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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 11th.

The competing nations are Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Sri Lanka, Canada, India and England

You can find the fixtures here : Over 70s World Cup Fixtures

And details of the England squad here : England Over 70s World Cup Squad

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Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

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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 60s 1st XI phase 2 competition and next week is the final replay week for the over 60s 2nd XI competition. We take a look at all the matches played this week.

We also cover the over 60s 3rd and 4th XI action and all the details of what happened in the two divisions of the over 70s competition.

We've tried to give a shout out to as many people as possible who have done great things with bat and ball this week.

On next week’s show, which is going out on July 26th, we focus on the over 70s World Cup which starts on Sunday, July 28th and features seven international sides playing each other in a group stage competition with the top two going through to the final on Sunday, August 11th

The seven teams are: Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Sri Lanka, Canada, India and England

England over 70s team manager and co- World Cup organiser Chris Lowe will talk us through the competition, structure and expectations for the England team itself

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Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

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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 cricketers, from Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Colin Cowdrey and Sir Vivian Richards to Sir Curtly Ambrose, Steve Waugh and Sachin Tendulkar.

Sybil was a launch presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live, where she presented programmes from Lord’s and Edgbaston. She was co-presenter on the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 and presented the legendary Top of the Pops. More recently, she’s presented Farming Today on BBC Radio 4.

Sybil is a trustee of the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation and during the show talks about GRACE:

Good manners and respect on and off the field
Racism has no place in Gloucestershire Cricket
All are welcome - Gloucestershire Cricket for all
Communication - we listen to what you have to say
Equity for all - across our: clubs, leagues and communities

Gloucestershire are also driving and encouraging walking cricket

And they have an active 'Get into Cricket' volunteer programme

Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60 Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s cricket.

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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 will play each other home and away between July 9th and August 27th with the exception that you don't play the team you already play in your regional group.

It seems finishing third and fourth in each of the six regional groups progress on the same structure to the Vase competition.

And those that finished fifth and sixth are in the Bowl.

If you’d like to contact us then you can do so now by text message – you will see when you find the podcast episode on your podcast app an opportunity to press a button that says ‘Send us a text message’.

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Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

To be a guest on the show or share an idea or contribution please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk

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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 international matches, including 103 Test matches, for Pakistan

Pakistan were the inaugural winners of the O60s World Cup in 2022 but unfortunately visa issues meant they couldn’t defend the trophy earlier this year when Australia beat England in the final

We talk with Richard about the make up of the squad, what he was looking for from new players and if you haven’t made the squad what you continue to need to do to get on the radar

Here are the fixtures:

Schedule

First ODI – July 8th, Bradford Park Avenue CC

Second ODI – July 12th, Oakamoor CC

Third ODI – July 15th, Smethwick CC

Fourth ODI – July 17th, Southport & Birkdale CC

Fifth ODI – July 19th, Littleborough CC

All games start at 1pm.

And the England squad: Steve Aston (Staffordshire), Tony Birbeck (Durham), John Butterworth (Kent), Jason Caunt (Derbyshire), Phil Deakin (Lancashire), Chris Dearden (Lancashire), Montie Douglas (Lincolnshire), Paul Garlick (Hampshire), Nick Gargaro (Hampshire), Nick Gaywood (Yorkshire), Edward Gordon Lennox (Vice-Captain, Gloucestershire), Mel Hussain, Richard Merriman (Captain, Derbyshire), Nigel Moore (Warwickshire), Mike Palmer (Warwickshire), Jim Phillips (Kent), Paul Radage (Cheshire), Simon Routh (Kent), Lee Selfe (Bedfordshire), Kevin Watson (Yorkshire), Marcus Young (Essex).

Paul Bradley (Team Manager), Dave Fisher (Scorer), Allen Murray (Scorer), Paolo Iorio (Osteopath), Rash Mahmood (Commentator).

If you’d like to contact us then you can do so now by text message – you will see when you find the podcast episode on your podcast app an opportunity to press a button that says ‘Send us a text message’.

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Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

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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 409/5 in O60s div 1 - highest of the season so far we think. Anyone know the all time record team score in 60s/70s? We also noted in the pro game Louis Kimber taking 43 off an Ollie Robinson over - anyone know the most runs scored in an over in the O60s and O70s comps?

Chris Lailey of Gloucs made 192 not out in 60s Div 1 - highest individual score we think this year and Michael Shelvey took 6 for 6 - the last 6 to fall as he was 5th bowler - for Kent v Herts in O60s Div 4 - we think the first 6 wicket haul of the season.

Please drop us a note to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk if you know the answers to our questions or if you have a nomination for catch of the season.

Next week's episode - out on July 5th - features England O60s captain Richard Merriman looking ahead to the 5 match ODI series v Pakistan which starts on July 8th and we will preview phase 2 of the 60s Div 1 competition which starts on July 9th.

Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

To be a guest on the show or share an idea or contribution please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk

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Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60 Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s cricket.

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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 like to contact us then you can do so now by text message – you will see when you find the podcast episode on your podcast app an opportunity to press a button that says ‘Send us a text message’.

And don’t forget to send us a comedy moment either in writing or on a voicemail clip and send them to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk

Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

To be a guest on the show or share an idea or contribution please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk

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Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60 Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s cricket.

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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 played on June 12th. Scorecard here

In the previous episode we mentioned Stephen 'Ned' Kelly who has now reached 150 matches. We had great responses from others who have played considerably more matches across the 50s/60s/70s.

Bill Munday got in touch and he reckons he’s played 263 matches and is still playing twice a week for Berkshire in the 60s and 70s competitions as he approaches 77.

Richard Owen was part of the Derbyshire O50s team that won the ECB competition in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and including 12 games he played for England he is at 244 matches.

But then up popped Joe Perry from Norfolk who provided a list of 12 players who have played 150 games or more for Norfolk topped out by Martin Pearse with 387 matches.

If you know people in your county who played 200+ games then let us know and we will give them a shout out.

We are also keen to find out whether the 19 sixes that Devon O60s 1st XI plundered against Wiltshire is a competition record and indeed whether the 13 struck by Steve Luffman is an individual record.

If you’d like to contact us then you can do so now by text message – you will see when you find the podcast episode on your podcast app an opportunity to press a button that says ‘Send us a text message’.

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Here is the link the O60s / O70s Play Cricket site: O60s / O70s Play Cricket and you can keep up to date with all the fixtures and results for England Seniors from the 40+ side through to the O70s here: England Seniors Play Cricket

We are always on the look out for future guests who can provide insights, tips, advice and inspiration to those playing cricket at this age and beyond!

To be a guest on the show or share an idea or contribution please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk

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Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60 Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s cricket.