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@trevorjlee.com
Episodes
123 episodes
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lancashire and Middlesex triumph in O60s and O70s Finals
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 O70sBut no-one told the weather!Of the 9 finals 4 will now be...
O60s County Cricket Semis and O70s Finals
It is the penultimate week of the over 60s and over 70s county cricket championship competitionsIn 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. ...
O60s semis line up complete plus who made it through to the O70s finals
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's going to make the O60s semis? plus O70s Quarter finals round up
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...
The O60s and 70s county cricket championships heading towards their final weeks
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 grabsIn the O60s 2nd XI phase 2 its round 3 of...
England win the O70s World Cup!
England win the O70s World Cup! Our guest on this special episode is England's World Cup winning captain John Evans from GloucestershireJohn shares with us what it was like to be the England captain particularly during the f...
New England Skipper and Ashes Squad Announced - O70s World Cup and Weekly Round Up
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 Austra...
Over 60s and 70s County Round up plus what's been happening in the 70s Cricket World Cup
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 worl...
Over 70s Cricket World Cup Preview
Our special guest is England Over 70s team manager and co-organiser of the Over 70s World Cup Chris LoweChris looks ahead to the tournament which features seven nations beginning a round robin tournament on Sunday July 28th with after si...
