We kickoff the New Year talking to a Lancashire legend – Chris ’Noddy’ Dearden

We 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 Central Lancashire League rubbing shoulders with teammates who included Sir Garfield Sobers and Joel Garner

Chris has had an illustrious Lancashire Seniors cricket career representing the county’s O50s/60s in excess of 130 times, scoring lots of runs and taking many wickets.

Chris made his debut for England O60s in 2019 and was part of the squad for the O60s World Cup in Chennai in the early part of 2024.

Struggling with an Achilles injury he missed out on the 2024 summer series against Pakistan and the winter tour to Australia but he's keen to return to full fitness and as a consequence the England squad.

In the next episode we talk about fitness for O60s /O70s cricketers with England O60s Osteopath Paolo Iorio

In future episodes we’ll be covering the new O60s/70s website, the competition structures (when all are known) for 2025 and we’ll be monitoring the NZ v Australia O60s series in March with the help of friend of the show Tony Panecasio. Lots to look forward to!

If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests please drop us an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk or press ‘send us a message’ at the top of these notes - please include your name and contact details if you wish as we can’t reply direct to the text messages.

The England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship has a new website - check it out here: https://6070cc.co.uk

Here’s a link to the England O60s Facebook page

The scores of the England matches, including the ODI's can be found on the England Seniors Play Cricket site

You can follow all that’s happening across the Seniors Cricket world via https://masterscricket.org and their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/internationalmasterscricket

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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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.

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 entertained as well as informed.

Mel was one of the two England umpires on the tour and officiated some of the state games which the England team used as warmup and mid ODI matches.

We had great fun talking to Rush and Mel as they reflected on their fabulous experience including one or two thoughts about the learning that the England team can bring back as they plan for a return of the Australians as well as the West Indies and the USA in the English summer of 2025

We will be back in 2025 with our first episode scheduled for January 10th when Trevor will be using his new found knowledge as a qualified coach in running fitness to share some thoughts and ideas for Over 60s and Over 70s cricketers years as they prepare themselves fitness wise for there 2025 season

Here’s a link to the England O60s Facebook page

The scores of the England matches, including the ODI's can be found on the England Seniors Play Cricket site

The England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship has a new website - check it out here: https://6070cc.co.uk

If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests please drop us an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk or press ‘send us a message’ at the top of these notes - please include your name and contact details if you wish as we can’t reply direct to the text messages.

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.

Send us a text

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.

Send us a text

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 believe the differences between the two sides were

We also announce our ‘Man of the Series’ and ‘Champagne Moments’

We wrap up this episode with a thank you to all 16 guests who have appeared on the show throughout 2024

One more episode to come before the end of 2024

Here’s a link to the England O60s Facebook page

The scores of the England matches, including the ODI's can be found on the England Seniors Play Cricket site

The England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship has a new website - check it out here: https://6070cc.co.uk

If you've got feedback or observations about the podcast or ideas for future guests please drop us an email to podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk or press ‘send us a message’ at the top of these notes - please include your name and contact details if you wish as we can’t reply direct to the text messages.

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.

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.