American (Baseball Fan) Reacts | Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans - Part 2!

Differences between Cricket and Baseball:
1) Field Size and Shape:
Cricket is played on a circular or oval-shaped field, while baseball is played on a diamond-shaped field with bases.
2) Gameplay and Scoring:
In cricket, the bowler (pitcher) throws the ball towards the batsman (batter), who tries to hit it and score runs by running between wickets. In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball towards the batter, who attempts to hit it and advance around the bases to score runs.
3) Equipment:
Cricket players use a flat bat and wear protective gear, including pads and helmets. Baseball players use a rounded bat and wear a glove for catching and fielding.
4) Innings and Outs:
In cricket, each team has two innings to score runs, while in baseball, each team has nine innings to score runs.
In cricket, a team has ten outs (wickets) to complete their innings, whereas in baseball, a team has three outs per inning.
5) Pitching and Bowling:
In cricket, the bowler delivers the ball overhand with a straight arm motion, aiming to bounce it off the pitch towards the batsman. In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball overhand with a bent arm motion, aiming to deliver it to the batter within the strike zone.
6) Fielding Positions:
Cricket has various fielding positions, including slips, gully, point, cover, mid-off, mid-on, square leg, fine leg, and deep positions. Baseball has specific fielding positions such as pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, and outfielders.
7) Length of the Game:
A cricket match can span several days, with breaks for meals and rest, whereas baseball games are typically completed within a few hours.
8) Bowler/Batter Interaction:
In cricket, the bowler aims to deceive the batsman with various types of deliveries, such as fast balls, spin, and swing. In baseball, the pitcher focuses on throwing different pitches, such as fastballs, curveballs, and changeups, to outsmart the batter.
9) Runs and Boundaries:
Cricket offers various ways to score runs, including running between the wickets, hitting boundaries (four runs), and clearing the boundary without bouncing (six runs). In baseball, runs are scored by advancing around the bases and hitting home runs by clearing the outfield fence.
10) Game Duration and Format:
Cricket matches can be played in different formats, such as Test matches (multiple days), One Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 (T20) matches. Baseball games follow a standardized format, with nine innings in professional play.
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Are you a fan of Cricket or Baseball? In this video, we explore the fascinating world of two popular bat-and-ball sports: Cricket and Baseball. Join us as we delve into the differences and similarities between these beloved games, uncovering the unique rules, gameplay, and strategies that make each sport distinctive.
Discover how Cricket's circular field and innings system differ from Baseball's diamond-shaped field and nine-inning format. Explore the various scoring methods, equipment used, and the roles of pitchers and bowlers. We'll also examine the fascinating fielding positions and the art of catching and fielding in both sports.
But it's not just about the differences; we'll also explore the similarities between Cricket and Baseball. From the thrill of hitting a ball with a bat to the strategic battles between bowlers and pitchers, these games share a common love for the thrill of competition and the pursuit of victory.
Whether you're a Cricket enthusiast curious about Baseball or a Baseball fan interested in learning more about Cricket, this video will broaden your understanding of these exciting sports. Join us as we explore the similarities that unite Cricket and Baseball and the differences that make each game a unique and captivating experience.
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[@AgentSmash7]

As a cricket fan, no one knows what Duckworth Lewis is or what eldritch magic it uses. We just accept it as it is.

[@AmanVerma-iy6rv]

I won't say eldritch magic, it's definitely dark magic because whenever it's applied you think your team have been fucked meanwhile other team has the exactly same thought.

[@jeffcarroll6553]

​@@AmanVerma-iy6rv but we all agree when our team loses it is crap and unfair

[@mangshu21]

Ain't nobody got time do that kind of math lol, everyone just accepts it. It may not be 100% fair but its fair enough tbh if you have a basic understanding of how it works.

[@abhaypratapsingh9110]

@@AmanVerma-iy6rv no one could have explained it better 🤣🤣🤣

[@vyombafna9773]

@@jeffcarroll6553but when we win it is undeniably undoubtedly no further question the period the closer the one to end all the one which cant be wrong impossible to be false the one which will take everything in and produce a completely fair and honest outcome which would hv ended anyway……….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………The one that is the norm and alwas true Then they recheck and you loose ****** shut this is wrong***** paid refs ***********the numbers are wrong*******oof you***

[@Britonbear]

The greatest difference is that the pitch plays a huge part in cricket. You can have fast dry bouncy pitches and damp slow surfaces that take spin and everything in between.

[@aceofmusics9029]

Yep that is one of the mejor differences between cricket and baseball which he forgot to point out

[@chunkydembry5477]

Don't forget swinging pitches!

[@willrichardson1809]

and the weather conditions. I see Cricket as the most complexly skilled game in the world and ultimately Test Cricket really brings this out.

[@TerrAqua]

I don't know anything about Baseball but the basic rules are easy it is only in professional setting that it can be come really complicated and it is a very skill based sport .

[@rohitnijhawan5281]

@@willrichardson1809 As someone who has played both sports quite a bit and do enjoy watching both of them when things get to the playoffs, I have to say that the skill and atheleticism required for baseball is no joke. Running to first base, hitting the ball clean of the infield, and hell if you're a pitcher or catcher - all of these are extremely difficult. Try stealing a base. Look at some of the extremely well taken catches on astroturf. Or throwing from "the wall" straight to home plate. Just because two sports are played with some kind of a bat that strikes a ball, it is incredibly stupid to compare them. Maybe that's the wrong exercise.

[@peterholmes3011]

Cricket balls are harder - when young I once broke my thumb catching one.

[@Revealed2705]

And I still carry around the pain of the broken thumb and big toe both right sided

[@Allah_hu_akbar22105]

And i have broken elbow ☠️😢

[@Lavnasur_Gaming]

My fingers are out of shape due to so much catching

[@Gulshan_045]

And with tennis ball Eye got Black ☠️

[@JonsTunes]

Broke my nose. The bowler bowled a beamer while I was checking my crease, I looked up and instantly received one on the nose. 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

[@markwilliamson2864]

Cricket doesn’t have rules, it has laws and there are only 42 of these with quite a number being pretty irrelevant. The real fun of cricket starts when you learn about the nuances and techniques of this wonderful game.

[@rachoudhury7459]

Baseball' is cricket copy

[@YTWorldTraveler]

@@rachoudhury7459 Doubtful. Very different sports. Baseball might be derived from Rounders, though.

[@wannaknowwho25]

@@YTWorldTraveler well the actual The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States and the Old Bat and Ball became later Cricket

[@bomberwarren]

@@wannaknowwho25 no

[@north_indian_pajeet_madharchod]

​@@YTWorldTravelerthe person who wrote the rules of baseball was a cricket player himself.

[@Alan_Clark]

Unlike most games, in Cricket captaincy is not just an honour, the captain has to make many important decisions, so they have to have a good cricket brain. Which bowler to use, fielding positions, whether to bat first or second, when to declare an innings closed, and others. Captains often seem to get declarations wrong!

[@jockspringer9457]

...and constantly make adjustments on the fly

[@aussiegooner]

It's no joke when people say the captain of the Australian cricket team is the second most important person in the country.

[@RightAllWays]

And being able to read the pitch’s behavior throughout the 5 days of the match, when to take the new balls, when to change the bowling, who to bring from which end..😊

[@Playerone1287]

​@@aussiegoonerno way that's true, cricket isn't that popular in Australia for captain to be called like that, or is it? I thought cricket was dying in Australia Eng and New Zealand

[@mistersoman]

@@Playerone1287 cricket ain't dying in those countries, although the second most important position statement might be a hyperbole.

[@chrishenderson2062]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Sir Donald Bradman as yet. Averaged 99.94 runs every time he went out to bat, the next closest great test batsmen average about 60. And these are legends of the game

[@christianmcneill699]

His average would have been over 100 if he hadn't be bowled ouf for a duck on his last Test inning. He only needed 4 more runs.

[@jamesahibbard]

Uh, "every time he went out to bat" isnt really right. He averaged 99.94 every time he got out. You dont always get out each time you bat.

[@chrishenderson2062]

@@jamesahibbardhaha, pedantically accurate. I love it

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

Those stats are highly misleading tho. The bowlers during Bradman's time were nowhere near as fast as they are now, and he only ever played against England. He played just 52 matches and all of them against England. He didn't play any games in Africa, Caribbean or Asia. He's still probably the greatest player of all time, but the stats are very skewed

[@skauno07]

⁠@@atharvadeshpande6907 You might want to check some of your statements. The Don did play most of his test against England (37/52), he also played against India (5), South Africa (5)and the West Indies(5). These matches were played over a 20 year period from 1928 to 1948 with matches suspended during WW2. Also the quality of bowlers isn’t all about pace. The ability of the bowlers to use the pitch condition, especially in the time before pitches were covered made it particularly harder for the batters. Not to mention England’s tactics during the Bodyline series in 1932-33. Their fast leg side theory aiming deliveries short and fast at batters bodies before helmets and other modern protection, leaving at least one player with a fractured skull. This was devised to limit Bradmans scoring and led to a change in the laws of cricket. Bradman was in a different class, it’s hard to compare him to modern players the game has evolved so much in the last 20 years let alone 70 years since he stopped playing.

