Silver Stumps - the Over 60s/70s Cricket Podcast
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 and 70s 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@trevorleemedia.co.uk
Episodes
57 episodes
O60s/70s Cricket - 2025 Season Week 1!
The O60s and O70s county cricket championships are underway with matches in the O60s 1st and 2nd XI competitions and the O70s 2nd and 3rd XI competitions.We review what happened including the O60s Div 2 Cup Final carried over from 2024 b...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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46:19
O60s/70s - 2025 Season Preview
Its April 25th and next week the O60s and O70s county championships begin with matches in the 60s 1st and 2nd XI competitions and the O70s 2nd and 3rd XI competitionsWe begin the episode with a little look back on what happened in 2024 a...
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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41:11
Aidan Dennis reporting on the Malta Seniors Cricket Festival
The Malta Seniors Cricket Festival took place between the 28th of March and the 5th of April at the Marsa sports club under the direction of tournament, founder and director Frank Spiteri and tournament referee Barrie Burns.Eight teams t...
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Episode 55
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32:51
Mike Hayden - Wales in Cape Town and the season ahead
Mike Hayden is the captain of Wales O60s 1st XI. In March the team took part in a tournament in Cape Town alongside Zimbabwe (who went unbeaten and won the event), two evenly matched teams from South Africa, USA and USA A. Wales finished 3rd.&n...
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Episode 54
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35:04
Paul Farbrace talking cricket and coaching
Paul Farbrace is the Director of Cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club as well as being a Vice-President of the Seniors County Cricket Championship Paul makes a welcome return to the podcast. Since we first talked in April 2024 Pau...
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Episode 53
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46:44
Darryl Woods : Coach, YouTuber, NED, Chair
Darryl Woods wears numerous cricket and sports hats including heading up Oxfordshire Cricket Seniors, being an Non-Executive Director on the
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Episode 52
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41:40
Tony Panecasio - Ashes, World Cup, 2025....
Tony Panecasio played a key part in Australia winning the O60s 2024 World Cup in Chennai and the Grey Ashes in November and December 2024.Tony had combined figures across the World Cup semi-final and final of 10-45 with his 4-32 in the f...
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Episode 51
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31:43
Raise the Bat! We've got to 50!
Who would've thought that just over a year since we launched we would be already pushing that quick single into a gap in the covers to get to our 50!Thank you to all our listeners and guests who made our first '50' such an enjoyable expe...
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Episode 50
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29:43
Scotland Seniors Cricket - Plans and Ambitions with Clark McConnachie
Clark McConnachie is the captain of Scotland O60s.In this episode we talk to Clark about what's going on domestically as well as internationally for Scotland senior cricketers.Clark explains how for many years Scotland Over 60s an...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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29:15
2025 Championship Structures with Dave Murphy
Dave Murphy is the new chair of the national 60s/70s county cricket championship. In this episode Dave talks us through the changes that have been made to the county championship structures for 2025. If you are aged 65+ then listen out ...
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Episode 48
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35:58
England O70s update and new O60s/70s website with Chris Lowe
Chris Lowe is the England O70s team manager and the driving force behind the new look Seniors County Championship website for England and Wales.We kick off getting an update from Chris on what’s happeni...
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Episode 47
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29:58
Winter Physical Preparation with Paolo Iorio
Paolo Iorio is a practising osteopath based in Derbyshire who for the last 2 to 3 years has also been working with the England O60s team.We talk to Paolo about the role of an osteopath and then Paolo offers up lots of tips and advice for...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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36:04
Chris ’Noddy’ Dearden - Lancashire Legend
We kickoff the New Year talking to a Lancashire legend – Chris ’Noddy’ DeardenWe begin by establishing why Chris is known to many people in the cricket world as ‘Noddy’ and then talk about his early days playing for Littleborough in the ...
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Episode 45
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40:49
Rash and Mel Mahmood - Tour Reflections
We chat with Rash and Mel about their experiences of the England Over 60s cricket tour to Australia in November and December.Rash was the man on the microphone keeping all of us who tuned into the live YouTube feed in the early hours ent...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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46:52
England v Australia O60s ODI's 4 and 5 - our series awards and guest thanks for 2024
England finished the Grey Ashes series on a high by beating Australia in the final two ODI’s The series thus finished 3-2 to Australia We review both matches and give our perspective on the entire series and where we bel...
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Episode 43
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49:11
Review of England v Australia O60s 3rd ODI
In a last over finish Australia beat England by 2 wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Grey Ashes. A low scoring tense match saw England almost valiantly defend 169 but it wasn’t to be. So congratulations to the Australians.W...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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24:44
Australia v England O60s - Review of ODI's 1 and 2
England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches including five ODI's v Australia. In this episode we review the first two ODI's which have both been won fairly comfortably by Australia. We ...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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27:18
Australia O60s Captain Peter Jensen
England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches including five ODI's v Australia, who of course beat England in the O60s World Cup final in Chennai in March. In the last episode we talked with Eng...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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28:42
England O60s Captain - Edward Gordon Lennox
England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches. We are delighted to welcome to the podcast England O60s captain Edward Gordon Lennox. Ed shares his thoughts on the tour, captaincy, and leading a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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25:33
Blood on the Tracks with David Tossell
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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31:16
Rash Mahmood - England O60s Commentator
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 Austr...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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41:14
2025 Structure Ideas and Balls
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 ow...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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29:31
Rest of the World with Colin Walters and John Courtney
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 tournamen...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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30:23
Special Guest: Kev Watson and Special Mention: Howard Smith
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 an...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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29:49
Tri-Nations and O60s Dream Teams
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 tribut...
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Episode 33
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43:55
