officer jeff thompson is a native new yorker who happens to share a name was one of crickets most feared dollars. this is the second year he and a handful of other new york cops have been running this competition in an attempt to forge better ties with moslem communities from south asia. >> we did not have a particular specific outreach with the southeastern community. we had a report with them but we wanted better. >> in post-9/11 new york, muslim you have often felt a cloud of suspicion hangs over them. like a lot of these players, he lives on nearby coney island. >> standing in the corner, just sitting around in a schoolyard, but we do go up, we got to practice. >> it's showtime here on coney island. >> in a neighborhood famous for sun, surf, and sideshows, it is now not uncommon to see cricket thrown into this eclectic mix. the local sports store does a brisk trade, and many of the kids buying are playing in the nypd's competition. lords in london may be the game's most hallowed ground, but it was right here on manhattan that for its first international match was played way back in 1