Silver Stumps - the Over 60s/70s Cricket Podcast · Grant Timms and Trevor Lee

It’s 2-2 in the Grey Ashes!

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Steve Aston’s 72 off 35 balls turns the chase after Paul Raddage falls.

1. Silver Stumps - the Over 60s/70s Cricket Podcast focuses on England’s 2-2 Grey Ashes situation and the latest county over-60s results. 2. Grant and Trev lead the episode as regular cricket hosts, with Rash, Owen, Matt, and the media team also named in the ODI coverage. 3. The episode asks what England’s fourth ODI win, and the county tables around it, mean before the fifth ODI at Royal Ascot Cricket Club. 4. Australia won the toss and built a fast start, with Doug Murphy hitting the fourth ball for six off Mike Palmer and later adding four fours in Mel Hussain’s over. 5. Darren Smith anchored the innings while the pair put on 60 or 70, and the hosts said the scoring rate looked set for 280 or 285. 6. Neil Brathwaite’s full-length catch at deep square leg removed Graham Pavey on about 40 and changed the direction of the innings. 7. The hosts said that dismissal came just before drinks in the 30th over, when a wicket could shift the next 15 overs. 8. Australia finished on 242 for 9 after seven wickets fell in the last 15 overs, and the hosts called that phase an Australian wobble. 9. England then chased 243 with a more positive top order, starting with Brathwaite, Mel Hussain, and Timo Alam. 10. The batting order also featured Ed Gordon-Lenks at four, Nick Gaywood at five, and Steve Aston as keeper lower down. 11. The hosts said England had been batting with a handbrake on before this chase. 12. They highlighted 30 runs off TP’s first three overs and 14 runs off Bill Blair’s fifth over as signs of a changed mindset. 13. Paul Raddage steadied the reply after the skipper was out, while Nick Gaywood kept picking off singles and twos during a slower spell. 14. Steve Aston’s first ball was driven for four, and the hosts praised a 72-run partnership from 35 balls. 15. The hosts described the England batting display as mature and said the side won with room to spare. 16. In Division 1 of the over-60s, Warwickshire lost their unbeaten record to Staffordshire by six runs, despite Mark Eames making 111 not out. 17. In the East group, Dave Walklate’s 9 overs for 5 for 6 stood out, and the Bedfordshire skipper Colin Stevens withdrew an LBW appeal after hearing a shout from deep square leg. 18. The episode’s style is conversational and fast-moving, with score updates, table calculations, and repeated cross-checking of names and figures. 19. Anyone tracking over-60s county cricket tables and Grey Ashes standings will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting polished match analysis without lots of table math may skip it.

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A busy, grounded cricket special that leans on scorecard detail and the build-up to the next ODI.

Silver Stumps opens with England's 2-2 ODI leveller and keeps the pace brisk from there, shifting into the 60s results before turning toward the fifth ODI and Friday's follow-up.

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You get the fourth-ODI drama, England level at 2-2, and the run-up to the fifth ODI in one sit.

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