The England Lions are off to India to take part in India's O60s 'Nationals' Tournament alongside teams from the South, North, West and Central Zones as well as team called the Global Patriots. It's going to be full on with 5 matches in 6 days at the amazing Pondicherry complex which has no less than six cricket grounds.

In this episode we catch up with Northamptonshire's Chris Bowmer as he prepares to be part of the England Lions squad for the tournament. Chris talks about how he only got involved with seniors cricket in 2023 at 60, which is also the number of championship wickets he's taken in the last 3 season.

How his wicket taking got him a trial in 2024, a match for the Chairman's XI v Australia in 2025 and subsequent matches for the Lions.

Chris has post-season moved to Durham so will be joining their ranks in 2026.

For full details of the India tour check out the digital tour programme

We will keep up to date with the tour which runs from Jan 27th to February 3rd

At the same time the England O70s will start their tour of Australia and New Zealand

On our last episode (91) we were joined by England O70s Captain John Evans and Tour Manager Chris Lowe.

Here is a link to use to follow the O70s World Cup tournament: https://www.imco70cwc.kiwi/

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.

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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.