[@NoJusticeMTG]

One piece of cricket trivia is that it's actually very dangerous because of how hard the ball is. Cricketers wear all sorts of protection including helmets with mouth grills and pads around their arms, legs, and chests. People have been severely injured and even killed playing cricket, a batter named Phil Hughes was killed very recently when a cricket ball tore open an artery in his neck.

[@cricketexplained8526]

Baseball is dangerous too. The ball is also hard and travels quicker. Baseball helmets are open with no face guard.

[@realmilind]

Cricket rules are easy to understand but it is more strategy game. Longer the game more strategic it is. Test cricket being the most strategic.

[@MrTonyHeath]

No rules: Laws!

[@IGE656]

I think that cricket is harder than baseball because once I searched about baseball, it wasn't that hard. Whereas cricket is more dangerous and that is obvious, just search the Phill Huges and Sean Abbott incident(the saddest incident!)IDK any kind of ball type in baseball but cricket... hummmmmmm has a bouncer delivery which is horrifying and the beamer is illegal! That all I want to say 👍

[@garrymcdonald5456]

@@IGE656 yeah it is way more complicated, this guy has barely scratched the surface on cricket, wake me up when he explains why bowlers run down the wicket on their follow through and why they are warned not to or why one or two players will start if it has been raining and the wicket is green and a different one or two if it is hot and dry. Did he even explain LBW's? Can the batsman be out if it hits him outside leg? Of course a yes and no answer so he would have to explain that too. So many little things in cricket that even people that follow the game for a long time might not know.

[@akshat_khare]

I still couldn't figure out how the fuck they score runs and keep the strike rotating , why batter must retire after home run ... It's way too complicated on the other hand cricket is very logical . .... Playing chess with physical skills ....

[@IGE656]

@@garrymcdonald5456Damn it! Baseball guys don't even understand the main laws of cricket 😂🗿

[@anulearntech]

One big point, which i believe is effectively the biggest differentiator between cricket and baseball, and the one which makes cricket so much unpredictable and interesting is the simple fact that you bounce the ball on the ground. What does this do? It brings a whole set of factors into play adding to the unpredictability and challenges. And this is linked to why we don't arbitrarily replace the ball in cricket with a new one. It is also linked to why we have 2 main types of bowlers - fast bowlers and spin bowlers. You see, every country has a different type of soil, and every ground in the country has a different type of soil. pitch made from different type of soil, behaves differently and you need to groom different skills over the years to exploit this. Now due to this, the local players are groomed specifically to exploit these advantages to make the life of batsmen difficult - on these local conditions. So it's difficult for foreign players who were groomed with different set of skills (needed to bat on their pitches) to perform well on these pitches. This means the team need to select players (both batsmen and bowlers) who perform well in those unfamiliar pitches. Even then each ground pitch for the day is curated and made differently for the day, and both the teams need to carefully select the playing 11 on that particular day and ground based on that particular pitch. E.g. If a pitch is flat, smooth and shiny, it will not play too many games with the batsman and they can trust the bounce and deviation as it will be predictable, so you can expect a high score. If the pitch had greenery, it will help fast bowlers more, so expect a low score, select good batsmen to play. If the pitch is rough, it will help spinners as the ball will grip and deviate more. So you will have to select more spinners to play the game. The moisture in pitch, atmospheric conditions, sunny vs overcast, whether it rained before match and how the pitch curator created the pitch all play their part in how the pitch will behave and the ball will deviate in air and after the bounce. The toss also plays a big role as the winner of toss can decide whether to bat first or bowl, since the pitch behaves differently in first innings of 4 hours vs second, more so if it's a day and night match. The other aspect is the in game deterioration of the ball and the pitch - reason why the ball isn't casually replaced with a new one. At the start of the innings, a brand new shiny ball is used, it swings in air and has a good bounce. This is advantageous to fast bowlers and they often get wickets in bunches. The batting team's innings can collapse, simply due to this. So you need to have specialist batsmen to handle this - called as openers. Once the ball bounces and is hit, it slowly deteriorates, and so does the pitch. The ball gets rough and starts gripping the ground this is where your spinners come into play, later in the game the spinners are able to deviate the ball after bounce and trick the batsman. Before the mid 2000s, in one day games, they used to change the ball if it deteriorated too much, usually this used to happen after 30-35 overs, so it was replaced by a similar ball. Later on i believe they mandated ball change after 35 overs and now 2 separate balls are used from either ends so they both get played for 25 overs each. In a 5 day test match, the ball is changed after 80 overs iirc. This is an important moment in game as the change often triggers the fall of wickets as the deteriorated ball till the change wasn't swinging as much but was spinning and after the change it's suddenly now in the hands of fast bowlers swinging it. Also after 3 days the pitch deterioration makes it a minefield and is Christmas time for spinners. Expect low scores, wickets tumbling chaos in the batting side. E.g. currently there is world test championship final going on between India and Australia in England and today it's the 4th day. The pitch was green at start so both teams chose more fast bowlers, india even left their World no 1 bowler - R Ashwin out of playing 11, and went wih only 1 spinner. Now in day 3, the ball on the pitch was turning and helped the spinner get wickets. The Australians who have better skilled fast bowlers exploited the pitch more than indian fast bowlers, and india with only 1 spinner is struggling, and everyone is blaming the management for bad team selection.!! --------- All this i believe simply doesn't exist in baseball, for the simple fact that the ball is never bounced on ground !!!😅😅 Phew, that was long, like a test match.🤣

[@mastertrams]

A note on the new ball in Test matches. You're right that the ball can be replaced after 80 overs, but it is optional. Yes, most captains take the new ball as soon as its available, but if your spinners are having a particularly good time, why would you want to stop that?

[@anulearntech]

@@mastertrams yes, that's true.

[@vpvijayprakash3]

Well ! you forgot to mention the dew factor.

[@bernddorksen2560]

Only one side is polished, the other side is not, this is called swing bowling

[@Phantom_Zone]

​@@vpvijayprakash3the fuckin dew factor. This shit makes me so mad. It can change a pitch so deep into an innings that if you don't get wickets early, you're nearly at an advantage when chasing.

[@superTowel]

I have learned a bit baseball with some of my American friends but as an Indian I grew up with cricket. So, from my perspective, I found the core rules and mechanics of cricket to be much more simple and intuitive. That doesn't mean cricket has no complexity. The complexity comes as you go deep while baseball, it starts straight from the beginning

[@vivekiyer9062]

@00kaustav your comment shows that you have never actually played or even watched high level cricket. Baseball is way way simpler at every aspect than cricket.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@vivekiyer9062 Do you know how many runs are scored in the average baseball match? Does it not tell you anything about how hard it is to score runs in baseball?

[@najibyarzerachic]

@@vivekiyer9062 oh no. I have been watching baseball for two years. Still confusing

[@sportssadan3494]

@@vivekiyer9062 Disagree. Even @jomboy who covers baseball and makes videos and recently started watching cricket has said that the basic gameplay is much simpler in cricket than baseball.

[@loganleroy8622]

Cricket is way easier to start playing, because the basic rules are really simple to explain. Once you explain LBW all of the rules are really simple to understand. It’s once the gameplay starts that the actual strategy gets complicated. There are usually many more options on what to do at any given moment in Cricket than in Baseball.

[@goodyan4453]

Standing there for hours in blazing sun facing a rock hard ball coming at you at over a hundred miles an hour from someone who wants to hurt you. No contest.

[@SimonNZ1984]

Connecting a couple different cricket points made here - the umpires having a box of game worn balls in case the ball goes missing, and the different types of bowlers. Here goes: a brand new cricket ball is a deadly weapon. At the start of an innings a new ball is given to the fielding team. It is shiny, the stitching is thick. The fast bowlers, the ones who full on run towards the crease, take advantage of this, getting the ball to break left or right by bouncing it right on the stitching (seam bowler) or by keeping one side shinier than the other, getting the ball to curve in the air (swing bowler). Deadly fast and moving unpredictably, the batting team need their best batsmen to 'open the batting' and face these deliveries. Then, as the inning goes on and the ball wears, those fast bowlers become less effective. This is where spin bowlers and other types of bowlers come into play. So, back to the first point: if the ball gets lost over the fence or whatever, the umpire does their best to pick a replacement that matches the wear on the ball so as not to give either team an easier or harder time than they were having with the previous ball.

