So cricket is like baseball, but with the advantage reversed to the batter.

lol we don't give a F

I pitched in high school, and I had a college roomate who didn't. We would watch games together and I would say things like "that was a nasty changeup". Later he admitted he thought I was just making things up because he didn't know how to do it. I should send him this video

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Cricket and Baseball are very similar except the scoring system is inverted. In Cricket value is placed most on the Batter or Batsman the rythm of cricket is determined by the batter. While in Baseball value is most placed on the Pitcher and strikes outs. Yes scoring is exactly the same in Cricket and Baseball that is most number of runs wins. By batter striking the ball to places in the field where fielders aint and scoring. But baseball is all about pitching. Where as in Cricket its all about Batsman. Its like the scoring is inverted between Cricket and Baseball if that makes sense.

This sport suuuuuuuux! Is England proud of this glorified waste of wood, and what is up with the wickets and the tiny dumbbells on them? Who's taken credit for this idiotic sport ? Probably Garden gnomes ruining Mrs. Qwimby's Daisies and Chrysanthemums. 👵⚘🌷🌸🐌🦋🐞🐝🍀☘🐛🪱(🌦"Have you ever seen the rain " Creedence Clearwater Revival "🌦🌤🌦🌦🌊Nice BLUE WAVE IN THE USA🇺🇸🌊...🌁🗽⚖4 ALL🇺🇸+ Allies.🌐☮❤🖤💚💝

I have a question about limited overs. Why doesn't the bowling team just intentionally bowl the ball inside the white line so that it is not wide (no ball) but otherwise make it really difficult to hit? For example, intentionally throw it behind the batsman and not even try to hit the wicket. That way they would use up all the batting teams overs without letting them hit the ball very well and score many runs. Also, is there something similar to a pass ball in baseball where the ball gets passed the catcher and the runners are allowed to advance without the ball being hit?

algorithm is reaaaaaaaaaaal funny suggesting this after the chiefs cheated all night while the ravens got fucked up the ass by these bullshit penalties

Dont care.

Well done, mate! Like a lot of Americans, I discovered the game in college-age years, and am still playing well into my 6th decade! (It hurts more now, but hey, everything does). You did a very good job of explaining the similarities, of which there are many, and highlighting the differences. I still enjoy US football after growing up with it, but nowadays it's a slog to get through an NFL game. 3+ hours of players encased in tons of gear, 5 seconds of action followed by a huddle or commercials, and halftime that goes on for half an hour or more while we try to sell more trucks. Zzzzzzz.... Give me the non-stop action of Union any day!

This video is narrated like the guy wants to say something hilarious at a few points, but restrains

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I have watched football my entire life but always got confused by all the terminology. I am finally learning all this stuff and it is making me enjoy the game even more.

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This is a pretty good video, but I think you miss a few key differences between rugby and American Football... 1. The fact that in rugby, unlike American Football, you are strictly forbidden from tackling or blocking players who do not have the ball. One consequence of this is that, whereas American Football may well involve most of the team following some kind of pre-set plan or play, often dictated by the off-field coach (very few quarterbacks these days call their own plays), rugby is much more intuitive as players come up with tactics spontaneously, on the fly. 2. The fact that, like many other US sports (but very few British ones) a player may return to the field after being (in effect) substituted off. In other words, the players on the field are almost entirely different when a team is on the offence, compared to when it is on the defence. Similarly with "special teams" and the like. The way in which players come off and repeatedly back onto the field (as also happens in basketball and hockey, and to some extent also baseball) is very foreign to British viewers/spectators, for whom once a player is off the field, they are permanently substituted. (The sole exception here being a game of cricket with two innings; but even this is much more restricted than baseball's multiple at bats.)

Facemask is very important i think

I grew up playing cricket in Australia and moved to USA when I was 27. I had to understand baseball quickly and the major differences I found were that (a) the batter in baseball was required to run if he/she put the ball in play. In cricket you don’t have to run if you don’t think you can score a run by running to the other end. (b) In baseball, The fielders wear gloves. They don’t in cricket. So, it is rare for a baseball player to drop the ball if he can get to it. It’s fairly common to drop catches in cricket. (c) In baseball the pitcher can bend his/her arm when delivering the pitch but can only take one step. In cricket you must straighten your arm before delivering the ball, in effect bowling the ball, but the bowler/pitcher can take as many steps as he/she likes before delivering the ball. (d) The batter in baseball has a round bat, making it more difficult to hit the ball, whereas in cricket the batsman has a flat bat. (e) In cricket there is no foul territory. Consequently, the field is usually oval shaped and the playing surface is usually in the middle of the oval. In baseball, the field is often cone shaped and the batter must run if he/she hits the ball in fair territory. The method of getting out is quite similar and the method of delivering the ball is somewhat similar, but the tactics are quite different because of the differences mentioned.

I'm Good.

Very good educational video all around! Good, relatable intro for the intended audience, and it feels like you made wise choices about which details to include and which to leave as further reading for the students. I particularly appreciate the game recommendations and plan on watching those next.

Rugby > American football

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What's up with the running bowler? Aren't they allowed to bend at the elbow? Weird and overly/uneccessarily complicated, it would seem?

Allowed to bounce the ball. 😅

So when do they switch from batting to fielding?

Honestly, the main thing that made my jaw hang while watching this as an American is that the fielders don't use gloves. 😬

Did you mention no blocking?

