Described as a physical version of a men's shed, cricket is now the excuse to have a good time for the eager bunch of over-50s, 60s and 70s with November a busy period for them all.

Kicking off with the over-60s carnival in Adelaide from November 2-7, Tasmania will be represented by three teams across division one, two and four competition and hopes of equaling or bettering last year's efforts are certainly in the mind of Ian Fraser, president of Veterans Cricket Tasmania.

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"We came third in division one out of eight and if we can repeat that, it's a really good effort," he said

"We have three guys in the Australian side (Glenn Richardson, Pat Henry and Emmanuel Benjamin) so a lot will depend on how they go and the support they can get from the others."

The over-50s, who have been battered by unavailability will be travelling across the country to Perth for their November 20-25 carnival in the West.

"They are very much a dark horse, you don't know what talent the other teams have produced and we're certainly not taking our strongest side.

"Part of that is because it's in Perth and they are working - it is pretty much when you can get time off for them."

A single side will represent the over-70s in Albury-Wodonga with the division also battling a lack of numbers.

"We have about six clubs in Tassie and they've all got one team. Victoria has 70 clubs and many of them will have three teams. We have 70 or 80 registered players and Victoria has around 1600."

Since beginning operations around 15 years ago, National Veterans Carnivals have expanded from four teams to 80 and its original one age bracket to the three represented today.

With division one competition featuring the likes of former Sheffield Shield players Geoff Dymock and Graham Yollop, Fraser says the field is usually taken up by A-Grade cricketers who have taken time off.

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"Most have them have probably taken 20 years off and then you come back when you're 60.

"It takes you a year to get your body adjusted again because your head still says 'I can dive for that' or 'I can bowl fast' and you'll strain hamstrings, blow calves, you'll do all sorts of things."

As Launceston hosts the over-70s next year, Fraser encourages past players to take the game up again across the three age brackets.

"if you've played cricket in the past, just don't think it's over because you haven't played for a few years. Come down and see how you go as a lot of us regard it as a whole new chapter of our lives."

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