Many of you listening to this podcast will also have undoubtedly tuned in at some point to the fantastic YouTube coverage given to the England O60s cricket matches during the 2025 summer against the West Indies, the USA and of course the Grey Ashes against Australia. In this episode Trevor catches up with one of the commentators, Owen Mason, and one of the key people behind the scenes vision mixer Nuala Goodland We talk about all the things that the viewers don't see or sometimes don't ...

Sir Tim Rice loves cricket, so much so that back in the early 70s he set up his own side – Heartaches CC – which is still going strong today. In the second week of September for over the 40th time the Heartaches came down to Cornwall to play three matches. I was lucky enough to play for the Heartaches against Falmouth on the Thursday and then against them for my long-standing club side Mullion on the Friday. During the Friday match I caught up with Tim and he talked about his love of cricket,...

We think we've covered almost 900 matches on this podcast during the domestic season which has now ended. So this is our review of the 2025 O60s and O70s cricket season. We look back on some fantastic batting, bowling and fielding achievements and congratulate those who top the charts We will continue with the Silver Stumps podcast during the autumn and winter with a series of guests lined up so that we can produce an episode roughly every two weeks Thank you so much to everyone of you ...

This week it's been what has become an annual end to the O60s cricket season with the Tri-Nations tournament featuring six matches in three days with all four competing sides playing against each other. Unfortunately the weather intervened and only three of the six matches took place. So we look at what happened between England and the England Lions, Scotland and Wales and then the final match to beat the weather which was England Lions versus Scotland You can find the scorecards here: Englan...

Six of the eight O60s finals finally got the go ahead from the weather and all finished on Tuesday Sept 9th We cover them all Along with the two O70s finals that were played on Thursday Sept 4th. Unfortunately the O70s Cup final between Oxfordshire and Kent on Thursday Sept 11th was abandoned so the trophy is shared And what about our prediction competition? Grant and Trevor each predicted a winner for all 11 O60s and O70s finals - so who won? Did Trevor retain the trophy or...

Having experienced hardly any cancellations due to adverse weather the weather finally got involved on finals week! A number of the O60s finals scheduled for Tuesday Sept 2nd were postponed until Tuesday Sept 9th We are recording on Wednesday Sept 3rd as Trevor is away from early on the 4th. We cover the O60s finals that survived plus the re-arranged O70s semi-finals that happened on Sunday August 31st We will round all the delayed O60s finals and the O70s finals in our next episode on Friday...

The last week in August is semi-final week in Seniors Cricket All 16 semi-finals in the various O60s competitions were completed We round up the action and look ahead to the 8 finals which all take place on Tuesday September 2nd On Thursday the weather intervened and only 2 of the 6 scheduled semi-finals in the O70s competition were completed Those that didn’t get played will play on Sunday August 31st with the finals on Thursday September 4th You can find all the results, f...

We are now very much at the business end of the O60s and O70s county championship seasons and this week all the quarter-final matches in the O60s and O70s were concluded. We cover all the matches and look forward to next week's semi-finals of which there will be eight in the O60s competitions and three in the O70s competitions Plus we congratulate Kent who have secured the O70s division two championship, the second competition to be concluded after Essex were announced as champions of the O60...

Last week Trevor was on tour and did some short recordings at the England Lions v USA match at Eastnor CC and at England v USA match at Hursley Park You will hear short conversations with : Dave Entwistle - President Eastnor Cricket Club Jason Caunt - England Lions captain Ivor Richards - Head of the Broadcast team that have covered almost all the International matches this summer Plus England players Kevin Watson and Razi Ahmed You can contact Ivor via: Ivor@bba.media...

Its been a big week in the knockout stages in the O60s We cover all the matches across the Cup, Vase and Bowl competitions as well as action in the O70s Bowl and group matches We also cover the final 4 matches of the USA tour and reflect on what both sides have learnt A shout to the USA team who donated $2000 to Ron Hedley’s fundraising And we mention the county player survey - please do fill yours in, it will only take a few minutes Trevor was on tour during the week at the...

