Silver Stumps - the Over 60s Cricket Podcast Grant Timms and Trevor Lee

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the matches that took place on the first day of the season for the Over 60s Championship - April 23rd - and look forward to week two matches scheduled for April 30th
A number of games were cancelled and have been  rearranged for the replay date of July 2nd
There were no matches played in the North and Midlands groups with Essex winning the only matching the East group and Sussex the only match in the South-East group. 
All three matches were concluded in the South East Midlands group with wins for Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire
In the South-West group the big Match of the Day between Wales and Gloucestershire was cancelled and in the other games there were wins for Devon and Somerset
Top bowler of the week was Essex’s Mel Hussain with 4-19 and top batter was Martyn Ford from Sussex who made the league’s first century of 2024 with 101
We are looking for the comedy moment each week so please do send your suggestions to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk  along with details and anyone who you think deserves a shout out on the podcast for a particular bowling, batting or fielding performance
Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest 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.

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Mark Shepherd captain of the 2023 O60s Championship winners Surrey  joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee.

We talk about how Surrey went from being 9th seeds in the last 16 draw for the championship to the eventual winners and their journey along the way including removing co-host Grant Timms in the last 16 match for 0 and on his home ground at Rushden!

In fact getting their opponents top players out for nought was a pattern that Surrey established removing the dangerous Arthur Worthington for 0 in the quarter-final against Suffolk and then Mel Hussain for 0 in the semi-final versus Essex and then both of the Hertfordshire openers for 0 in the grand final.
Mark also talks about captaincy and how much enjoys it and the challenge of integrating new players into a championship winning team and ensuring that there is a pathway to the first team from the four over 60s championship sides that Surrey run and fifth team that they are launching in 2024.
Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk 
 
If you like the show please press the subscribe / follow button on your podcast app and every new episode will there ready for you to listen to as soon as it goes live.
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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.

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast National Management team man and Warwickshire player Dave Murphy joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to explain the new look formats for 2024, in particular the phase two group stages for the O60s 1st and 2nd XI competitions.
Here’s a summary of the formats:
O60s 1st XI : 33 teams in 6 groups (it was 5 in 2023) - North (6 teams) - East (5), Midlands (5), South East (5), South East Midlands (6) and SouthWest (6).
The top 2 teams in each group progress in the Championship Cup phase 2 league which will be geographically divided so the 6 teams qualifying from the North, East and Midlands will be in Group A and the 6 teams from the other 3 regions in Group B
The six teams will play each other home and away but teams won’t play against the same team that was in their original group, which means there will be eight matches in this phase 2 group stage
The top two then in each of the groups qualify for the semifinals with the winner of group A playing the runner-up of group B and vice versa
An identical structure will apply to those finishing third and fourth in each of the six groups who will qualify for the Vase tournament with those finishing fifth and sixth, which will be 19 is in total, going into the Bowl tournament
A similar structure will be happening for the O60s 2nd XI competition although in phase 1 with 30 teams there will be five groups of six
The top two in each group go through into phase 2 league, with one group featuring three winners and two runners-up and the other group featuring two winners and three runners-up – the decision about replacing what group will be determined when the first phase is finished and geography taken into account
In phase 2 teams will play four matches so once each against the teams in their phase 2 group with each county playing 2 home games and 2 away games
The identical structure applies to those finishing third and fourth who will go into the O60s 2nd XI Vase competition and those finishing fifth and sixth who will go into the O60s 2nd XI Bowl competition
The O60s 3rd XI competition features 17 teams who will play 12 matches prior to a quarter-final stage and in the O60s 4th XI competition there will be seven teams play each other home and away
In the O70s 1st XI competition 25 teams will play 12 matches before going into the quarter-final stage and in the O70s 2nd XI competition five teams will play each other four times
Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk 
 
If you like the show please press the subscribe / follow button on your podcast app and every new episode will there ready for you to listen to as soon as it goes live.
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Thanks for listening! 
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.

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk coaching, fitness, techniques and tips for Over 60s cricketers. 
Paul provides a fascinating insight into being an international cricket coach as well as providing a host of tips and advice for Over 60s cricketers from being passionate about playing to learning how to master the reverse sweep. 
As a coach Paul explains that the greatest thing a coach can have is empathy whilst getting to know players as a person and being there to give and boost confidence.
For the O60s Paul believes that having passion for the game is one of the keys to success along with playing the first 6-10 balls before you go out to bat and using the warm up to get your eye-hand coordination working. 
He suggests throwing a rugby ball around, doing catching drills in 2/3s and hitting full tosses when batting. 
As a batsman Paul believes you need to set the field not the bowler and using the reverse sweep is a way of doing that. 
It’s never too late to learn new skills eg reverse sweeping and to ensure your passion for the game burns brightly.  
Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk 
 
If you like the show please press the subscribe / follow button on your podcast app and every new episode will there ready for you to listen to as soon as it goes live.
And it would be great if you left the show a rating / review - this is easily done via your podcast app and would be much appreciated.
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Thanks for listening! 
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.

