Best Grant Timms Podcasts (2025)

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O60s/70s - 2025 Season Preview 41:11

6h ago41:11

41:11

Its April 25th and next week the O60s and O70s county championships begin with matches in the 60s 1st and 2nd XI competitions and the O70s 2nd and 3rd XI competitions We begin the episode with a little look back on what happened in 2024 and we review two carried over finals that have been played this week - the O60s 1st XI Vase Final and the O60s 2…

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Aidan Dennis reporting on the Malta Seniors Cricket Festival 32:51

8d ago32:51

32:51

The Malta Seniors Cricket Festival took place between the 28th of March and the 5th of April at the Marsa sports club under the direction of tournament, founder and director Frank Spiteri and tournament referee Barrie Burns. Eight teams took part in this event which has been going since 2018 and not only provides a fantastic opportunity to play pre…

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Mike Hayden - Wales in Cape Town and the season ahead 35:04

16d ago35:04

35:04

Mike Hayden is the captain of Wales O60s 1st XI. In March the team took part in a tournament in Cape Town alongside Zimbabwe (who went unbeaten and won the event), two evenly matched teams from South Africa, USA and USA A. Wales finished 3rd. We talk to Mike about the tournament which involved playing six matches in eight days and how to manage tha…

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Paul Farbrace talking cricket and coaching 46:44

22d ago46:44

46:44

Paul Farbrace is the Director of Cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club as well as being a Vice-President of the Seniors County Cricket Championship Paul makes a welcome return to the podcast. Since we first talked in April 2024 Paul has led Sussex to the County Championship Division Two Championship and the T20 Blast Finals day. We catch up with P…

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Darryl Woods : Coach, YouTuber, NED, Chair 41:40

1M ago41:40

41:40

Darryl Woods wears numerous cricket and sports hats including heading up Oxfordshire Cricket Seniors, being an Non-Executive Director on the Oxfordshire Cricket Board as well as being a Cricket Coach and YouTuber via his sports channel Ox Sports Unleashed And now England O60s trialist! We enjoyed talking to Darryl about the forthcoming trial matche…

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Tony Panecasio - Ashes, World Cup, 2025.... 31:43

2M ago31:43

31:43

Tony Panecasio played a key part in Australia winning the O60s 2024 World Cup in Chennai and the Grey Ashes in November and December 2024. Tony had combined figures across the World Cup semi-final and final of 10-45 with his 4-32 in the final including a couple of stunning caught and bowled's. He won the trophy for most wickets at the 2024 O60s Wor…

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Raise the Bat! We've got to 50! 29:43

2M ago29:43

29:43

Who would've thought that just over a year since we launched we would be already pushing that quick single into a gap in the covers to get to our 50! Thank you to all our listeners and guests who made our first '50' such an enjoyable experience. We're taking fresh guard and looking to build on this foundation. In this 50th episode we talk about som…

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Scotland Seniors Cricket - Plans and Ambitions with Clark McConnachie 29:15

2M ago29:15

29:15

Clark McConnachie is the captain of Scotland O60s. In this episode we talk to Clark about what's going on domestically as well as internationally for Scotland senior cricketers. Clark explains how for many years Scotland Over 60s and 70s have been under the banner of the Scotland Forty Club District but that all changed in the autumn when Scotland …

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2025 Championship Structures with Dave Murphy 35:58

3M ago35:58

35:58

Dave Murphy is the new chair of the national 60s/70s county cricket championship. In this episode Dave talks us through the changes that have been made to the county championship structures for 2025. If you are aged 65+ then listen out for what Dave has to say about a special tournament potentially coming your way at the beginning of August. For th…

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England O70s update and new O60s/70s website with Chris Lowe 29:58

3M ago29:58

29:58

Chris Lowe is the England O70s team manager and the driving force behind the new look Seniors County Championship website for England and Wales. We kick off getting an update from Chris on what’s happening with England O70s as they look ahead to the next O70s World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2026. England O70s are planning a 16 day t…

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Winter Physical Preparation with Paolo Iorio 36:04

4M ago36:04

36:04

Paolo Iorio is a practising osteopath based in Derbyshire who for the last 2 to 3 years has also been working with the England O60s team. We talk to Paolo about the role of an osteopath and then Paolo offers up lots of tips and advice for O60s and O70s cricketers who are beginning to think about the season ahead and their fitness / mobility. Paolo’…

