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Enjoy Cricket? The Silver Stumps Podcast is the only cricket podcast aimed at cricketers aged 60+ Based in the UK and co-hosted by county veteran 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. If you have an idea for the show or wish to make a contribution please drop an email to podcast@trevorle ...
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Send us a text On this week's episode we are delighted to welcome Buckinghamshire O60s 2nd XI captain and prolific sports author David Tossell. David has written 20 books largely about cricket and football in the 1970s - the era when most listeners to this podcast were avidly following cricket even though media coverage was scant. David's latest bo…
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Send us a text On this week's episode we are delighted to welcome England O60s commentator Rash Mahmood. Rash explains how he landed this prestigious role, his experience of the O60s World Cup in India and how he is looking forward to the tour of Australia for the Grey Ashes. He gives some insights into being in the England camp as well as an overv…
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Send us a text In this episode we talk about ideas for 2025 - particularly in relation to the O60s 1st XI competition. Grant shares a league structure idea developed by Northants O50s scorer and podcast listener Nathan Armstrong. Trevor has his own, possibly radical thoughts, focusing on speeding up matches whilst extending the phase 2 Cup stage fr…
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Send us a text In this episode we chat with Colin Walters and John Courtney who run the Rest of the World seniors cricket teams. We talk about their participation in the 2022 and 2024 O60s World Cup tournaments, their upcoming 10th anniversary tournament in Dubai and 2025 planned tours of New Zealand and Zimbabwe You can find your more at https://r…
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Send us a text In this episode we chat with Yorkshire O60s skipper and England player Kev Watson. We talk about this year’s O60s Cup final in which Yorkshire lost to Lancashire, the Tri-Nations, Kev’s thoughts on Phase 2, plans for Yorkshire for 2025 and how he is preparing and looking forward to the England O60s trip to Australia in November and D…
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Send us a text In this episode we cover the Over 60s International Tri-Nations tournament that took place in North Wales on the 17th 18th and 19th of September 2024 featuring teams from Scotland, Wales, England, and the England Lions. We also pay tribute to the fantastic work that Ron Hedley from Buckinghamshire has done raising almost £50,000 for …
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Send us a text It’s been the final week of the over 60s and over 70s county cricket championship competitions with eight finals scheduled for the O60s and the 1st XI Cup final for the O70s But no-one told the weather! Of the 9 finals 4 will now be played at the start of the 2025 season, 2 were decided by DLS and 3 were completed. Congratulations to…
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Send us a text It is the penultimate week of the over 60s and over 70s county cricket championship competitions In the over 60s it's been semi-final week for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI’s and the penultimate week of group matches for the 4th XI’s. In the over 70s it's been the final of the 1st XI Vase and Bowl competitions and the penultimate week of g…
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Send us a text This is the podcast that covers the One 60s and Over 70s county cricket championships. Phase 2 of the O60s 1st and 2nd XI competition is complete. So who’s made the semi-finals of the Cup, Vase and Bowl in both divisions? And who were the victors in the 3rd XI Cup and Vase quarter finals? Plus who’s looking good to win the 4th XI com…
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Send us a text So who's going to make the semi-finals of the O60s 1st XI comps? Lots of places across the Cup, Vase and Bowl still to play for in next week's final round of phase 2 matches. In the O60s 2nd XI phase 2 it was round 4 of 5 this week in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups and again lots of places up for grabs in the semis going in to next we…
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Send us a text We cover matches played on Tuesday August 13th and 15th In the O60s 1st XI phase 2 its round 6 of 8 in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups so the semi final places now very much up for grabs In the O60s 2nd XI phase 2 its round 3 of 5 in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups O60s Div 3 haș finished so we now know the line up for the Cup and Vase q…
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Send us a text England win the O70s World Cup! Our guest on this special episode is England's World Cup winning captain John Evans from Gloucestershire John shares with us what it was like to be the England captain particularly during the final against Australia, a team that England had lost to in the group stages. Grant was at the final at Wormsle…
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Send us a text What a week its been for O60s / 70s cricket. Richard Merriman steps down as England O60s skipper and is replaced by vice-captain Edward Gordon-Lennox. Then a couple of days later there is the announcement of the squad to travel to Australia for the Grey Ashes. Six players included who didn't play in the World Cup including a couple w…
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Send us a text We round up all the Over 60s and 70s action over the last two weeks highlighting some great individual performances - tune in to see if you get a mention - plus we see what's been happening in the first three rounds of the Over 70s Cricket world Cup. Over 70s World Cup Play Cricket Site This episode is going out live on Friday, Augus…