[@bonetiredtoo]

I am British but I am in awe of some of greats from afar. One man, though, put everything into perspective. Keith Miller, an Australian all rounder meaning that he was skilled at all aspects of the game, and who was a RAAF pilot in WW2, was once asked how he coped with the pressure in cricket. His response is legendary: ""Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not".

[@blackadder8691]

He was a legitimate legend

[@petermoller8337]

And very handsome 😊

[@akshat_khare]

The line cracked me up real good 😂😂

[@jacktattis]

eith Millerwasonceaskedhow difficult wastest cricket and was he ever worried He replied thus" I was worried when I had a Bf109 up my arse. This cricket is a breeze"

[@anshumanabhishek5177]

The major difference that nobody seems to explain ever is that the pitcher in cricket called the bowler cause you aren't allowed to bend your elbow while throwing the ball. Your elbow needs to be straight and you need to gather pace from your run up.

[@montysaini8602]

Not exactly, you can bend your elbow but very little, a maximum of 15 degrees.

[@anshumanabhishek5177]

@@montysaini8602 that's for spinners

[@montysaini8602]

@@anshumanabhishek5177 well sir, I'm not here to argue. Last I checked spinners are bowlers. I wrote this comment since this is an cricket explanatory video and you seem to be teaching something to newbies i don't want them to learn anything wrong. You said that bowlers aren't allowed to bend elbows which is untrue, there are restrictions on degree of bend but bending is allowed. Even if a fast bowler for some reason decides to bend his elbow within allowed limits, his action is completely legal.

[@anshumanabhishek5177]

@@montysaini8602 first of all the point I wanted to make was that throwing was different than bowling. That's disregarding the effort people put to learn round arm. But you wanted to nitpick and missed to say for spinners the rule different which also was implemented after 2000s because of Muralitharan saga. If you want to go into details then be thorough.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@montysaini8602 It's not the degree of bend that is limited, it's the degree of extension (i.e. straightening) away from being bent. Think about throwing an object. You get speed and momentum from extending the elbow, not bending it.

[@carlmanvers5009]

The classic great of the game is Sir Donald Bradman (AUS). A legendary batsman who statistically scored nearly a hundred runs every time he batted. One player who did a lot to popularise the game for the modern age was W.G. Grace (ENG). A classic innovator of the game is Colin Bland (A Rhodesian who played for South Africa); who practically invented a new, streamlined and aggressive way of fielding that is now the norm. He did this in the sixties. Some of the most feared pace bowlers were Dennis Lillee (AUS), Alan Donald (SAF) and Glen McGrath(AUS). In the 80's the West Indies had a four man pace attack that was absolutely feared on the pitch. Chief among them was Michael Holding. A man so fast and skilled he had the nickname 'Whispering Death'. When cricket fans talk of great spin bowlers, Shane Warne(AUS) is probably the most common name brought up. For good reason. Batting greats in the more recent game are names like Brian Lara (WI) and Sachin Tendulkar (IND). Any talk about great all rounders (players in their side for both batting and bowling) has to include Jacques Kallis (SAF). Historically you can look at names such as Ian Botham (ENG), Richard Hadlee (NZ) and Imran Kahn (PAK). There have been many great keepers over the years, but my personal favorite is Rod Marsh (AUS). He played the game with a great deal of skill and athleticism. Influential captains in terms of their innovation and skill in the art of captaincy are people like Douglas Jardine (ENG), Stephen Fleming (NZ) and Ricky Ponting (AUS). Debbie Hockley (NZ) is a pioneer of the modern women's game. She is currently the president of New Zealand Cricket. That's a small snapshot of great players throughout the history of the game. I've left out current players because there are many who are right up there and worthy of a mention. Too many to name.

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

In cricket, you strategize around the wear on the ball. In beginning of the innings, its a new ball, but near the end it is not. So you select your bowlers and bowling style accordingly. This is why selecting the ball with the same wear is so important. Duckworth Lewis is a statistical method based on past game data and is patented by a company. You have use only that company's software. But it is not some arbitrary method, it is statistically sound.

[@hoddse7506]

Funny how when a baseball player fields the ball with their bare hand it’s the most magnificent thing the announcer has ever seen, but for cricketers it’s completely normal

[@ribbonsofnight]

To be fair just about every time a baseball player does it it's the equivalent of a 1 handed reflex catch or diving catch. We marvel at cricketers doing that too.

[@hoddse7506]

@@espressogirl68able Yap session

[@Stephens_Rocket]

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in short is a formula originally made by two men and then modified by the third named person. Based on previously existing data It takes into account how many resources you have (balls left, wickets left) and runs still needed to get, bearing in mind that teams might play more aggressively at certain points in the game and it is easier to pace yourself with how risky you need to play when you know what the target score is. This creates a 'par' score for any given game state, that is the score you should be on at that moment in time in order to exactly just about win, so that it can be estimated whether the chasing team is above par and winning, or not.

[@nikhilreddy8550]

Is the same logic used for that win prediction we see in broadcasting? Would a team with 50% chance of winning also mean that it is on par score as per Duckworth-Lewis?

[@Stephens_Rocket]

@@nikhilreddy8550 I don't know if it is the exact same one but it would make sense if it was.

[@thejesusaurus6573]

@@nikhilreddy8550 no its not, duckworth lewis adjusts the target score when overs are lost in a match, resulting in the 2 teams playing a different number of overs. In a game with an equal number of overs you know your target and you know the run rate you need because you are playing the same number of overs as your opponent. the win predictor is simply a statistical model based on a dataset of match results, which factors in aspects of the match like the pitch, weather, etc, but it does not factor in the game state or the players in any way. it assumes both teams are perfectly average.

[@daviddilley8310]

@@thejesusaurus6573 Doesn't take pitch, weather etc., into consideration, just first innings score, and team 2 wickets lost and balls remaining.

[@Dragonblaster1]

One thing not mentioned in these videos is that there are a lot more fielding positions than there are fielders in cricket (e.g. long off, long on, point, cover, extra cover, deep cover, square leg, mid-off, silly mid-off, mid-on, silly mid-on, long leg, fine leg, mid-wicket, deep mid-wicket, third man and many more. It is the responsibility of the captain of the fielding side to determine where to place his or her fielders, based on prior knowledge of the bowler and batter. A slight change in fielding positions may indicate a change in bowling style or in the batter’s batting style. Batters have defined types of shots. Off the front foot: cover drive, straight drive, square drive, sweep, reverse sweep, forward defence, front foot leg glance. Off the back foot: Back foot drive, back foot defence, pull hook, square cut, back foot leg glance. Miscellaneous: slog sweep, uppercut, switch hit.

[@swapnaneelbasuroy8570]

Being an Indian where Cricket is everything while growing up, Baseball seemed quite confusing at first... But now I know both sports and I even watch Baseball which is very uncommon in our country

[@nikhilreddy8550]

I used to watch live MLB games early in the morning while getting ready for school. I had rudimentary knowledge of the game but I found the whole atmosphere fascinating and the superior telecast was pleasing on the eye. I had this habit of watching unfamiliar sports and try to make sense of what is happening.

[@neiladam2832]

The current world champions in the three formats of cricket are: T20: England ODI: England Test Match: New Zealand However, the final of the World Test Championship is currently underway in London between India and Australia. ( now in its third day of five) . Australia are favourites to win and are currently on top in the contest. Historically all of the main Cricket playing nations have had their time in the sun. These are Australia, England, India and the West Indies. Pakistan and New Zealand have also had their moments.

[@garethmorgan9374]

South Africa has to easily be one of the best teams to ever play the sport of cricket to never win any major trophy. The amount of heartbreak I've had to endure over the last 30 years..

[@heretichello8253]

​@@garethmorgan9374 Yeah I am from India and in 1999 world cup it was my favourite team. What a team they had. Lance klusner, Mark Boucher batting when 7 wickets down.Filled with great players. But the only difference was they didn't have a great spinner like Shsne Warne. I think the difference between Australia and South Africa is Australians know how to play spin and produce great Spinners while South Africa struggle at it.