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Chris ’Noddy’ Dearden - Lancashire Legend 40:49

4M ago40:49

40:49

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 Chri…

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Rash and Mel Mahmood - Tour Reflections 46:52

4M ago46:52

46:52

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 stat…

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England v Australia O60s ODI's 4 and 5 - our series awards and guest thanks for 2024 49:11

4M ago49:11

49:11

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 e…

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Review of England v Australia O60s 3rd ODI 24:44

5M ago24:44

24:44

In a last over finish Australia beat England by 2 wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Grey Ashes. A low scoring tense match saw England almost valiantly defend 169 but it wasn’t to be. So congratulations to the Australians. We analyse the match from our live watching throughout the night on You Tube and on You Tube catch up. We recorded…

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Australia v England O60s - Review of ODI's 1 and 2 27:18

5M ago27:18

27:18

England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches including five ODI's v Australia. In this episode we review the first two ODI's which have both been won fairly comfortably by Australia. We analyse where we think the differences have been and how we think England need to react in order to be best positioned to win t…

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Australia O60s Captain Peter Jensen 28:42

5M ago28:42

28:42

England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches including five ODI's v Australia, who of course beat England in the O60s World Cup final in Chennai in March. In the last episode we talked with England O60s captain Edward Gordon Lennox so we are delighted to welcome to this episode of the podcast Australia O60s capt…

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England O60s Captain - Edward Gordon Lennox 25:33

5M ago25:33

25:33

England O60s are undertaking a 5 week tour of Australia which involves 14 matches. We are delighted to welcome to the podcast England O60s captain Edward Gordon Lennox. Ed shares his thoughts on the tour, captaincy, and leading a squad which includes 18 players, a tour manager, 2 umpires, a scorer, a commentator, an osteopath and 14 wives / partner…

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Blood on the Tracks with David Tossell 31:16

6M ago31:16

31:16

On this week's episode we are delighted to welcome Buckinghamshire O60s 2nd XI captain and prolific sports author David Tossell. David has written 20 books largely about cricket and football in the 1970s - the era when most listeners to this podcast were avidly following cricket even though media coverage was scant. David's latest book 'Blood on th…

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Rash Mahmood - England O60s Commentator 41:14

6M ago41:14

41:14

On this week's episode we are delighted to welcome England O60s commentator Rash Mahmood. Rash explains how he landed this prestigious role, his experience of the O60s World Cup in India and how he is looking forward to the tour of Australia for the Grey Ashes. He gives some insights into being in the England camp as well as an overview of the work…

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2025 Structure Ideas and Balls 29:31

6M ago29:31

29:31

In this episode we talk about ideas for 2025 - particularly in relation to the O60s 1st XI competition. Grant shares a league structure idea developed by Northants O50s scorer and podcast listener Nathan Armstrong. Trevor has his own, possibly radical thoughts, focusing on speeding up matches whilst extending the phase 2 Cup stage from 12 to 16 tea…

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Rest of the World with Colin Walters and John Courtney 30:23

7M ago30:23

30:23

In this episode we chat with Colin Walters and John Courtney who run the Rest of the World seniors cricket teams. We talk about their participation in the 2022 and 2024 O60s World Cup tournaments, their upcoming 10th anniversary tournament in Dubai and 2025 planned tours of New Zealand and Zimbabwe You can find your more at https://restoftheworld.c…

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Special Guest: Kev Watson and Special Mention: Howard Smith 29:49

7M ago29:49

29:49

In this episode we chat with Yorkshire O60s skipper and England player Kev Watson. We talk about this year’s O60s Cup final in which Yorkshire lost to Lancashire, the Tri-Nations, Kev’s thoughts on Phase 2, plans for Yorkshire for 2025 and how he is preparing and looking forward to the England O60s trip to Australia in November and December for the…

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Tri-Nations and O60s Dream Teams 43:55

7M ago43:55

43:55

In this episode we cover the Over 60s International Tri-Nations tournament that took place in North Wales on the 17th 18th and 19th of September 2024 featuring teams from Scotland, Wales, England, and the England Lions. We also pay tribute to the fantastic work that Ron Hedley from Buckinghamshire has done raising almost £50,000 for prostate cancer…

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Lancashire and Middlesex triumph in O60s and O70s Finals 37:34