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Send us a text Our special guest is England Over 70s team manager and co-organiser of the Over 70s World Cup Chris Lowe Chris looks ahead to the tournament which features seven nations beginning a round robin tournament on Sunday July 28th with after six matches each the top 2 going into the final at the Wormsley cricket ground on Sunday August 11t…
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Send us a text We recorded just before the start of the 5th and final England v Pakiston O60s ODI with England recovering from losing the first game to leading 2-1 with match 3 abandoned. We review the first 4 matches along with all the action in this week’s over 60s and over 70s national county cricket competition. This is week two for the over 60…
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Send us a text Sybil grew up on the boundaries of Shropshire cricket fields watching her dad, an all-rounder, play club and works cricket. Sybil is a journalist and broadcaster and was the first woman to present cricket on British terrestrial TV with the BAFTA and RTS award-winning C4 Cricket and C4 Cricket Roadshow. She interviewed scores of crick…
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Send us a text The O60s 1st XI Group competitions concluded this week so we look at the results and how they then affected the make up of the phase two matches in which the top two teams from each of the six groups have progressed into the last 12 for the cup competition. The 12 are divided into two groups based on geographical location and they wi…
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Send us a text Richard Merriman is back on the show – in this episode the England O60s captain looks ahead to the five match ODI series versus Pakistan This series will be a big challenge for Richard and his team as they come up against opposition containing former international and first-class players led by Saleem Malik who played 386 internation…
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Send us a text Lots of matches and lots of runs this week We review the matches played across the various O60s and O70 divisions on June 25th and 27th. It's replay week on July 2nd in the O60s Div 1 - can Surrey make the top 2 or will their defence of the title end here? They've got no game on replay week so will be relying on others. Wales smash 4…
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Send us a text The O60s Div 1 is nearing the end of the group stage so we look at this week's matches with one more week to go plus the replay week. Also covered all the matches in O60s Div2, Div 3 and Div 4 plus both O70s Divisions. A shout to those who were behind the excellent live coverage of England O60s in the recent match v Wales If you’d li…
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Send us a text With Trevor away last week this bumper episode of the Silver Stumps podcast features matches from w/c June 3rd and w/c June 10th across the various O60s and O70 divisions. We do a fairly rapid walk-through of what’s happened picking out some individual and team highlights and we cover the one sided England v Wales O60s international …
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Send us a text Even though yet again this week's O60s and O70s County Championship programme was decimated by the weather we've got another packed podcast for your enjoyment. We mention Oxfordshire's Stephen 'Ned' Kelly who is approaching 150 matches which made us wonder who out there has played more O50s, O60s and O70s matches combined so if that …
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Send us a text In this weeks episode of the Silver Stumps podcast we have a look at the two England over 60s squads announced for the matches against The Forty Club Scotland District on May 30th at Marton cricket club near Middlesbrough (1pm start) and on May 31st at Hartlepool cricket club (10.30am start) Once again during the County championship …
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Send us a text 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 announce…
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Send us a text 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 th…
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Send us a text 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 Der…
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Send us a text 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 30th A number of games were cancelled and have been rearranged for the replay date of Jul…
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Send us a text 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 Ti…
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Send us a text 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 …
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Send us a text 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 cricketer…
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Send us a text 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…
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Send us a text 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 w…
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Send us a text 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…
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Send us a text 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, E…
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Send us a text 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 …
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Send us a text 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 Wor…
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Send us a text 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 …
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