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

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 ann...

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 men...

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...

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. ...

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 ha...

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...

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...

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, revi...

Matches this week across 5 divisions of Over 60s cricket and 3 divisions of Over 70s cricket Including 3 matches that were tied! Full results here Plus we briefly look at the England Over 60s match v Scotland which was affected by the rain - Scorecard here Congratulations to Phil Deakin on becoming England O60s leading wicket taker. Check Phil's stats here If you are interested or know someon...

Big thanks to everyone who has enquired about Grant’s health following his Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm operation - he’s still in hospital in Leicester but on the mend. Please do send your goodwill messages to him via podcast@trevorjlee.com or by clicking on the ’Send us fan mail’ button below or message Trevor direct Today (Thursday May 7th) saw the long awaited announcement of the England O60s Worl...

This week’s best news is that Grant got through his Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm operation and he's now recovering in hospital in Leicester. Please do send your goodwill messages to him via podcast@trevorjlee.com or by clicking on the ’Send us fan mail’ button below or message Trevor direct And when you get invited to be tested get tested and get that PSA test done as well! This week was the sta...

This is episode 99 of the Silver stumps podcast so Grant starts off by recalling some famous 99's – have you had a 99? And then got out in bizarre circumstances? - let us know. The England / Wales regional O65s competition started on Thursday, April 23rd with three terrific matches where five of the six scores were in excess of 245 runs. The next round of matches are on May 21st - follow all...

The O60s / O70s cricket season in the UK is almost upon us In this fast paced episode Grant and Trevor look at all that’s new for 2026 in the now 138 team strong O60s and O70s county championship and Trevor shares an idea for a Premier League O60s 1st XI competition.  If you’ve got thoughts on that drop us a email to podcast@trevorjlee.com   We also congratulate the winners of the Maltas Festival...

In yet another packed episode Grant and Trevor talk about helmets after one of Grant’s County colleagues took a nasty blow in the nets while not wearing a helmet. Should they be compulsory in seniors Cricket? We discuss. We also give a shout out to Australia's Darren Smith for receiving the accolade of being the International Masters Cricket O60s player of the year for 2025. Darren follows in...

For many senior cricketers one of the highlights of the year is the Malta Seniors Cricket Festival We are delighted therefore to have on this episode the founder and tournament director, Frank Spiteri Frank’s family originate from Malta and since his return he's been a key driving force of Maltese Cricket, not only as the current leading run scorer for Malta in a series of ICC tournaments but...

England retained the O70s World Cup they won in 2024 with a 15 run win over Australia at the magnificent Hagley Oval in Christchurch New Zealand. England were put in and Jim Phillips and Chris Evans added 183 in 30 overs for the first wicket.  England made 288/3 and in reply Australia were always behind the rate and finished 15 runs short despite a 115 unbeaten partnership in 13 overs between Gary...

Here we are in the middle of February and there's lots of O60s and O70s Cricket to talk about. Grant also fills us in on ‘Cricket on Ice’ which sounds like some sort of celebrity TV reality show but in actual fact is proper cricket played in St Moritz with our favourite commentator and umpire team involved – Rash and Mel Mahmood. It's your final chance to win a copy of Roland Butcher&apo...

This episode of the Silver Stumps Podcast goes live on February 4th, two years since the first episode went live on February 4th, 2024. Who would have thought that we would still be here two years and 93 episodes later! So we take this opportunity to have a quick look back over those two years and pick out some of the highlights and memorable moments. We've had lots and lots of fantastic gues...

The England Lions are off to India to take part in India's O60s 'Nationals' Tournament alongside teams from the South, North, West and Central Zones as well as team called the Global Patriots. It's going to be full on with 5 matches in 6 days at the amazing Pondicherry complex which has no less than six cricket grounds.  In this episode we catch up with Northamptonshire's...

We may not quite be halfway through January but Seniors cricket is gearing up for an exciting 2026. Kicking off with England O70s defending the Silver Ashes in three ODi's in Australia.  The first match of the tour is on February 1st with the ODI's on the 7th, 11th and 13th. The squad then travel to Christchurch, New Zealand to defend the O70s World Cup they won in England in 2024. Eight...

In this episode Clark McConnachie, captain of Scotland Seniors O60s, reflects on a first year as Scotland Seniors and members of the IMC and looks ahead to Scotland playing in the O60s World Cup for the first time in August 2026 in Toronto.  Not only have they re-branded - previously all their matches were under the banner of the Forty Club - but earlier in the year Scotland Seniors became the 15t...

Friend of the show and Australia O60s top player Tony Panecasio - TP - joins us on this episode to share and discuss what happened at the 'Nationals' for both Australia 060s and O65s, the latter which was held in Christchurch, New Zealand.  TP was excited for the O60s tournament skippering his state New South Wales for the first time but unfortunately ripped his hamstring 3 balls in!  TP...

This is our Ashes special as it's going out a couple of days before the Ashes series between Australia and England starts in Perth. We are joined by Australia Grey Ashes cricketer Alan 'Muggo' Muggleton. We were hoping that former Australian fast bowler Len Pascoe would also be joining this episode – but unfortunately at the last minute Len couldn't make the recording due to tr...

We first had Ron Hedley on Silver Stumps on episode 6 - March 15th 2024.  At that point Ron had raised an incredible £32000 for the Bob Willis Prostate Cancer Awareness Fund  Ron told us that six months later the fundraising walks would finish on his 75th birthday - September 15th 2024 - at Lords  Well over a year later from that proposed finish the awareness and fundraising continues and Ron has...

Many of you listening to this podcast will also have undoubtedly tuned in at some point to the fantastic YouTube coverage given to the England O60s cricket matches during the 2025 summer against the West Indies, the USA and of course the Grey Ashes against Australia. In this episode Trevor catches up with one of the commentators, Owen Mason, and one of the key people behind the scenes vision mixer...