[@prabhureubenthomas6052]

Australia won the finals

[@llyooo9323]

​@@prabhureubenthomas6052 yea, sadly all the Indian cricketers don't care about playing international cricket, while the Indian cricketers were busy playing IPL, Most Australians were working on their test matches

[@Forestgravy90]

Cricket is dying in the west Indies unfortunately

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

The extended use of just one ball as it continues to wear plays a very sophisticated role in some bowlers' techniques as they let one side of the seam stay dirty and get rougher whilst furiously polishing the other side, trying to maintain a shine. After a while, and taking into account the bowler's skill, the ball's flight through the air will be affected causing it to swing more in the air and off the pitch. You will find bowlers hiding how they are holding the ball as they run up so that the batsman cannot see and can get less insight into how the ball will behave. I don't know if it applies in baseball but the declaration is interestng too 🙂

[@shubhamsinghstar123]

yeah, much more subtle and strategic than most people would think.

[@bomberwarren]

The care taken to manipulate a ball to act differently as an innings progresses cannot be understated either

[@lemsdarkapprentice2535]

yeah Jasprit Bumrah + Lasith Malinga always looks like they're about to throw the ball directly to to 3rd slip, but then they get it really on-target with all sorts of crazy angles. It's amazing to see [el'sda2].

[@perrytheplatypus12207]

Australia's Donald Bradman had an average of 99.94 in test cricket (5 days cricket) meaning he scored nearly 100 runs (a century) every time he came out to bat.

[@jonwitherspoon1648]

Not quite. He scored nearly a century for ever time he was out. He didn't get out everytime he went out to bat.

[@lifeoftennis1285]

He scored almost a hundred between each dismissal

[@ramp0649]

@@jonwitherspoon1648 i think this includes times he was not out tho not sure

[@leohickey4953]

Famously, "the Don" needed only four runs in his last ever innings to finish with a Test career average of 100 but was bowled out for 0. It's been claimed that he was something of a Ty Cobb, not the easiest man to get along with despite being a supreme talent, and so some teammates were grateful that he had one less thing to brag about ending that way. His average is extraordinary though (anything in the 40s is considered great).

[@fabulousaardvark4776]

It's like a lifetime at bat average of 0.999.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

A difference which stumped me whilst first playing baseball, after 14 yrs at school playing cricket, was that one doesn't carry one's bat while running bases. This took me ages to remember. As for which is the more complicated, I think one-day and T20 cricket are simpler, but first-class and test cricket are technically far more demanding, especially in terms of match strategy determined by the captains.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

what exactly is first class cricket?

[@shauntempley9757]

@@thedisabledwelshman9266 First class cricket is a cricket match that has no end until everyone on the batting team gets out, on each team. Test matches go over 5 days with bowling overs of 6 balls each, with 4 innings for each team. First class cricket has no bowling overs, and no innings. Those matches go over 7 days, minimum, depending on how good both teams are at playing. These matches are very rare, because of the game structure, and noone can afford to host them.

[@Dumpy332]

All Test Matches are First Class cricket games which have 5 days and are played between international teams. Domestic First Class games can have 3 or 4 days as well. These games have 2 innings a side.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@shauntempley9757 Nope. First class cricket means matches of 3-4 days in length, with generally 4 innings, each team batting twice. First class cricket is not very rare, as at least some of the major cricket nations have a yearly first class championship (Sheffield Shield, County Championship, Ranji Trophy etc.)

[@Dumpy332]

@@cricketexplained8526 Test Matches are a subset of First Class matches. Ranji Trophy and others are Domestic First Class cricket matches. Test matches are International First Class matches between Test Nations.

[@henkdiedericks9907]

One of the biggest differences that nobody seems to mention is the approach to the game. Typically in baseball very few runs are scored versus the amount of outs. Whereas in cricket far more runs are scored versus the amount of outs. In baseball you are swinging for the fences or maybe trying to get the ball far enough away from certain bases to allow runners to make their ground, with little regard for whether you are getting out or not. You'll come back in a later innings and try again. Whereas in cricket, depending on the format, you only get one chance as a batter. If you get out, you are out. While a batsman is typically looking to score runs, it does not have to happen every ball. The emphasis on protecting your wicket/not getting out is far more important in cricket

[@user51258]

Exactly well done and thank you for your time👏

[@britbazza3568]

Ive caught a cricket ball while playing cricket. With a ball made from leather cork rubber and having a wooden centre to it a cricket ball is increadibly hard especially when traveling at soeed. A cricket ball really hurts when caught wring. The idea is to judge the speed of the ball and then move your hands towards your chest at roughly the same speed thus causing less pain in the players hands but believe me it still hurts a lot. A massive difference between Baseball andCricket is the fact that baseball was a spin off of the traditional Girls school physical Education game Rounders where as Cricket is a organised championship game in the uk

[@robertobrien5709]

In Britain baseball/rounders are basically just different names for the same game which was recorded back in the 1600's during Elizabeth's reign and probably goes back further, it was played by both girls and boys and men and women, a Prince of Wales is recorded in a team list of players in a game in the 17'00s. The British colonists took the games with to the Americas the first recorded match was in the 1800's in Canada with the first recorded match in the USA about 10 years later.

[@shubhamsinghstar123]

also, In Cricket the ball varies based on the format. So that influences the flow of games between the different formats quite significantly as well.

[@stanedgie5910]

@@shubhamsinghstar123 and some countries use different brands of balls as well, think the Kookaburra vs the Duke

[@comradesomo]

Fun fact: there was an Australian national baseball team which toured America in the late 19th century whose players were noted for not wearing gloves, like cricketers.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

That's because baseballs are softer. Cricket balls are hard leather with lacquer on them.

[@ice4142]

One thing about cricket that gets forgotten is the psychological aspect. The two batters are in the middle of the field surrounded by the other team, totally out numbered. It can be an intimidating place to be and when things start to go wrong they can go down hill quickly. Sledging as it is known in cricket (which is the fielders winding the batters up, mocking them etc) can be a big part of the game.

[@user-kk4lw4mr6i]

Whst always freaked me out was when a slower spin bowler is trying to tske me out, all the field player automatically moved closer and felt like i was being caged in and usually lost. The reason they came closer is cause a SPIN bowler can bowl so well take when you hit the ball it might spin or touch the edge of the bat and a nearby fielder can then catch it.

[@rustecr8499]

I've played and watched a great deal of both games. It depends how you want to define complicated. Baseball rules are much more convoluted and that impacts on many things a player might need to do in the field. Batting in cricket is more technical and therefore perhaps you would say more complicated in that way. It involves reacting to the variables of velocity and movement through the air much like baseball but adds in things like variability in bounce and movement off the pitch as well. So you really need to be technically sound to have success or prevent yourself from eating leather.

[@jockspringer9457]

Well put!

[@garrymcdonald5456]

". Baseball rules are much more convoluted and that impacts on many things a player might need to do in the field" can you give an example

[@ribbonsofnight]

​@@garrymcdonald5456 in baseball the ball is nearly always in play. batters can nearly always run when the ball is all sorts of weird places and are forced to run on a hit. They can run after a catch is taken but if they run before they have to go back and then run again if they wish. The ways they get run out varies a lot depending on which base had players on it and where they're running to.

[@TheHiltonblake]

3:50 One other aspect about a cricket ball in play of a cricket match, is that as it get older within a game, it becomes an effective weapon in the hands of a skilled bowler.. A skillful bowler can make it reverse-swing.. Or make it swing late, as it hurtles towards the batsmen.. So, the ball gets scuffed on the one side and smooth on the other.. It is therefore necessary for the spectators to return the ball to the fielding side after a six had been hit...

[@superjaseZA]

the way the balls get old is a key part of the game. the ball travels differently through the air, bounces different, spins (gribs the pitch) differently. also. the duckworth lewis system determines then winner based on a mix of how many runs have been score, how many wickets have been taken (ie how many batsmen are available to still bat), how many overs have been bowled (because more runs are scored when there are fewer overs left and you are less worried about your batsmen being all out before the overs have been used up).

[@brianknight7897]

If you want to watch the highest form of cricket, test cricket the oldest test match starts on June 16th, The Ashes. This test match between England and Australia is 150 years old. The Ashes refers to the bails which were burned and placed in a small urn by a child. She gave the urn to the English players when they traveled to Australia for the rematch. Telling themto bring home the Ashes with a victory. This urn is thus handed over to the victor.

[@AshleyClarkey]

Cricket is absolutely more difficult and I would argue it isn't even close. Baseball has much less factors involved. Every pitch and ground in cricket is different. The ball moves differently and you will have shorter/longer boundaries. Also got to add in the fact with cricket you had so many more ways of getting out. LBW, Run Out, Caught, Bowled, Stumped and others. As the game goes on the ball reacts different and so does the pitch so you need to keep adjusting the technique used. A test match is absolutely the hardest aspect of the game and nothing in baseball can even come close to how difficult a Test match is.