Im familiar with both codes of Rugby. I live in the north of England, which is Rugby League land, but i prefer watching the more fluid rugby union code. Living in the north of England i find that most RL people here detest RU. A combination of rugby snobbery and jealously. Whereas the RU people dont really give the RL a second thought. International matches of the two codes are miles apart with tv viewers and stadium crowds. Although RU do have a small group of elite teams (i would say 10 maybe 11 teams) It is generally a more competitive international scene with some very good match ups in a World Cup tournament. International RL can only really say it has 3 teams that can compete at any great level. Some might say its only 2 teams. RL World Cups have only been won by 3 teams (Austrslia, New Zealand & Gt Britain). I enjoyed your breakdown guide of both codes. But i would imagine that someone who had no idea, but wanted to learn more, would find all the information being fired at them a confusing watch. Maybe after 3 or 4 more veiwings it might be easier. Keep up the good work with tour guides.

I've seen a couple of your Cricket/Baseball guides. Very interesting and well done. After a few attempts over the years I eventually gave baseball some proper time so that I can try to understand it. You said in another guide that baseball is by far the more complicated of the two sports. I would agree. But having said that both are very complicated. One of the things I have noticed is that cricket is more technical when it comes to hitting. It does help that shite can be played anywhere on the ground, unlike in baseball. Am I correct in thinking that baseball is more of a slogging game when it comes to hitting?

Sorry no need to explain it to American football fans as we don’t care

American, I never understood the game and still don’t because I didn’t watch the video thanks

Sooo… how does rugby league and rugby union differ from Australian rules football? As an American, they seem pretty similar…

Im still confused

I would only add one thing. In rugby, a player can use kick to "pass the ball forward", however, the receiving player HAS to be behind the kicker when he kicks the ball. So the kicker can not just kick the ball to a player that is positioned forward. The receiving end has to be behind him when the ball is kicked, which makes the thing a whole more difficult thing to do, and most of the time, it has to be "announced" in advance... It is not a "random" thing to do, otherwise you risk to give the ball back to the opponent, which is not a good thing to do in rugby. Rugby is very hard to explain, so many rules, and sometimes very "odd" rules. Good job in trying to do so in such a short video !

really good video. I love how you add context to everything you explain like what is more likely to happen and what i popular. thank you for making these, never stop :)

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I will just say that as an ignorant American, I started playing cricket casually with my college's south Asian students, and found it quite enjoyable and fun to try out.

Excellent video. Supremely excellent

Rugby reminds me more of regular football (Soccer) in combination with American football, and other handball games rules hybrid together as your constantly moving the ball. Lol.

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I remember years ago when I was a kid they used to occasionally show Rugby on ABC's Wide World of Sports, but if you are familiar with the format of that show they used to cut in & out of different events and wouldn't show the whole game, so it was impossible to follow if you didn't know the game, which I didn't. But I still found it interesting… Another thing about Rugby vs. American Football is that while they don't wear protective equipment in Rugby, the injuries are much worse in American Football which convinced me long ago that the real purpose of "protective" equipment in American Football was to injure players on the other team. For example, if you dive into an opposing player's knee with your head in Rugby you're going to break your head because you're not wearing a helmet, so you don't do it (at least not intentionally) but if you do it in American football you're not only going to break the opposing player's knee but you're probably going to end up with a concussion yourself, creating two serious injuries in American Football where you get none in Rugby. So if they really want to get rid of the worst injuries in American Football they'll actually take off the pads instead of adding new ones, but we know they really don't care about that.

One thing that struck me as an American baseball fan who has watched some cricket is that the batter in cricket is actually a defensive player and not an offensive player. He is defending the wicket, which the bowler is attacking. I got this idea because I am also an ice hockey fan and the goaltender's equipment in ice hockey is obviously derived from the equipment of a cricket batter. After 100 years of development, the goalie equipment is now much different, but look at older pictures and you see it more clearly. So in cricket, the batter,. defending the wicket, can deflect the ball in any direction while in baseball, the batter is an offensive player who has to hit the ball into a specific area (fair territory) in order to score runs. In cricket, the batter scores runs as a benefit of successfully defending the wicket. Don't know if this is correct cricket "theory" but it's just how the game struck me as an outsider new to the sport.

shed a tear watching this

I lived in the UK a while back.. the pubs opening hours were restricted back then.......but the bar at the local cricket pitch could serve all afternoon

You will need a video for just bowling and bowlers. Cricket does have openers and closers, and holders and attackers, but while bowlers become known through their careers to fall into those categories, they are not classed as such. Because the cricket ball is allowed to bounce it introduces additional type of movement that a bowler can exploit, hence spin, seam, bounce, cut, or random (wobble seam), plus movement from the surface (uneven pitch, hard vs softer pitch, more vs less grass). To exploit all these options requires specialisation, hence differentiation between fast and spin bowler, seam or swing, off spinner or leg spinner. Also, because the ball is used a lot longer, the ball condition impacts what bowling options are better suited. Different cricket pitches also favour certain types of bowling. Differently aged cricket balls also allow different types of bowling deliveries (like reverse swing). Bowlers can also bowl over or around the wicket. Knuckle balls are also used in cricket.

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You forgot to mention the sledging.

You forgot to mention the oranges.

Some players wear a form of padding under their shirts (although not nearly as elaborate as what you guys in Amerika wear) and you'll notice occasionally some guys wear a cap which is called a scrum cap