GERMANTOWN, MD: In a lead article on its Kids section on July 20, the Washington Post has highlighted the rising interest in cricket among Maryland kids. In a lengthy piece, Post reporter Moira E. McLaughlin goes on to compare cricket with Baseball and pinpoints the differences.
She writes, “In the past couple of years, the game of cricket has been growing in popularity among Maryland kids. Next week, six coed youth cricket teams from the Maryland Youth Cricket Association will meet at the first Maryland Youth Cricket Championship. It will be the first state youth cricket competition in the country, according to Jamie Harrison, who helped found the United States Youth Cricket Association.
“The Maryland association plans to add two more teams to the group next year.
“At a recent match early on a Sunday morning, the Germantown Kids Cricket Club challenged the Bowie Girls and Boys Club, playing on part of a baseball field.
“Coach Anurag Babbar started the Germantown team two years ago with five players, because his son, Anav, now 12, wanted to play. Today, there are 65 players on his team, so they have enough players for two teams.”
The article was illustrated with pictures from the Maryland kids cricket.
India Post News Service