[@damienyoung751]

Is cricket harder than baseball.. Simple answer.. Yes.

[@relevantbrother8964]

I think that cricket is very subtle and intricate. Something like pitch preparation is known only really in depth by the groundstaff who prepare them. Yet it plays a huge role.Different countries have different pitch characteristics. The pitch and outfield also plays a role in determining how long the shine on the ball lasts and hence the bowling strategies and team selection. Then there's something like wind direction and altitude. On the same pitch, a certain win direction makes batting easier and the opposite wind makes batting much tougher. The humidity and cloud cover make a big difference as well. Catches are dropped in cricket since the fielders do not wear gloves and the best slip fielding teams(catching fielders next to rhe wicketkeeper ) have around an 80%, success rate. The ball plays a big role. The ball in England swings more than the one in Australia for instance.Some balls scuff more easily and might ",reverse swing" as the match develops. There's also the issue of wear and tear on the pitch in longer versions of the game as batting tends to get progressively tougher. All these things make cricket really unique and very differemt from any other sport.

[@MeetPatel-ye3hw]

You don't need to know about about the mathamatics or those formulas, it happens rarely. Just enjoy the normal play and understand those things later as you get to know cricket. 😊

[@californianreacts]

Thank goodness! Still impressive to see haha

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@californianreacts What you get (from TV) and the playing teams get (from the match referee) is a summary of how many runs need to be achieved at any possible point of match abandonment, for the team batting last to get a win via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. For each batter that gets out, and every low-scoring ball that passes by, the balance tips to the fielding team i.e. if the heavens open the batting team becomes more likely to lose by DLS as they are basically start to lag behind where they should be according to the equation.

[@johndowning5826]

I also want to add, there is a way to get out without scoring and facing a ball, called a "diamond duck" where the batter before you gets out at the bowlers end or crossing after getting caught. You come out at the bowlers end and you get run out without facing a ball, which is why it's called a "diamond" duck a "golden" duck is when you get out on the first ball that you face without scoring and a "duck" is if you get out without scoring a run.

[@HunTeR93141]

I have never seen a diamond duck in cricket i never knew it something like that was there but I saw many golden ducks

[@anantsharma6365]

@@HunTeR93141 I recently saw it (in 2023) but don't remember which game it was

[@gurnaunidhsingh7552]

And also saying that Cricket ballers ball at the speed 95 miles per hr/ 145 km per hour and the spin bowlers bowl pretty slow realtively around 90 km per hour but spin the bowl after it bounces which is art in it's true manner. Even while fielding close to the batsman, people have a reaction time of around 1 second to catch a much harder ball. And the stump out you saw in ur previous video, the world record for it is 0.2 seconds by an Indian Legend, MS Dhoni.

[@AndyViant]

The wear and tear on the ball is an important factor - as the ball loses that hard shiny coat it becomes harder for the pace bowlers to bowl at their fastest pace, which can even exceed 100 miles per hour. But as the ball gets more scuffed up it is more prone to being able to swing in the air. This is called swing bowling, and bowlers will attempt to polish one side of the ball but not the other. Many of the swing bowlers bowl in the 85-95 mph zone. The rough side versus the smooth side generates movement, much like the shape of an aeroplane's wing generates lift. This can make the ball curve significantly in flight, making it harder for the batsman to defend against, and harder for them to get a clean strike of the ball, meaning more likelihood of being caught out from a mishit. As it wears further, particularly on the seam of the ball, it will deviate from when it hits the pitch much more. This will aid the moderately fast bowlers (usually around 80 miles per hour) known as seamers who use the differences in the movement when the seam of the ball hits the ground to cause sudden movement. Greater roughness of the ball in general also helps spin bowlers (slowest bowlers, often only around 60 miles per hour) both with increased spin off the pitch but also other flight dynamics changes mid air. Bowling faster often has a substantial detraction to a spin bowler's craft. Thus keeping an older ball in play longer gives different advantages to different types of bowlers, and different types of batsmen as well. Most teams have at least 4, but usually 5 bowlers in their lineup, and a few players who are not full time bowlers but still capable bowling players. It isn't just about not being wasteful. Different balls are chosen by the host nations as well, which creates different wearing characteristics, aiding certain types of bowling. In test match cricket it is normal for a new ball to be available after 80 overs, although the bowling team if it is getting more advantage out of the old ball can continue to use it beyond this point.

[@mr.a2592]

I agree, cricket is the easier game for a beginner to pick up and play but I feel that cricket has more depth in strategy due to the nature of using the same ball as long as possible (which slightly affects different aspects), being able to bounce the ball (which affects the type of deliveries and fielding), and also the environment (dew, heat, wind, rain, pitch dimensions, etc. which all affect things)

[@loganleroy8622]

That plus the game lasts longer in the ODIs and Test formats, so there’s more time for different strategies to play out an allow for punches and counter punches over the whole course of the day.

[@japjeetmehton9921]

In cricket the baller isn’t allowed to bend their elbows. That can be a bit of a learning curve. Something not mentioned in the video.

[@chadwalsham9667]

It has probably been said by someone, but the interesting thing about the ball is that there is deliberate advantages in the deterioration of the ball. The ball is worked on (especially in longer forms of the game - and hopefully not illegally to Australia’s shame) to develop a shiny and a rough side. This will help as the ball deteriorates to improve swing, reverse swing and to make the ball more difficult to play. So, especially in test matches, the ball deteriorating becomes to the fielding team’s advantage

[@petetaylor9758]

Hi, as a Brit and brought up in a cricket culture may I say thanks for the respect for the game you have in these videos. I know only the basics about baseball so if you plan to do a "Explaining baseball for cricket fans" I'll look forward to it! I'd like to add a comment, though, about tactics involving the physics of the ball itself (it's possible it's been mentioned before). You noted that the stitching of the cricket ball is equatorial rather than the looping stitch of the baseball. This has an aerodynamic effect. At the start, the ball will be shiny on both hemispheres, but as the game proceeds it will become scuffed. The bowling side is allowed to "polish" the ball, but can use only clothing (you may see the bowlers rubbing the ball on their trousers) and sweat - you'll often see them rubbing their forehead and then the ball. (They used to be able to use saliva but that was banned.) You can't use Mr Sheen or anything like that! The point is, the bowlers will polish one side while letting the other side scuff naturally. After a few overs there will be a definite difference in drag on the two sides, resulting in the possibility of extra swing for the fast bowlers. Eventually even the shiny side will deteriorate, of course. I should also mention that the bowlers aren't allowed to enhance the deterioration of the other side. There was a scandal a few years ago, when the Aussies used a piece of sandpaper to scuff the ball. Two of their players were suspended from international cricket for a year.

[@wrangazz]

with cricket it is the pitch that changes, in test cricket (5 day marathons) it changes so much and it comes down to the team that deals with the changing conditions the best... you dont get those flutuations in baseball, first session will bring the quick bowlers in, they fire bullets at over 100 miles an hr. then cracks will start to appear in the wicket (the ball needs to bounce before being hit, the bounce is deremined by the bowler and how the wicket is), and as the ball gets older and softer they will bowl spinners (its more compicated than that but basic cricket 101) its a great game, but i understand its had to get into unless you are indian/australian/english

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I love your cricket videos. There's something truly touching about watching an American discover civilisation. Just kidding! These vids are terrific because I love the comparisons between the two sports. Long ago, my dad's work took us to America for a few years when I was little, so I was exposed to baseball for a while (and have loved it ever since). When we eventually moved back to the UK, I took up cricket and became pretty good at it. They're both wonderful sports (to play and watch!).

