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.

It came down to 7 needed off the last over and Kev Watson took wickets with the first two balls. 3 were needed off the ball and two made - so a tie!

Plus we round up all the matches played across the O70s 3 Divisions on Thursday July 24th and we catch up with Ron Hedley.

The scorecard for the 5th ODI can be found here: England Seniors Play Cricket

Here’s the link to the England Seniors You Tube

Keep up with all the Australia O60s news via their Facebook page just for this tour: ‘Defence of the Ashes’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.

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 Australia O60s news via their Facebook page just for this tour: ‘Defence of the Ashes’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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 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://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.

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 Seniors You Tube

Live scorecards for all the ODI's can be found here: England Seniors Play Cricket

Keep up with all the Australia O60s news via their Facebook page just for this tour: ‘Defence of the Ashes’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

Silver Stumps now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.

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’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

Plus we round all the action in the O60s and O70s county championship as most competitions head into the last three weeks of group matches

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.

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 finish was building up between Australia and the England Lions in their second game.

Scorecard here: England Seniors Play Cricket

Below are all the places to follow the Grey Ashes action including live coverage on YouTube with commentary

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’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.

As we record the Australians are playing the England Lions before the first ODI happens on Monday, June 30thWhat a Grey Ashes series we are expecting

The Grey Ashes series is best of five spread over four weeks with the final match, the fifth ODI on the 24th of July at Royal Ascot Cricket club

Australia regained the Grey Ashes at the end of 2024 with a 3 - 2 win on home ground so England will be very keen to win back the Grey Ashes.

Below are all the places to follow the action including live coverage on YouTube with commentaryThe 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’

England Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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 focus at the start of this week’s episode on the England versus West Indies series which by the time we finished recording had seen England comfortably win the first two ODI’s and both Lions matches with just one more ODI to come on Sunday June 22nd.

We discuss what we think the England selectors might have learnt from this series.

Scorecards here: England Seniors Play Cricket

Grant wears his Chair of Selectors hat and picks his England team for the first Grey Ashes ODI versus Australia which will be at Littleborough Cricket club on Monday, June 30th

Do you agree with his selection?

In the Seniors County Championship there was an unusual dismissal this week.

In the O60s South West Div 1 game between Gloucestershire and Dorset a batter was given out for obstruction.

Obstruction now covers not just obstructing the field but also handling the ball, and our understanding is that in this particular case it was handling the ball that the batter was given out for.

Law 37.4 clearly states that if you handle the ball without prior permission from the fielding side and they then appeal the umpire has to give you out, unless of course the fielding side withdraw the appeal.

The incident happened at a crucial moment in the game.

Thanks to Phil Trayner we give a shout out to several players from Surrey who have reached 200 matches in county seniors cricket.

You can find all the results, fixtures and league tables for the O60s and O70s 2025 County Championship here: https://seniorscountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture

Here’s the link to the England and Wales O60s / O70s county championship website: https://6070cc.co.uk

Team details can be found here: England O60s Facebook page

The scorecards for all England Seniors matches can be found here: England Seniors Play Cricket

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 now has a small website which you can find at https://www.silverstumps.com/ - it features all the episodes and a little bit about Grant and Trevor, the co-hosts of the podcast.

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 bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from.

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Silver 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.