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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Fraser Watson

Cricket club poses as 36-year-old woman on Tinder in bid to attract new players

A local cricket club in real need of new players? It's not a concept that's unusual in the amateur game.

And recruitment strategies can vary significantly, whether it be putting out adverts in the local press or making social media appeals. Some clubs may simply try and entice newcomers with the offer of free beer. But Englefield Green Cricket Club have decided to go down a different route altogether.

Rather than utilise more traditional sporting platforms, they've instead advertised their club in a dating app. Yes, the club have opened up a Tinder account, where they have posed as a 36-year-old female. The account profile picture is a pint of lager placed strategically by a boundary rope, with a match going on in the background.

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