8M ago37:34

37:34

It’s been the final week of the over 60s and over 70s county cricket championship competitions with eight finals scheduled for the O60s and the 1st XI Cup final for the O70s But no-one told the weather! Of the 9 finals 4 will now be played at the start of the 2025 season, 2 were decided by DLS and 3 were completed. Congratulations to all the winner…

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O60s County Cricket Semis and O70s Finals 40:56

8M ago40:56

40:56

It is the penultimate week of the over 60s and over 70s county cricket championship competitions In the over 60s it's been semi-final week for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI’s and the penultimate week of group matches for the 4th XI’s. In the over 70s it's been the final of the 1st XI Vase and Bowl competitions and the penultimate week of group matches fo…

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O60s semis line up complete plus who made it through to the O70s finals 53:29

8M ago53:29

53:29

This is the podcast that covers the One 60s and Over 70s county cricket championships. Phase 2 of the O60s 1st and 2nd XI competition is complete. So who’s made the semi-finals of the Cup, Vase and Bowl in both divisions? And who were the victors in the 3rd XI Cup and Vase quarter finals? Plus who’s looking good to win the 4th XI comp with 2 rounds…

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Who's going to make the O60s semis? plus O70s Quarter finals round up 48:47

8M ago48:47

48:47

So who's going to make the semi-finals of the O60s 1st XI comps? Lots of places across the Cup, Vase and Bowl still to play for in next week's final round of phase 2 matches. In the O60s 2nd XI phase 2 it was round 4 of 5 this week in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups and again lots of places up for grabs in the semis going in to next week's final phas…

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The O60s and 70s county cricket championships heading towards their final weeks 35:14

8M ago35:14

35:14

We cover matches played on Tuesday August 13th and 15th In the O60s 1st XI phase 2 its round 6 of 8 in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups so the semi final places now very much up for grabs In the O60s 2nd XI phase 2 its round 3 of 5 in the Cup, Vase and Bowl groups O60s Div 3 haș finished so we now know the line up for the Cup and Vase quarter finals O…

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England win the O70s World Cup! 28:40

8M ago28:40

28:40

England win the O70s World Cup! Our guest on this special episode is England's World Cup winning captain John Evans from Gloucestershire John shares with us what it was like to be the England captain particularly during the final against Australia, a team that England had lost to in the group stages. Grant was at the final at Wormsley as a spectato…

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New England Skipper and Ashes Squad Announced - O70s World Cup and Weekly Round Up 42:52

9M ago42:52

42:52

What a week its been for O60s / 70s cricket. Richard Merriman steps down as England O60s skipper and is replaced by vice-captain Edward Gordon-Lennox. Then a couple of days later there is the announcement of the squad to travel to Australia for the Grey Ashes. Six players included who didn't play in the World Cup including a couple we don't really …

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Over 60s and 70s County Round up plus what's been happening in the 70s Cricket World Cup 56:31

9M ago56:31

56:31

We round up all the Over 60s and 70s action over the last two weeks highlighting some great individual performances - tune in to see if you get a mention - plus we see what's been happening in the first three rounds of the Over 70s Cricket world Cup. Over 70s World Cup Play Cricket Site This episode is going out live on Friday, August 2, 2024 which…

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Over 70s Cricket World Cup Preview 19:04

9M ago19:04

19:04

Our special guest is England Over 70s team manager and co-organiser of the Over 70s World Cup Chris Lowe Chris looks ahead to the tournament which features seven nations beginning a round robin tournament on Sunday July 28th with after six matches each the top 2 going into the final at the Wormsley cricket ground on Sunday August 11th. The competin…

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England v Pakistan review plus all the 60s and 70s action 35:18

9M ago35:18

35:18

We recorded just before the start of the 5th and final England v Pakiston O60s ODI with England recovering from losing the first game to leading 2-1 with match 3 abandoned. We review the first 4 matches along with all the action in this week’s over 60s and over 70s national county cricket competition. This is week two for the over 60s 1st XI phase …

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Special Guest - Sybil Ruscoe - Broadcaster and Journalist 35:14

10M ago35:14

35:14

Sybil grew up on the boundaries of Shropshire cricket fields watching her dad, an all-rounder, play club and works cricket. Sybil is a journalist and broadcaster and was the first woman to present cricket on British terrestrial TV with the BAFTA and RTS award-winning C4 Cricket and C4 Cricket Roadshow. She interviewed scores of cricketers, from Sir…

