://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/rowbarge/ Woolhampton RG7 5SH Th walk is along the Kennet and Avon canal and return to Rowbarge Inn for lunch. Fri Aug 7th - Leicestershire Over 60/70s walk to Grace Road on Friday 7th August, with a free ticket to the one day cup match v Warwickshire. Fri Sept 25th - Hampshire Over 60/70s walk at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton. Free ticket to County Championship match v Sussex Meet at the Utilita Bowl at 10 am More details from Geoff Beale bealeg3@gmail.com Or you can simply click on this link and make a donation: https://bobwillisfund.org/ronsmarch This week’s O60s / O70s county championship was affected by extreme heat Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

It was round 3 of the regional O65s competition with the two unbeaten teams - the Northern Superchargers and the South West Falcons meeting at Thurgarton near Nottingham - the visitors won on the last ball In terms of O60s Div 1 the big shock was Berkshire beating Essex to record their first win of the season Three teams retain 100% records in O60s Div 2, with four teams unbeaten in Division 3. In the O70s Div 1 five teams are on 100% with 3 teams still looking for that elusive first win of the season Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Cricket is always ready to create records no matter what age you are and how long you've been playing. England O70s opener Chris Evans proved that this week when after dropping a catch at slip in the first over of the match v Kent he stayed in situ and remarkably then took six catches at slip as Kent were dismissed for 105 with the other four wickets all being catches as well. Has either happened before in 60s/70s cricket? Here’s a link to the scorecard. Meanwhile up North Nick Gaywood plundered 161 not out and over in Essex Mel Hussain made an unbeaten 133. Six teams retain 100% records in O60s Div 2, with 5 teams unbeaten in Division 3. Only match took place across Division 4 and 5. With recent Thursday’s missing the rain and extreme heat the tables turned this week with the O70s programme completely wiped out. Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Just 13 matches across the entire over 60s and over 70s eight divisions were played to a finish – unbelievable given that this was the first week in June. But nevertheless of the five matches that were completed in the over 60s first division three were epic finishes which we talk about in a little bit of detail. I also touch upon the Test match at Lords – what is going on there? And I say thanks to Nigel Harrington and Alan Hocking who recently umpired and scored respectively their 100th match for Cornwall Seniors – do you have officials who have reached such a landmark and deserve a shout out on this podcast? Let me know. Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com PS - the thumbnail pic is Paul Clements catching Mike Cann in the recent Cornwall v Wales match at Penzance. Thanks to the Welsh photographer for the pic. Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

Last Tuesday only 6 matches across the 5 060s Divisions survived the downpour. This week only 12 survived the heat! By Thursday though the sun came out and lots of O70s cricket took place Full results here Talking of heat this week’s guest is Australia’s Tony Panecasio - TP - who is surprised its hot enough in England and Wales for matches to be called off - we talk about the forthcoming State of Origin competition in which Queensland take on New South Wales at Women's O40s and Mens O40s, 50s, 55s, 60s, 65s, 70s and 75s. Plus we touch on the Australia O60s World Cup squad and TP's fitness campaign. We mention Ron Hedley’s amazing walks which have raised a staggering £88,000 - https://bobwillisfund.org/ronsmarch Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.

The weather dominated the O60s county matches this week with just six matches across five divisions surviving the Tuesday downpours. By Thursday though the sun came out and lots of Seniors cricket took place with round two of the new regional O65s competition plus matches across all three divisions of the O70s competition. We pick out some of the highlights. Full results here Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find it If you've got contributions for the podcast please send them to us - you can use the Send us Fan Mail button to send your message by text or voicemail or email us via podcast@trevorjlee.com Thanks very much for listening. Send us Fan Mail Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s and 70s cricket.