England 070s retain Silver Ashes plus 060s Lions in India

Here we are in the middle of February and there's lots of O60s and O70s Cricket to talk about.Grant also fills us in on ‘Cricket on Ice’ which sounds like some sort of celebrity TV reality show but in actual fact is proper cricket played in St Moritz with our favourite commentator and umpire team involved – Rash and Mel Mahmood.It's your final chance to win a copy of Roland Butcher's book 'Breaking Barriers - Barbados to England and back’. If you know the answer to the question we set the beginning of the episode then send your answer to [email protected] have a quick look back at the England O60s Lions tour of India and then focus on the fantastic effort by the England O70s who whitewashed their Australian hosts in their own backyard to retain the Silver Ashes and now look forward to defending the O70s World Cup in Christchurch New Zealand.It's an 8 team tournament featuring England, USA, India, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and a Rest of the World team.Everybody plays everybody in a round robin format with matches every two days starting on the 18th of February - 10am New Zealand time which is 9 pm on the 17th of February here in the UKThe top two teams from the round robin stage meet in the final on March 5th at the Hagley Oval - a ground which hosted its first Test match on Boxing Day 2014 and on day one a certain Brendan McCullum scored 195 off 134 balls v Sri Lanka. Will we see a repeat of that kind of innings in the O70s final? Here are various links you can use to follow all the action:https://www.instagram.com/over70sworldcup/  INSTAGRAMhttps://www.facebook.com/over70sworldcup/  FACEBOOKhttps://www.imco70cwc.kiwi/       IMC O70 CWC WEBSITE  https://www.youtube.com/@Over70sWorldCup-z6p    LIVESTREAMING OF 19 MATCHEShttps://www.vcnz.org/  VETERANS CRICKET NEW ZEALAND WEBSITE https://live.nvplay.com/nz   LIVESCORING   Go to  Fixtures  IMC O70 Cricket World Cup  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 [email protected] or press ‘send us a text’ at the bottom of these notes - please include your name and contact details as otherwise we don't know who the message is from. Send us a textSend us Fan MailSilver 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.