[@Pal_edits]

Basic of cricket is easy But if you consider the whole rules and techniques, skills requires it is very complicated

[@ShieldYoung]

Very well said

[@neilbiggs1353]

Always be careful by what people mean when they say a sport is growing - if 100 people play a game, and then 5 more people join them, the game has grown, but it means nothing in a population of 320m! It has a chance though with about 7m people in US of a South Asian heritage, and maybe 13m of a Caribbean heritage, two populations who may have a cultural connection to the game. The thinking behind the Duckworth-Lewis Method is that the run rate tends to vary at points in a one day game. If you have spare wickets in hand, you can play much more aggressively in the final overs for example, but say a team got 220 runs in their 50 overs, and rain interrupts the second innings causing 20 overs to be lost, if you just bring that score down to 3/5s to 132, that's an easier chase for the second team because they can gamble more knowing they could lose 8 wickets getting to that total. You'd have to find someone much more involved with the game to describe it in detail, but I hope I get the basic idea across. As for what is more complicated, I'd say the Duckworth-Lewis Method puts Cricket ahead! I'm not a baseball fan beyond having watched a few world series games on TV as a kid, but all of his examples were very situational, and to me it sounds like he isn't familiar enough with cricket to know those equivalents. If you look at the massive variation in positions for the fielding teams for cricket for example, there is barely any equivalence in baseball. While he looked at baseball pitchers as openers, closers etc, he didn't bring up that you get something similar in cricket. You have opening bowlers, who are typically ones who bowl with outright speed. As the ball develops wear and tear, and the conditions of the pitch change, then you start to bring in other types of bowlers. Spin for example tends to be more effective later on as the rougher ball can grip more when it hits the parts of the pitch worn down by the feet of the batter. Some forms of swing bowling come about because the bowlers only shine up one side of the ball, so they need the game to have played for a bit. Bowlers are as situational, and even more specialised. His part about knowing when to run feels very similar to cricket, particularly when you get to a situation where you want to control who is on strike in the next over. The batting line-up in cricket is mostly in order of quality, with the exception of the 3rd and maybe 4th batter being better than the top 2. This is because you want the best players to be around for as long as you can in the match, but you also may not want the best batter to face the new ball which can be harder to deal with. The openers are still very good players (they may be people who deal with fast bowling much better than spin for example), but generally the best batter comes in 3rd. What this can lead to though is some very odd partnerships between say a number 4 batter, and a number 9 batter (who is typically a bowler who is not very good with the bat), so you'll get situations across an over where the fielding team is inviting the better player to score a single so they can bowl at the weaker player, but then switch to defending the single in the last ball or two as the better player tries to get a single to be on strike when the bowlers change ends. Both sports have a lot of situational nuances, but it sounded like to me that he is just not as aware of the ones in cricket, maybe because some of it becomes much more prevalent in test matches. Baseball may be a much harder sport to adjudicate. You can tell a wicket has been hit, but a strike zone is variable between players, and it's not easy to tell if a player has been touched. Even the LBW law seems easier to tell than a strike zone, and that only happens once in a while, not on every pitch. I'd say that was one reason why it'd be easier to explain to kid, at least the most basic atoms of play. The flipside though is that it's easier to read the situation in a baseball game from the score - you're typically looking at how many home runs a team needs to score, it doesn't feel as tense as watching a run rate required tick upwards or downwards. If the idea of the players not using gloves excites you, I think the first videos you should check out are compilations of great catches! Then I'd maybe suggest looking for videos that break down the different types of cricket delivery. Did you say you were a tennis fan or player at one point? I highly recommend looking at videos of the great spin bowlers as you'll be familiar with that kind of surface interaction (and maybe have some sympathy for the batters on the other end!)

[@saurabhshukla1836]

Cricket balls are used for longer times because of the characteristics of the ball . As the ball gets older it starts to grip more with ground which makes it easier for spinners (slow bowlers) to spin the ball and fast bowlers to reverse swing.

[@IGE656]

Bro just described 10% of cricket 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@spandansarkar2324]

Cricket is more easier for someone who is watching but more complicated for someone who is playing the game. In both videos he only covered more or less 70% of cricket. It's not that you can hit the ball anywhere you can, a lot of technicality and decision making goes into that, as well as the bowler have to know where to place the ball, so that the batsman could only hit the ball in that direction only and either a fielder (opposition player) could catch it or save the ball from scoring a 4 or a 6. Similarly, a batsman has to find a loophole in order to score. First he has to identify which type of ball is it and where it is going to land after it bounces, then hit the ball with a specific region of the bat and from a specific position on the crease (one of the line on the pitch), so that the ball goes through a specific position through the field (like, silly point, fine leg, Mid-on, Mid-off, square leg, sleep, long on, long off, and many more) & there are numerous shots a batsman can play, of which every one of them has got a specific name like square cut, cover drive, etc. etc. A technical batsman can score a 6 or a 4, just with a flick of a wrist without using much power, this type of play is more prevalent in the "Test" format. There is many more things to know about cricket.

[@loganleroy8622]

When he says you can hit it anywhere, he means the ball will be in play in whichever direction it is hit. There is no foul ball territory like in baseball.

[@spandansarkar2324]

@@loganleroy8622 i know what he meant to say. I just pointed out there's a lot more technicalities involved unlike baseball.

[@mangshu21]

@@loganleroy8622 But there are 10 fielders all around and even if you hit it you might find a fielder and you're gone. At international level they will bowl to you in a way that will make you play certain shots and the field will be set accordingly.

[@loganleroy8622]

@@mangshu21 Of course, but that's also why you almost never see a 6 in a Test match. How many times do you see a batter score a boundary when they mess up? More often than times where you see them make them pay for it. The number of times I've seen a tail ender turn a thick edge into a boundary because the WK isn't ready is astounding. Not to mention the number of times a test match highlight will involve a dropped ball by the fielding team at 45 runs, only to see the batter make a century. Miss-hits are not runs in baseball, they just become a foul ball and play resets. It is harder to bat in Baseball and it is harder to field in Cricket. Both sports are the exact opposite when considering which side has the advantage when it comes to batting and fielding.

[@arafatasif6954]

Australia recently won World test Championship. Where top ten ranked test player countries take part. This tournament continues for 2 years. The Final was between India and Australia.

[@shubhamsinghstar123]

Pitches in cricket can shape the entire flow of the game, even the tactical approach from both sides in basically every format (especially first class). Truly fascinating stuff.

[@mervstash3692]

Played Cricket for 35 years and Baseball for 20. If you take out all the signals etc & just talk about the actual skills part at an entry level, Baseball is way easier to learn. You only have to hit one direction, the ball doesn't bounce & every fielder gets to wear a glove. However add in all the signals & tactics for every ball, then it becomes complex. Cricket has tactics to a certain extent, but it's more a tactic employed over a long period. I am purely talking about the amateur level.

[@donny5318]

Just wanna give my 2cents with the glove thing. The exit velocities in baseball are MUCH higher, where a glove is frequently NEEDED to prevent broken bones, in cricket i rarely see the line drives we see in baseball, iv seen a few, but overall, baseballs are hit much harder, in general.

[@mervstash3692]

​@@donny5318 like I said mate, I was talking about amateur level & what is easier to learn. When you get the elite level, a baseball hitting velocity on average is slightly higher, but negated by the fact that a cricket ball is heavier & harder. I can assure you that a cricket ball would hurt much more if the 2 balls were hit at the same speed. As for seeing "line drives", I guess you haven't watched enough cricket to see them.

[@donny5318]

@@mervstash3692 lol oops i didnt mean that in a way to start an argument or bash cricket. And i think you missed some of what i wrote, when i mentioned the weight and velocities, i was taking that into account, baseballs are a tad softer, but when hit at extreme high velocities which happen many times in a game, is different from the AVERAGE cricket hit which comes off the bat slower, but yes the ball is harder so its gonna hurt. And when i say line drives, i mean lasers, iv seen several extremely hard hit balls i was hella impressed with these dudes snagging it, but they are not as common and not as fast, both fast though. And when it comes to amateur baseball, mostly metal bats are used, and even little league the exit velocity can get near 100mph, and in the majors, up to 120mph coming off the bat. Again this isnt a competition against baseball and cricket, just noting differences. If cricket was hitting the ball at 120+mph with a cricket ball, would be a whole other story. It hurts even with a baseball glove, if you catch it toward the palm with the glove. Id imagine, even at a tad lower speeds, cricket balls hurt like crazy at times.

[@mattmunn71]

Batting harder in Baseball, although cricket is more of a focus over a long time and more physical bravery as you get hit pretty regularly. Bowling harder than pitching, you need to think your opponent out a bit more. Also bigger workload. Fielding a bit harder in cricket especially in slips and you probably field more balls over a day if you're in front of the wicket.

[@sihollett]

Only being allowed to hit in one direction makes it harder - I fouled every ball I hit when I did softball for 6 weeks at school aged 15, and probably about 60% of the hits made by my class were fouls (and mostly by small margins of less than 10 degrees) - it was so tedious to play due to the constant foul balls and we all complained, suggesting rounders (which we'd all played for years - including in that slot in previous years) would mean we got more exercise. But we were big boys now and needed to play the game with the big bat, big ball and big gloves instead of rounders.

[@vaudevillian7]

I think that’s a big difference between American sports, more so football and baseball, and European sports is that in the latter much more decision making is made by on-field players - there’s also less specialisation so you have much smaller rosters and much a smaller support / coaching staff

[@wilkesmcdermid7906]

Cricket is not really an European sport. Only the UK plays cricket on the European continent.

