The award was created by the Queen to recognise excellence in activities carried out by groups in the community and considered to be the MBE for volunteer groups.

A club spokesman said: "While the club performs well at junior and senior levels in the Shropshire cricket leagues, it is the work that their volunteers do in the local community that has been recognised by the Queen.

"The club is a major amenity in the area with over 200 playing members, including 140 juniors.

It has 50 volunteers who help coach players, maintain the ground and pavilion and raise funds for equipment and other improvements."

Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, presented the club with an engraved English crystal and a certificate signed by the Queen.

Members of the club attended the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in June 2018 where the now King Charles III was in attendance.

Following the Accession of King Charles III, The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is now The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS).

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