Bowie, Maryland — In a field in Bowie, Maryland, a group of kids are playing a game unfamiliar to most Americans, cricket.
“When I first started playing, my mom was like, ‘girl what are you doing?'” said 13-year-old Jordyn Hinkle-Walker.
Hinkle-Walker had never even heard of the game until three years ago, when coach Sham Chotoo brought cricket to her classroom.
“I called up the principal and said, ‘Hey, I would like to come to the school and do a cricket demo,'” Chotoo told CBS News.
And the reaction from the students was immediate.
“It was crazy,” Chotoo said. “You see they would get so excited, and you see their whole faces would light up.”
Chotoo grew up playing the game in Trinidad and Tobago, and has made it his mission to share the sport in the U.S. since moving here 30 years ago.
“Back then, it was mainly the immigrant population playing cricket,” Chotoo said. “It was a fun way to…