[@stanedgie5910]

@@wilkesmcdermid7906 the Netherlands also plays cricket (and have featured in t20 world cups as well) and i have heard of a German team and Polish team playing, though not at as high a level as even the Netherlands. But do aggree it is not really a European sport when compared to Football, hockey, volleyball. The original poster is also correct in that most non-US centric sports tend to place more responsibility on the captains playing in the the teams, than on the manager on the sidelines. Though one could argue football is more of a 50/50 split between manager and captain.

[@wilkesmcdermid7906]

@@stanedgie5910 I saw a game between Japan and Korea in cricket literally more Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Indians were on both teams than ethnic Koreans and Japanese. The few Japanese players were basically former baseball players who could no longer find a spot on a baseball team roster, so in thier mid-late 30s they are making a transition to cricket. The Korean team had even less native ethnic on their team, it seemed like similar case for Korea too. I wonder if the Polish and German team is full of names like Rahjits, and Ahmeds. If you have a lot of Indian or Pakistani migrants in your country, your country just created a cricket team lol.

[@stanedgie5910]

​@@wilkesmcdermid7906 the same with the US Cricket team, more players with indian, pakistani heritage in the team.

[@wilkesmcdermid7906]

​@@stanedgie5910 That is true as well. Only a few American born players all of them are either have Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Indian parents.

[@NeelShah-uu8wz]

Normally in Cricket, pacer that can swing (move ball in air) and/or seamer (movement of ball after pitching in ground) starts early with new ball, followed by spinner (off and leg) along with medium pacers , followed by pacer to finish.

[@gregs3845]

I think the way to describe it is that cricket has more nuance to it. So it is simple to learn it at a casual level but the higher you go the deeper you get. Things like field placement of the fielders being a very important part of the bowling side's decisions.

[@kierans1159]

The basics of cricket are pretty simple, but the complexities of, for instance, how a batsman can be out are bewildering. Even one form of getting the batsman out, leg before wicket will depend on where the ball bounces, what the batsman does and how far forward the batsman has come when it hits. At the highest level there are TV umpires who can help adjudicate but even this isn't always cut and dried, some marginal decisions remaining as (on field) umpires call, essentially sticking with whatever the original decision (out or not out) is. Each sport has its own complexity which can be infuriating to those new to the sport, and each has it's own variety. In cricket, the bowler is allowed to hit the batter, providing the ball has bounced or it hits below the waist, in baseball the pitcher cannot do this. In cricket, there is no doubt as to whether the batter is clean bowled, as there are bits of wood flying in all directions, in baseball there will always be arguments as to whether a strike has been fairly called. The complexities infuriate the new fan but are the things more avid fans love.

[@wilkesmcdermid7906]

Also, Bowler actually is not allowed to intentionally hit the batter. Baseball if a hitter is hit he isnt automatically ejected unless its shown its intentional. Cricket most hit are done really low, while baseball is much higher.

[@stanedgie5910]

@@wilkesmcdermid7906 well, bouncers that are below the shoulder and head are perfectly legal, and is seen as an intimidation tool by the bowlers. Yes, full tosses above the waist are not allowed, though only really get a no ball one run penalty, initially, though repeated use can lead to warnings/fines and eventual removal from the bowling lineup, but not from the game itself.

[@jamesswayze5890]

I'll preface this by saying I've never watched baseball before, I know the basic rules, appreciate the skill involved and enjoy those funky 'Best moment!' highlight, but I've never been compelled to watch a full game. In terms of which is more complicated, with Cricket; I've played it at times throughout my life, but only occasionally as a laugh. I've been to a few test matches and 20twenties, and watched our local team at the local cricket team a lot as a child, and even did the scoring once! I think with cricket the basic understanding on how to play is easier to pick up and understand, but the depth of the rules, match types and little intricacies in the game are much deeper. It's not that it's hard to understand, just that there's A LOT to understand. From how bowlers use wear on the ball to their advantage to the states of the bowling surfaces, to even the rules. You'll see cricket on TV now and I have no idea what the rules are in relation to the incident, and just rely on the that index finger to tell me if the batsman is out or not. I'm not sure whether that happens with Baseball at all as well, it's possible it does and they are both as deep and complicated as each other, but I've been casually interested in Cricket for over 30 years and still get stumped by things I'm not aware of sometimes.

[@neilbiggs1353]

That was the thing to me - the examples the person used for complexities in the game were situational nuances which I could think of equivalents in cricket. There is no baseball equivalent of the Duckworth-Lewis method! At least initially though, I'd say baseball was much harder to adjudicate. The strike zone is an imaginary area above the plate between the height of the batter's knees and their shoulders, which is harder to see than when a wicket is hit. I'd also say it is hard to tell if a player is touched by a ball so maybe that justifies why cricket seems simpler to a novice perspective

[@gokul_gk_4]

Two videos in and still not a word about the kind of pitches. It is the greatest deciding factor in cricket

[@EerjkMcRae]

The part of this video talking about 'Super Overs' in cricket, used footage from what is arguably one of the greatest 'One Day International (50 Over)' matches, ever. It was the 2019 World Cup Final between England & New Zealand.

[@scollyb]

I think a clear sign cricket is simpler is how easy it is to play anywhere. It's played in the streets of India and on beaches in Australia. Just need a few sticks and a ball

[@avinashyede3060]

In cricket, the ball is not replaced during the course of the game, and its behavior varies depending on its age and condition. New Ball: At the start of the game, a new ball is used. During this phase, the ball tends to swing more in the air. The swing can be either conventional swing, where the ball moves in the direction of the shiny side due to differential air pressure, or reverse swing, where the ball moves opposite to the shiny side due to the wear and tear on the rough side. The condition of the ball and the skills of the bowlers play a crucial role in achieving swing. Middle Overs: As the game progresses and the ball gets older, it loses its shine and hardness. During the middle overs, the ball generally does not swing as much as it did when it was new. The bowlers rely more on variations in pace, spin, and seam movement to deceive the batsmen and take wickets. The ball may start to scuff up and accumulate some wear and tear, making it difficult to generate significant swing. End Overs: Towards the end of an innings, especially in limited-overs formats like One Day Internationals (ODIs) or Twenty20 (T20) matches, the ball can exhibit reverse swing. The deterioration of the ball's surface, combined with the roughness on one side, allows the bowlers to generate movement in the opposite direction to the shiny side. This reverse swing can be challenging for batsmen to deal with as it can lead to unexpected changes in direction. It's important to note that the decision to replace the ball in cricket is typically made when it becomes excessively damaged, loses its shape, or is no longer fit for play. Umpires closely monitor the condition of the ball and may opt for a replacement if necessary. However, in general, the ball is not replaced during the game to maintain consistency and preserve the challenges posed by its changing behavior.

[@adventussaxonum448]

In Test cricket, the ball IS (or can be- it's not compulsory) replaced every 80 overs, in an innings. Many of these videos overlook the highest form of cricket in favour of the pyjama game.(Which is good fun in its own right, I suppose).

[@iandavies243]

You can be caught in Cricket but not given out. Both Sports are fantastic I used to enjoy watching the occasional Baseball game but there is nothing like sitting on a villlage green on a summers day for 4-5 hours watching a game of Village cricket. Total relaxation. Sadly I justt dont have the time anymore.

[@solreaver83]

The reason they keep a cricket ball in play is because as it ages it gets different behaviour. This can be feom the weather like moisture softening it for eg. Or the bowlers polishing the ball on one side. Polishing reduces the wear on one side of the ball effecting swing in the air, bounce on the ground or the ability to spin it. A new ball is hard all over and is fast and bounces quickly great for pace bowlers. Swing bowlers can make the most of it as it ages a bit and gets dull and softer on one side and when it's quite worn the spinners can make their magic now it has grippy texture.

[@zeatheist2222]

Hey man love your videos. If you are gonna do more I'd suggest watching a montage of Shane Warne, the best spin bowler ever.

[@paulsutton2645]

Shane Warne also has a couple of videos where he discusses the arcane art, of leg spin bowling. Generally he is a slower bowler, but his skill was devilish. The first short shots of spin bowling was Shane Warne. We may never see another like him. RIP Warnie.

[@ShieldYoung]

Consider reacting to Kabaddi rules and some hard bumps and escapes in that game it's so thrilling and exciting

[@ianwright9029]

As young kids we played cricket in the street with only one batsman and a wicket chalked upon a wall. The bowlers mark was a sweater on the ground and the ball used was a tennis ball but it provided the basics. We graduated to the proper game with a leather ball when we reached 8 years old under adult supervision at school.

