Blind Abilities Podcast

Brittany Montgomery and Riley Robinson join Jeff in the Blind Abilities studio to share their mission to bring blind cricket to the U.S.  They describe the passion for this hugely popular sport that has energized people in other countries and believe that if they can generate an awareness and familiarity in the states, then that passion would grow here as well. Listen as they show their sheer enthusiasm, not only for the enjoyment that the sport would bring to blind athletes stateside, but for the broader international possibilities such an arrangement might offer in the future. For example, players may have opportunities to travel internationally to play teams from other countries, and even compete in international blind cricket events like the World Blind Cricket Cup, an event thus far dominated by countries such as Pakistan and India. listen as Riley and Britney describe how the game is played, how it might take root in the mid-western United States, and eventually grow into a national and even internation