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AUSTRALIA WIN QUAD SERIES TITLE WITH 4-WICKET WIN ![]()
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Australia have won another series, defeating USA by 4 wickets in Houston. (The tournament also included Australia A and USA A.)![]()
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USA's total of 220/9 was a stop-start affair. Fazal Alam fell early but Rafay Kazi (20) and Paresh Deshmukh (73) added 78 before 2 wickets fell in a Glenn Cleary over, including a stunning one-handed catch to Jason Lavender (see pic below). Then wickets fell regularly until Ketan Patel (53) and Naseer Islam (28) put on 51 to give the Americans something to defend.![]()
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James "Spider" Morris was again a difficult proposition, taking 3/47, and Cleary's spin was hard to get away, as he took 3/26 from 9 tight overs.![]()
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Australia were never really challenged by the middling target, despite losing 6 wickets. Justin Poole continued the great start to his over-50s career, easing his way to 93 before he fell victim to a curious stumping decision by former international umpire Steve Bucknor. All of the top 7 Australian batters reached double figures and the Aussies got home with an over to spare. Naseer Islam capped off a good all-round day, taking 3/29 (9).![]()
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Scorecard: cricheroes.com/scorecard/24778415/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/usa-vs-australia/scorecard![]()
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Match video: www.youtube.com/live/ylVNLkMuznY
An interesting recent development in masters cricket has been the advent of a few podcasts on the subject. There are now at least four out there ...![]()
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🏏 The "Silver Stumps" podcast has brought up its century of episodes and has been going for over two years now. Hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee talk about over-60 and over-70s cricket, with a focus on England Over-60s and England Over-70s:![]()
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🏏 The first podcast to come out in the masters cricket niche, from a few years ago now, was The Second Innings, an 8-part series in which Jim Morrison interviewed some of the movers and shakers in over-50s cricket at the time:![]()
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🏏 More recently, Mustafa Hemani and Masters Cricket USA have started a podcast with the same name - Second Innings.![]()
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjIiqtkm704![]()
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🏏 And now we have a South Africa-based podcast called The LegSide Veterans Cricket Podcast, which mainly looks at the local South African masters cricket scene.![]()
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So, feel free to give these a listen and support these guys in promoting masters cricket around the world.![]()
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If you know of any others, let me know and we can add them to the list.Podcast · Grant Timms and Trevor Lee · Enjoy Cricket? The Silver Stumps Podcast is the only cricket podcast aimed at cricketers aged 60+Based in the UK and co-hosted by county veteran cricketers Grant Timms and Trevor Lee the Silver Stumps podcast focuses on the thriving masters cricket arena wher...
Here is the Zimbabwe +50 Cricket Association team to play Wales Over 50s Cricket on May 24 at Gorseinon CC.![]()
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The side will be led by Jason Oates, who has had a great start to his O50I career, scoring 483 runs at 60.38, including two 100s.![]()
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Also look out for Gus McKay, who played three ODIs for Zimbabwe against New Zealand and Australia in 2001.![]()
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Almost all of the other players have international masters experience, so they will be looking for a strong showing against the Welsh, who finished 5th at the 2025 IMC Over-50s World Cup.
OVER-50s - MORRIS HAT-TRICK CONFIRMS COMPREHENSIVE AUSSIE VICTORY![]()
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Australia have avenged their first-up loss in the Houston Quad Series with a comprehensive 99-run with over USA just now. ![]()
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Justin Poole continued his good start to his career, top-scoring for the Aussies with 51, while five other batsmen reached double figures but couldn't pass 30 as Australia reached 198/7.![]()
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Left-arm spinner Himanshu Patadia was the pick of the USA bowlers, taking 3/34 from 9 overs. He now has 57 wickets in O50Is, just 7 behind Wales' Iwan Rees as the top O50s wicket-taker of all time.![]()
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The Americans' batting then succumbed to some excellent pace bowling from James Morris (4/27) and Chris Dickson (4/20). They never recovered from 23/4 and were bundled out for 99 before the second drinks break.![]()
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Morris took a rare hat-trick, bowling Fazal Alam and Raheem Ali and then trapping Naseer Islam in front in successive balls to reduce USA from 44/4 to 44/7. ![]()
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Morris is now 8th on the all-time wicket-takers list, with 45 at 18.89.![]()
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Here is the scorecard: ![]()
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cricheroes.com/tournament/2000606/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/point-table![]()
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Here is the full match streaming: cricheroes.com/scorecard/24650581/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/australia-vs-usa/scorecard![]()
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If you would like to skip ahead to Morris' hat-trick, start watching at timestamp 5:11:30: www.youtube.com/live/eh91REoX7Bg?si=5Ejqq9-BL4K8MUJo&t=18694![]()
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Cricket Australia Masters
IMC tournaments showcase the very best senior cricketers around the world, and we often see some very high-class cricket. However, it also sometimes gives us some rather comedic moments as well.![]()
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Here are some of the funniest run outs from the Over-50s World Cup ... if you don't mind seeing guys falling over, miscommunications, pulled hamstrings, and a fair bit of good fielding, take 3 minutes to enjoy this compilation.![]()
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Which is your favourite?
The Northern Hemisphere international season started today.![]()
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Masters Cricket USAhave drawn first blood in the Quad Series with an 18-run win over Cricket Australia Masters - Over 50s in Houston.![]()
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USA posted a solid 242/9, led by 60 to debutant opener Ketan Patel, with support from Sanjeewa Weerasinghe (36 from 33).![]()
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The new-look Australian side (only 1 of the top 7 had played in the recent series in New Zealand) made a steady start in pursuit but they allowed the run rate to climb up, and some late hitting from Matthew Harris, coming back at #11 after retiring hurt, made the score look closer than it was.![]()
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Left-arm spinner Sajith Fernando was the star for the USA, taking 5/32. Fernando, who also has 269 first-class wickets to his name, nabbed his first 5-wicket bag at O50I level and now has 31 wickets at an average of just 13.42.![]()
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Here is the scorecard: cricheroes.com/scorecard/24541992/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/usa-vs-australia/scorecard![]()
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If you would like to watch the full match, here is the streaming link: www.youtube.com/live/olsfLf5egXI![]()
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The same two teams played an unofficial T20 match yesterday, which Australia won by 18 runs. Here is the scorecard for that match:![]()
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cricheroes.com/scorecard/24541949/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/australia-vs-usa/summary![]()
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Australia "A" and USA "A" are also playing in the tournament. Each team plays each other team, before semis and finals. For all the information on the tournament, click here:![]()
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cricheroes.com/tournament/2000606/2026-o50-usa-aus-bilateral/matches/past-matches
Here's an interesting selection inEngland 60s Cricketicket Lions side to play Scotland next week - former England football goalkeeper Nigel Martyn.![]()
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This match is not a full international. However,, if Martyn, who played 23 internationals for the full England football team between 1992 and 2002, does make his debut for the full England side at some stage,, he will join a list of international masters cricketers who have represented their countries in other sports ... this includes: ![]()
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* Former Australian tennis star Andrew Kratzmann (Australia Over-50s)![]()
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* Russell Bennett, who also played for the Springboks and the South African Over-50s![]()
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* Former All Blacks rugby fullback Robbie DeNew Zealand Over 60s Cricket Team Team)![]()
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* Gerrie Snyman, who played rugby for Namibia and represeVeterans Cricket Association of Namibiamibia Over-40s![]()
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Are there any others out there we can add to the list?
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