I had the pleasure of hosting Tony and Tracy Panecasio in Truro for a couple of days before they headed home at the conclusion of the Grey Ashes tour. We took the opportunity to record an episode in which they reflect on the tour and recall some of the best non-cricketing bits including the places they've visited, the socials they've enjoyed and the people they've met. Tracy also shares what it is like to be a WAG (Wives and Girlfriends) on tour - particularly when not knowing prior to ...

It's yet another packed episode where we cover all the O60s and O70s county games, we review England and England Lions v the USA, what happened in the South West O65s 2 day 2 innings match in Bath and we've got O60s/O70s Vice-President Roland Butcher on. Trevor recorded as short seven minute piece with Roland during the third England versus Australia ODI at Thame on July 18th. Roland talks about his career and new book: Breaking Barriers - Barbados to England ….and back - you can ...

An international double header for you! First up USA O60s captain for the tour of England Ravi Suri and then England Lions manager Paul Gelder. We caught up with Ravi on Zoom a week before the tour whist Trevor caught up with Paul at the recent Lions match at Apperley. The USA play six matches starting on Wednesday August 6th - 3 against the England ODI team and 3 against the England Lions - all packed into just nine days. The scorecards for all those matches can be found he...

This week it's been the last round of matches in divisions one, two and three of the O60s competition and with the exception of some replays next week, in division one of the O70s competition. We cover all the matches and look briefly at the draws in the 60s for the Cup, Vase and Bowl competitions across the top three divisions Grant talks at the beginning about the Graham Thorp headband he is sporting in the thumbnail for this episode This is where you can buy them: https://shop.mind.org.uk/...

The fifth and final match in the Grey Ashes series ended in a last ball tie! The series thus finishes 2-2 which means Australia retain the Grey Ashes. England batted first for the first time in the series and made 269. Then it rained, for a long time. Finally the Australian innings got underway with a DLS target of 194 in 26 overs. At 7/2 the Aussies were in trouble but man of the series Darren Smith, who had cancelled his flight home because of the rain delay, strode in and made 97.&nb...

England won the 4th ODI at Sparsholt CC to level the best of five series at 2-2 We review the match and look forward to the decider at Royal Ascot CC on Thursday (July 24th) Plus we round up all the matches played across the O60s 4 Divisions on Tuesday July 22nd The scorecards for the Grey Ashes matches can be found here: England Seniors Play Cricket Here’s the link to the England Seniors You Tube for live coverage at Royal Ascot on Thursday Keep up with all the Austra...

It’s the 3rd to last week for many of the O60s and O70s groups so who’s looking good for qualification for the cup knockout stages and who’s going to have to settle for a place in the Vase or Bowl competitions? We are a couple of days later than usual as Trevor was away watching the England Lions v Wales 2nds and the 3rd ODI between England and Australia. You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampion...

An action packed episode as we cover the 3rd ODI between England and Australia plus the Aussie match v the Chairman’s XI at Oakamoor and the England Lions v Wales 2nds at Apperley. Trevor was at Thame for the 3rd ODI and grabbed interviews with Aussie Skipper Peter Judd, opener Doug Murphy, WAG Dee and spin bowler and huge friend of the show Tony Panecasio. Still all to play for in the best of 5 series and you can follow the 4th and 5th ODI’s action live on You Tube via England Se...

England won the 2nd ODI at Fairburn CC to level the best of five series at 1-1 We review the match plus the other matches this week featuring a Midlands Xi v Australia and the 3rd match between England Lions and Australia The scorecards for all those matches can be found here: England Seniors Play Cricket Here’s the link to the England Seniors You Tube for live coverage Keep up with all the Australia O60s news via their Facebook page just for this tour: ‘Defence of the Ashes’ Engl...

Australia went 1-0 up in the Grey Ashes with a 44 run win in the first ODI in the best of five series. We review the match and the crucial period when England sitting comfortable at 106/0 collapsed to 130/6. We also look ahead to the 2nd ODI on Monday July 7th. We discuss the narrow defeat for the England Lions v Australia plus the Scotland v Australia match played on July 2nd as well as our usual round up of the O60s and O70s county championships. And while we record a really tight fin...