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast former England and Northamptonshire superstar Allan Lamb joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about his career, his thoughts on current cricket and his battle with prostate cancer and his participation in Cycle Slam 2024 which is a 1200 km bike ride from Rome to Nice - April 13th to 25th.
Allan made his test debut aged 28 and went on the play for England 79 times scoring 4656 runs including 14 centuries. A 2020 poll named him as Northamptonshire’s greatest player of all time.
During the episode we briefly discuss a couple of matches he played in - the 1984 2nd Test England v West Indies at Lords and the 1987 ODI v Australia when he scored 18 off the last over to win the match.
Allan also mentioned the Notts v Northants county championship match in 1995, the season he came closest to winning the county championship, when Notts rattled up 527 having been 362/1 to which Northants replied with 781/7 dec at 4.8 per over (their highest ever score) and then bowled Notts out for 157 to win by an innings and 97 runs. 
Allan talks about his battle with prostate cancer and his support of Ron’s walks.
Allan now organises wine tours of South Africa as well as cricket and rugby tours.
You can find out more about Ron’s walks via this link to the national 060s/70s website
And use this link to go to the Bob Willis fund website the news page of the Bob Willis Fund website covers Ron's walks

Walks coming up in April 2024:

Friday 5th April 2024   Kent Seniors Walk. The Spitfire Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3NZ.
Rob Key will be joining the walk and SKY T.V Cricket will be filming the walk.

 Tuesday 9th April 2024     Gloucestershire Seniors Walk.
Meet near the Old Lodge Public House and Minchinhampton Old Course Golf Club at 10am for a 10.30am walk.

 Friday 12th April 2024        Edgbaston Cricket Ground
All walkers will be invited to watch the days play during the County Championships match against Durham CCC.

 Saturday 20th April        Devon Seniors Walk
Walking from South Devon CC to Bovey Tracey CC

Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk 
 
If you like the show please press the subscribe / follow button on your podcast app and every new episode will there ready for you to listen to as soon as it goes live.
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Thanks for listening! 
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.

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast Buckinghamshire’s Ron Hedley joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about the amazing walks he has organised with over 60s cricket counties to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer and raise money for the Bob Willis Fund.
Ron’s walks were inspired by one he went on in the North-East which was headed by Jeff Stelling from Sky Sports
At the time of recording Ron has galvanised 18 counties into action with another 10 planning walks and has raised right now £32,000
The walks started in 2023 and the final walk will be on September 15, 2024 at Lord’s which is also Ron’s 75th birthday
You can find out more about Ron’s walks via this link to the national 060s/70s website
And use this link to go to the Bob Willis fund website where you can also buy a copy of the book about Bob 'Bob Willis - A Cricketer and a Gentlemen' edited by his brother David - the news page of the Bob Willis Fund website covers Ron's walks

Walks coming up in April 2024:

Friday 5th April 2024   Kent Seniors Walk. The Spitfire Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3NZ.
The walk takes place during the first day of the County Championship match v Somerset CCC.
Rob Key will be joining the walk and SKY T.V Cricket will be filming the walk and interviewing some of the walkers. The film will be broadcast on the SKY T.V Cricket channel during Bob Willis Blue Day at Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Saturday 27th July 2024.

Tuesday 9th April 2024     Gloucestershire Seniors Walk.
Meet near the Old Lodge Public House and Minchinhampton Old Course Golf Club at 10am for a 10.30am walk.

Friday 12th April 2024        Edgbaston Cricket Ground
All walkers will be invited to watch the days play during the County Championships match against Durham CCC. We will be joined by Nick Owen BM, BBC News Anchor for BBC Midlands News.

Saturday 20th April        Devon Seniors Walk
Walking from South Devon CC to Bovey Tracey CC on Saturday morning, which will include walking through Newton Abbot, along a canal cycle path and an old railway line for just over 5 miles.

Monday 22nd April 2024 Surrey Seniors
Second Walk Surrey Seniors will be hosting a second walk. It will be at Horsley and Send CC, Twinns Field, West Horsley KT24 6JS. 10.15 am meet for 10.30 am walk. 
Ron’s message is very clear: if you are a man aged 50+ then get yourself a PSA test, which is a blood test
Grant and Trevor will be looking 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 advise on someone who would make a great guest please drop an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk 
 
If you like the show please press the subscribe / follow button on your podcast app and every new episode will there ready for you to listen to as soon as it goes live.
And it would be great if you left the show a rating / review - this is easily done via your podcast app and would be much appreciated.
Please also share with your cricket mates and talk about on social media.
Thanks for listening! 
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.