Too much rain is a very apt title for this weeks episode of the Silver Stumps podcast as we review the few games on May 14th and May 16th that survived the weather in the latest round of over 60s and 70s county championship matches.If you played there's a good chance you get a mention this week!We also mention the recently announced England O70s World Cup squad for this prestigious tournament which is taking place in England starting on July 28th - details of the tournament and the England sq...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the O60s and 70s matches that took place on May 7th and 9th.The lads pick out some highlights from all divisions across both competitions name checking those who do well and maybe not so well!Are you mentioned? Tune in to find out! Check out all the results on the O60s/O70s Play Cricket pages And here's the link to O60s/O70s website We are looking for the comedy moment each week so please ...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the matches that took place on the second week of the season for the Over 60s Championship with 9 games surviving the weather.Top bowler of the week was Lincolnshire’s Roy Tilley with 5-41 and top batter was England captain Richard Merriman from Derbyshire who made the highest score of the season so far with 123 not out. We mention in the episode the England Internationals Past and Present D...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the matches that took place on the first day of the season for the Over 60s Championship - April 23rd - and look forward to week two matches scheduled for April 30thA number of games were cancelled and have been rearranged for the replay date of July 2ndThere were no matches played in the North and Midlands groups with Essex winning the only matching the East group and Sussex the only match in the South...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Mark Shepherd captain of the 2023 O60s Championship winners Surrey joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee.We talk about how Surrey went from being 9th seeds in the last 16 draw for the championship to the eventual winners and their journey along the way including removing co-host Grant Timms in the last 16 match for 0 and on his home ground at Rushden!In fact getting their opponents top players out for nought was a pattern that Surrey establi...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast National Management team man and Warwickshire player Dave Murphy joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to explain the new look formats for 2024, in particular the phase two group stages for the O60s 1st and 2nd XI competitions. Here’s a summary of the formats: O60s 1st XI : 33 teams in 6 groups (it was 5 in 2023) - North (6 teams) - East (5), Midlands (5), South East (5), South East Midlands (6) and SouthWest (6). The top 2 teams in each group...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk coaching, fitness, techniques and tips for Over 60s cricketers.  Paul provides a fascinating insight into being an international cricket coach as well as providing a host of tips and advice for Over 60s cricketers from being passionate about playing to learning how to master the reverse sweep.  As a coach Paul explains that the greatest thing a coach can have is empathy...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast former England and Northamptonshire superstar Allan Lamb joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about his career, his thoughts on current cricket and his battle with prostate cancer and his participation in Cycle Slam 2024 which is a 1200 km bike ride from Rome to Nice - April 13th to 25th. Allan made his test debut aged 28 and went on the play for England 79 times scoring 4656 runs including 14 centuries. A 2020 poll named him as...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Buckinghamshire’s Ron Hedley joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about the amazing walks he has organised with over 60s cricket counties to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer and raise money for the Bob Willis Fund. Ron’s walks were inspired by one he went on in the North-East which was headed by Jeff Stelling from Sky Sports At the time of recording Ron has galvanised 18 counties into action with another 10 planning walks and has raised...

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast England O60s captain Richard Merriman joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to reflect on the Over 60s Cricket World Cup final in which England were beaten by Australia. Richard is very candid in his recognition that this was ultimately a game too far for his team and that the Australians were well deserved winners who were particularly awesome in the field as well as very accurate with their bowling. Richard also talks about the time after the...

The Over 60s World Cup has reached the final stage.  In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast England O60s captain Richard Merriman joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about England’s progress to the final on Friday March 1st where they will take on Australia. Richard refers to EPIC as the team strategy: Enthusiastic, Energised, Eager Positive and Purposeful The IC stands for International Cricket  The line up for all the finals is as follows: World Cup Final: England v...

Over 60’s Cricket World Cup Group Matches Update The Silver Stumps cricket podcast is aimed at cricketers aged 60+ and is co-hosted by veteran county cricketers Grant Timms and Trevor Lee. In this, episode 3, Grant and Trevor catch up on how the O60s Cricket World Cup is progressing.  The episode was recorded on Friday, February 23rd at which point all teams, with the exception of England and the USA, had played four of their five group matches With England being the only team with a 100%...

The Silver Stumps cricket podcast is aimed at cricketers aged 60+ and is co-hosted by veteran county cricketers Grant Timms and Trevor Lee. In this, episode 2, we talk to England captain Richard Merriman who shares great insights into the preparation and planning for the England Over 60s cricket team ahead of the Over 60s cricket World Cup which starts in Chennai in India on Monday, February 19th. This is a fascinating insight from the captain’s point of view as Richard shares with us all the...

Welcome to the Silver Stumps Over 60s Cricket Podcast.  This is episode 1 of the Silver Stumps podcast - the cricket podcast aimed at cricketers aged 60+ and co-hosted by veteran county cricketers Grant Timms and Trevor Lee. The Silver Stumps podcast focuses on the thriving masters cricket arena where teams of over 60s do battle over 22 yards.  Get ready for entertaining interviews, topical discussion and tips for a long innings. In this first episode Grant and Trevor introduce themselves and...