It’s been a remarkable few days for English cricket after Eoin’s boys’ heroics in this year’s World Cup.

That dramatic final win against New Zealand at Lord’s will live long in the memory of cricket fans all over the country and came just a few days after Morgan’s men had steamrollered Australia in the semi-final, a performance that was as close to cricketing perfection as you could wish to see.

But it’s not only Eoin’s heroes who have been giving Australian teams a hard time this month because a touring side from Down Under also came a cropper when they took on Bourton Vale as part of the Cotswolds club’s annual cricket festival at the start of July.

The touring team in question were Wanderers Australia Cricket Club and they were soundly beaten in a 45-overs game by a home side for whom Jack Galpin got a good hundred.

The Australians turned up in yellow kit – “It looked like we were playing the full Australian side,” laughed Bourton Vale chairman Kevin Langley – even though Bourton Vale played in traditional whites and the match was played with a red ball!

It was in fact a very successful festival for Bourton because they were blessed with fine weather and also enjoyed wins against Worcestershire Gents, Gloucestershire Gipsies and Warwickshire Imps to make it a clean sweep.

The festival started with the club’s first ever beer, cider and gin festival and ended with a one-off game between Cotswold School and Cotswold School Old Boys.

In between there was a league game and a six-a-side tournament and a delighted Kevin Langley said: “The festival went very well. We did a quick headcount on the Saturday night when we also had live music and we reckon there were about 160 people at the club.”

That coincided with the beer, cider and gin festival which was spread over the first three days and which is now set to become an annual feature.

Next year the MCC will play at the Bourton Festival – they visit every other year – and while it may be stretching it a bit to say that Langley is already counting down the days to next year’s event, it won’t be long before he, along with other members of the committee, start formulating plans for their 2020 vision.

More immediately, the club’s flagship team are continuing to go well in the Gloucestershire Division of the West of England Premier League despite Saturday’s defeat to Frocester 2nds.

They currently sit second behind runaway leaders Hatherley and Reddings while the club’s 2nd XI are flying high in Division Four of the Gloucestershire County League.

This season the club are fielding three adult competitive teams on Saturday afternoons for the first time in their 136-year history with a 3rd XI being established following the decision to ‘merge operations’ with near neighbours Slaughters United.

The new team are enjoying a solid campaign in Division Seven of the County League and Langley added: “We’ve got all three teams out every week, we’re pretty pleased.”