O65s Grand Final plus last week of O70s Division 2 and 3

Grant and Trevor were at the fabulous Banbury CC on Thursday Sept 10th for the Grand Final of the O65s regional competition which saw the Northern Superchargers prevail over the South West Falcons.You will hear from Tony Bennett, Michael Kenyon and Ian Frost who we briefly recorded with. Scorecard hereIn his role as Player of the Match adjudicator Grant picked out Superchargers captain Chris ‘Noddy’ Dearden for the award. The money can’t buy prize? A whole episode on this show! We also round up the final matches in the O70s County Cricket Championship 2026 Divisions 2 and 3 with Kent confirmed as Division 2 champions.The final action of the domestic season sees an O65s XI take on England O70s on Sunday September 13th.Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

In this episode we cover the three O70s County Cricket Championship 2026 1st XI FinalsPlus the action in the O70s Division 2 and 3 which have one more week of matchesFull results hereWe congratulate the amazing Ron Hedley who has reached and surpassed the £100,000 mark - absolutely incredible!Still time to donate by clicking here If you are in Cornwall on Friday October 2nd join Ron and Chris Dennis for a walk at 4pm from Skinners Brewery on Newham Road The O60s / O70s championship released a statement this week with regards to the World Cup ‘incident’We discuss whether putting it out on Facebook with comments turned on is a good idea as yet again it attracted a whole raft of critical comments, almost certainly from people not directly connected to Seniors cricketLet’s hope this can now be finished and everyone can focus on the numerous positives that surround Seniors cricket in England. We will cover the final O70s Div 2 and 3 matches and the O65s regional competition final in our next episode. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

In this episode we cover all nine O60s County Cricket Championship 2026 Finals which happened this week across 4 Divisions. Full results here13 counties were represented with only one county triumphing in more than one final.In the three O60s 1st XI finals the side batting first won in all three matches. There were some fairly easy wins alongside some close matches, although in only one match did both teams score 220+ 16 of the 18 innings were 214 or less - with no hundreds recorded The lowest total was 75 all out.We will cover the O70s finals in our next episode. Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

It’s semi-final week in county O60s and O70s cricket - we cover all the matches, although some of the O70s matches were rained off and will be played on Tuesday Sept 2nd - the day when the O60s finals take place.We also mention the amazing Ron Hedley who is closing in on his target of raising £100,000 for Prostate Cancer Awareness before the O60s/O70s AGM later in the year. As these notes are written Ron is on £99,234You can help get the him past the magical £100k by donating hereEngland shared the O60s World Cup with New Zealand after the final was rained off.Here’s the link to the O60s / O70s county matches: Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

It’s quarter final week in county O60s and O70s cricket- we cover all the matchesEngland beat New Zealand 3-0 in the Silver Fern seriesAnd its controversy time at the O60s World Cup after a major incident in the England v India match and the resultant fall out and media coverageNot quite how O60s cricket would wish to be talked aboutFor all the O60s and O70s knockout and championship results and fixtures click on this link:Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

We are into August which means knockout county O60s and O70s cricket, the O60s World Cup in Toronto and the O70s ODI series between England and New Zealand This week was the round of 16 of the O60s Cup competition - so who won the prediction between Grant and Trevor?We also had the round of 16 in the O60s 2nd XI Cup, some prelim matches in the O60s 2nd XI Bowl competition and in the O60s 3rd XI VaseExtreme heat saw all O70s Div 2 and Div 3 matches cancelled and all the O70s 1st XI Bowl prelim matches postponedHere’s a link to Ron Hedley’s march as featured on Songs of Praise https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m003056z/songs-of-praise-the-power-of-walkingMatches got underway at the O60s World Cup in Toronto with as we record no surprises os farMatches on Wednesday largely went to Duckworth - Lewis when the rains came and with no covers for the grounds all of Thursday’s matches were cancelledThe infrastructure, or lack of it, was always going to be a talking pointEngland won the first O70s ODI at Frocester by 84 runs - match 2 is on Sunday 16th at Royal Fareham and match 3 on Tuesday 18th at High WycombeClick on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe>For all the O60s and O70s knockout and championship results and fixtures click on this link:Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

It's the final week of group matches for the O70s Division One plus we round up the O70s Division 2 and 3 and Divs 4 and 5 of the O60s.The New Zealand O70s tour of England and Wales started in Somerset on August 2nd - with the first of three ODI’s v England kicking off at Frocester CC on Sunday August 9th. Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris Lowe.And the eagerly awaited O60s World Cup starts in Toronto on August 9th. We’ve struggled to find a comprehensive list of fixtures and info about the format and the grounds but we will be keeping an eye on the action. O60s county championship knockout matches start on Tuesday August 11th. We predict who we think will prevail in the round of 16 matches in the O60s Div 1 Cup.For all the O60s and O70s championship results and fixtures click on this link:Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

It's the final week of group matches for divisions one, two and three in the O60s county championship competitions. We round up the matches and look ahead to the various knockout competition draws with matches in the ko stage starting on August 11th. We look at all the action across the three divisions of the O70s county championship. In the O70s 1st division there is one more week of group action in which teams can play matches that were previously cancelled.We also look briefly at how the England O60s Lions got on against an Invitational XI.  Look out for Silver Stumps, bonus episodes you can enjoy over the next week or so featuring Australia O60s Captain Peter Judd, Jim Morrison one of the co-founders of the International Masters Cricket (IMC) organisation and Lindsay Hewitson who is the tour manager for the New Zealand O70s who play eight matches in 17 days in England including three ODI’s starting with a match against Somerset on August 2nd.Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Ferns series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris LoweFor all the O60s and O70s championship results click on this link:Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

New Zealand O70s are touring England and Wales in AugustGreat therefore to have on Silver Stumps the New Zealand team manager Lindsay HewitsonLindsay gives us an insight into the tour party. Some of them were over here for the 2024 O70s World Cup.Including in those insights are some interesting skills and experiences that some of the squad have had in their lives including a long distance triathlete, an opera singer, someone whose grandfather was coached by WG Grace and someone who has played representative Cricket for Cornwall, not though the Cornwall where Silver Stumps is basedNew Zealand O70s will play eight matches in 17 days including three ODI’s starting with a match against Somerset on August 2nd.Click on this link https://bit.ly/4gF5rCE to go to the excellent Silver Fern series tour brochure put together by England O70s team manager Chris LoweFor all the O60s and O70s championship results click on this link:Full results herePlease do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket. 

Great to have Australia O60s Captain Peter Judd, Juddy as he's known to the Masters Cricket world, on Silver Stumps ahead of Australia travelling to Toronto for the O60s World Cup where they will be seeking to defend the title they won back in Chennai in February / March 2024The Australia squad contains seven new names from the squad that came over to England for the Grey Ashes in 2025. Peter gives us a bit of a steer on some of those players whose names may not be familiar to our listeners.We also have a quick review of the recent three match series Australia played against New Zealand and I get Peter to share his view of Masters cricket going forward.Please do share, review and rate the podcast - that helps others find itIf you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests Send us Fan Mail - you can send your message by text or voicemail or email us via  [email protected] Thanks very much.Send us Fan MailSilver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60s and Over 70s 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 and 70s cricket.