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O60s and O70s County Cricket Round Up - July 2nd and 4th 41:14

10M ago41:14

41:14

The O60s 1st XI Group competitions concluded this week so we look at the results and how they then affected the make up of the phase two matches in which the top two teams from each of the six groups have progressed into the last 12 for the cup competition. The 12 are divided into two groups based on geographical location and they will play each ot…

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England v Pakistan O60s ODI’s Preview with England Captain Richard Merriman 26:11

10M ago26:11

26:11

Richard Merriman is back on the show – in this episode the England O60s captain looks ahead to the five match ODI series versus Pakistan This series will be a big challenge for Richard and his team as they come up against opposition containing former international and first-class players led by Saleem Malik who played 386 international matches, inc…

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Runs Galore in the 60s and 70s County Cricket Championship 48:26

10M ago48:26

48:26

Lots of matches and lots of runs this week We review the matches played across the various O60s and O70 divisions on June 25th and 27th. It's replay week on July 2nd in the O60s Div 1 - can Surrey make the top 2 or will their defence of the title end here? They've got no game on replay week so will be relying on others. Wales smash 409/5 in O60s di…

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O60s O70s Round Up June 18th and 20th 41:09

10M ago41:09

41:09

The O60s Div 1 is nearing the end of the group stage so we look at this week's matches with one more week to go plus the replay week. Also covered all the matches in O60s Div2, Div 3 and Div 4 plus both O70s Divisions. A shout to those who were behind the excellent live coverage of England O60s in the recent match v Wales If you’d like to contact u…

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O60s & O70s County Cricket Championship w/c June 3rd and 10th 53:47

11M ago53:47

53:47

With Trevor away last week this bumper episode of the Silver Stumps podcast features matches from w/c June 3rd and w/c June 10th across the various O60s and O70 divisions. We do a fairly rapid walk-through of what’s happened picking out some individual and team highlights and we cover the one sided England v Wales O60s international played on June …

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England O60s Win - Ned Kelly - Jeff Baxter - O70s Runs Outs and 1066 30:53

11M ago30:53

30:53

Even though yet again this week's O60s and O70s County Championship programme was decimated by the weather we've got another packed podcast for your enjoyment. We mention Oxfordshire's Stephen 'Ned' Kelly who is approaching 150 matches which made us wonder who out there has played more O50s, O60s and O70s matches combined so if that is you or one o…

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O60s / 70s County Cricket Round Up - England O60s Squads Announced 40:46

11M ago40:46

40:46

In this weeks episode of the Silver Stumps podcast we have a look at the two England over 60s squads announced for the matches against The Forty Club Scotland District on May 30th at Marton cricket club near Middlesbrough (1pm start) and on May 31st at Hartlepool cricket club (10.30am start) Once again during the County championship week a number o…

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Too much Rain! A review of O60s & O70s cricket May 14th and 16th 30:29

12M ago30:29

30:29

Too much rain is a very apt title for this weeks episode of the Silver Stumps podcast as we review the few games on May 14th and May 16th that survived the weather in the latest round of over 60s and 70s county championship matches. If you played there's a good chance you get a mention this week! We also mention the recently announced England O70s …

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O60s and O70s Cricket - Review of May 7th and 9th Matches 35:49

12M ago35:49

35:49

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the O60s and 70s matches that took place on May 7th and 9th. The lads pick out some highlights from all divisions across both competitions name checking those who do well and maybe not so well! Are you mentioned? Tune in to find out! Check out all the results on th…

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O60s County Cricket Championship - week 2 Review 30:27

12M ago30:27

30:27

In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee review the matches that took place on the second week of the season for the Over 60s Championship with 9 games surviving the weather. Top bowler of the week was Lincolnshire’s Roy Tilley with 5-41 and top batter was England captain Richard Merriman from Derbyshire who mad…

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Week One Review - Week Two Preview 28:35

1y ago28:35

28:35

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 wer…

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Mark Shepherd - Winning the 60s Championship 30:01

1y ago30:01

30:01

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…

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Dave Murphy - O60s/70s formats for 2024 25:11

1y ago25:11

25:11

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 …

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Paul Farbrace - Coaching, Fitness, Technique and Tips for O60s Cricketers 45:55

1y ago45:55

45:55

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 pa…

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Allan Lamb - Career, Cycle Slam 2024 and Prostate Cancer 32:33

1y ago32:33

32:33

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…

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