It is not just the sound of leather on willow under blue skies that appeals, but the 2009 season marks the centenary of the club - a club that has gone from strength to strength whilst sadly many village clubs and works teams have disappeared.
Like Manchester United, Shireshead started life under a different name - Bay Horse Cricket Club - when they joined the Lancaster and District League in 1909.
To mark the centenary, Terry Mansfield has produced a history of the club which will be available from early May. It traces the fortunes of the club across six grounds, before finally settling at Clifton Park in the late 1960s.
It includes the low points, the nadir being the indignity of being dismissed twice in 1931 for the princely total of two as well as the highs of cup and league success.
Several prominent players are profiled, including the club's early links with the clergy and legendary all-rounders including Billy Wildman and Terry Oliver, a tradition that is being maintained in the current era by Philip Oliver and Tom Jacques.
Since joining the Westmorland League in 1976 the club has produced fine batsmen like Colin Richmond, Brian Danson and the incomparable Ray Blackwell, who have profited from the batsmen friendly pitches at Clifton Park.
The club's early successes were built on bowling and Nelson Berwick who bowled in partnership with Wildman stands out, as does Harold Thompson who is the prime architect of the club's current standing.
Would the founding fathers have dreamt of the facilities now enjoyed? Would they have believed that the club is able to field three teams each Saturday and that the juniors, now marshalled by Colin Twiname, mean that cricket is played by a team representing the village most days of the week between May and August?
One visiting player who had played most of his cricket in the Northern League returned to Shireshead a few years ago. Expecting to see the old wooden pavilion he remembered from his youth, he marvelled at the well appointed club house, the new scoreboard and the practice facilities.
The club has carefully planned for this season to make the centenary year memorable for all involved in the club.
The celebrations began with a centenary dinner at Garstang Golf Club on Saturday, which was attended by many past as well as current players. Old Shireshead will play Old Garstang on June 5 and the stars of yesteryear are already dusting down their whites and wondering whether their past exploits will hold them in good stead.
The highlight of the celebrations will be a match between Shireshead First Team and the Professonal Cricketers Association on Sunday, August 16, when household names are promised to be amongst the visiting eleven. More details will appear here when the PCA team is confirmed.