[@shantodas8184]

i've never understood baseball before when i watched it in tv. but one of the most profound feeling I got from the movie Moneyball. the oakland athletics 20 wins in a row is one of the best cinematic moments I felt even though I don't understand baseball

[@rizwanuzzamanjyoti]

I once wanted to learn about baseball, i have watched some videos read about baseball and now I'm more confused than i was before 😂 only thing I learned about baseball is that only Americans and Japanese plays baseball seriously, so in a world championship only japan and usa will be playing finals every time

[@anonymous7704]

South Korea is also a pretty good baseball team xd

[@user-dp6ve5ng8h]

Thats not sure. Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, Cuba ect take baseball seriously.

[@TheWitcher1.]

I also tried to learn baseball through KZbin videos but it didn't help at all. So I played a mobile game called Baseball 9. I completely understood after 4-5 matches. Also it's easier than cricket and only takes 15-20 minutes for a game

[@loganleroy8622]

It’s the USA, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and all of Latin America that takes baseball very seriously.

[@selvinpaul2400]

"Sachin Tendulkar" God of cricket

[@johndowning5826]

Michael Clarke and for, Steve Smith

[@atharvalandage7328]

​@@johndowning5826 king Virat Kohli

[@alpha_4050]

Sachin is a god in India not here in Ireland.

[@selvinpaul2400]

@@alpha_4050Oh ya now I remember ...Ireland have cricket team right 😂😂😂

[@carlcunningham9538]

Not sure if someone’s already mentioned this but the cricket ball is a very important part of the game. If you shine one side of the ball and keep the other scuffed, it will create swing that aids the bowlers. However if the ball rips or becomes misshaped, the umpires will provide a replacement which is a used ball with roughly the same amount of wear.

[@brandonsomerville6202]

as a cricket fan i agree with the assesment that it is easier to understand. i watch baseball too but i find the innings and how they work out diffrent things confussing sometimes where cricket seems more intuitive.

[@enayathabibi337]

Man now your a cricket master.

[@burnttoast6924]

Sounds to me that the rules of baseball are more complicated but the strategy in cricket is extremely intricate

[@dr.devilstrange9620]

Cricket might be harder to play but pretty simple game until rain steps in introducing D/W-L

[@lemsdarkapprentice2535]

Also, bowling changes ends at each over. So, if you're bowling north against batter #1 when you bowl the last ball of your over, the next delivery (i.e. the 1st ball of the following over) will be coming from the other end of the pitch (i.e. southwards towards batter #2).

[@someonejustsomeone1469]

There are some interesting strategies involving the two batters runscoring in cricket. If there is one batter who is better than the other(or at least more effective than the bowler currently engaging), they can choose to run if they make it back to their starting positions, scoring two runs. This ensures the better one faces the next delivery. If skillful enough they can choose to score runs using boundaries alone. In the last delivery of each over the better batter would score one run as the positions of batters are reversed following each over. The batting reversal might sound confusing but the ball bouncing at around the same region of the pitch all the time can damage the soil. Run outs are determined by the distance of the two batters from the wickets which have been hit with the ball by the fielder. The batter who is closer of the two will be given out. This leads to situations where if the more skillful batter is at jeopardy the other one can run towards them so the two can cross each other before the wicket is taken. Leading to the less skilfull one getting out in a sacrificial attempt.

[@ryangoldsmith4411]

It’s the first ever Major League Cricket season starting in America this year, some of the biggest international players have signed up

[@YTWorldTraveler]

I enjoy all the codes of Cricket - Test and the shorter versions, ODI, and T20. Lucky for me, there's an official Cricket stadium only 35 mins from where I live here in the States - Lauderhill, FL (in Broward County).

[@Barrettxx]

As someone who has no idea about baseball it looks like every ball(pitch) is about hitting the ball as far as possible whereas cricket has intricacies like defending and the very diverse range of shot. I do believe there probably is some variation in different hits but they are pretty similar and not as diverse as cricket.

[@hidayatullahqanit6996]

Mega Cricket events in USA for the first time: Major league Cricket - 1 month away! T20 World cup (20 international teams) - 2024 Champion Trophy - 2025 Cricket in Olympics - LA 2028 And many more... Cricket is going to be big in USA!

[@madhavdubey5252]

I think champions trophy is in Pakistan And also ICC is planning to change host from USA and West Indies to England Ireland and Scotland due to lack of infrastructure in usa

[@muhammadfahimmansur2086]

Olympics proposal has been rejected already

[@yakmueller]

I went to my first ever baseball game last week. Cardinals v Cubs in London and it was great. One big difference is the number of shots a batter can play compared to baseball. Baseball only seems to have two ways to bat, smash the ball out of the park and the bunt. Whereas a cricketer has a dozen or more ways to hit the ball.

[@chinmayharhare9960]

9:36 one exception for restart for knockout or playoff matches can be started following day.

[@runningsuperska]

Every kid in the UK has played 'rounders' which is basically baseball, so I think that helps us with baseball understanding.

[@disteveful6368]

I remember experiencing the batting coach doing signals in high school, when I batted I forgot to look at him and just swung.

[@Glen-qh5xq]

I'm a HS umpire so i know baseball rules pretty well. I had a business colleague visiting from Germany and I took him to a AAA game. Explaining the game to him made me realize how complicated the game actually is but it's second nature to us.

[@werriboy55]

Check out the names of the fielding positions. You can field in slips or silly point or short square leg or, personal favorite, fine midwicket.

[@thejesusaurus6573]

Really enjoying this content!

[@adrianseegolam364]

If your now trying to understand cricket it will be a bit complicated at first but as you watch more and more matches you will eventually catch on and it will also be of great help if you watch it with someone who knows cricket well

[@milomehigan5328]

Coming from a cricket background, it’s easy to see how good a batter is based on their average (the average amount of runs they get) but when looking at a bowler you would look at the economy (how many runs are scored off their balls). When looking at baseball you got to look at their on base percentage, their slugging, WAR and a lot more to evaluate a player.

[@nachoman2]

Some players do have their own batting and bowling styles. Steve smith has that thing where he walks in front of off stump every ball. Andrew tye is known for slower balls and cutters

[@fakharhaider6269]

The beauty of cricket is that you can play it anywhere, with however many players. You can modify the rules and even create new ones to suit your needs. 3 to 4 kids can play an enjoyable game of cricket with modified rules without the need of any umpire or anyone else. You don't even need any fancy gear. A bat and a ball will do. You can play with a tennis ball. Better yet put tape on it. That's the beauty of cricket and that's how we all grew up playing it. Have a standard-ish game if you have the bodies, play a modified version if you don't.

[@petera4631]

I think the field setting (positioning of the fielders) and how that feeds from the conditions (and whether the ball is moving in the air or turning off the pitch for spinners - affecting how aggressive you can be) and the responding batsman's skill in exploiting field position. That's a whole game of chess constantly going on in the background and not sure if the narrator has totally grasped that. Must also be a factor in baseball as well, to some degree, so maybe they have discounted it. For me, baseball's tactical battles are usually more intense, but much smaller as they are usually limited to a few balls, not potentially a few hours/days.

[@MeFreeBee]

When I was in primary school we played 'cricket' at lunch time. We used the rubbish bins (trash cans) attached to the wall as a wicket, bowled tennis balls underarm and just swatted it with our hands rather than a bat. Super easy to understand for 7 year olds, a bare minimum of equipment, and a fun introduction to cricket-like games.

[@apricotpastry7086]

Cricket has scorers. I don't know if they exist in baseball. We record everything that happens with every ball bowled; the runs scored, the wickets, extras. etc. And we display everything on the big scoreboard. We used to do it on paper in a big book but now we use apps which is easier but less fun! They do calculate Duckworth Lewis automatically though which makes life a lot easier! As a girl growing up in England in the 1980s I wasn't allowed to play cricket at school so scoring or making the tea were the only ways for me to be involved. I love that I'm still part of the game even though I'm not playing and am still a part of the cricket community. 🥰 ( I still make tea because it's not cricket without cake!)

[@risshailsethi4856]

In cricket, how much the ball is worn out plays a crucial role in deciding who is going to bowl at what time. The reason is that a ball that is worn out less swings more and carries more pace due to lower air resistance and therefore a newer ball is usually used by a bowler who bowls faster balls (a pacer or fast bowler). On the other hand, since a worn out ball spins a lot more due to increased friction with the ground when the ball bounces, a worn out ball is typically used by someone trying to spin the ball (a spinner). Accordingly, it doesn't make much sense for a single bowler in a single over to bowl both broad types of balls so bowlers in cricket tend to deviate into separate categories.

[@jessecarroll2298]

im form australia i have played for 7 years still learning thing like dls but played mlb a couple time and i mostly understand the game and could watch it without being comfused

[@varmascafe]

may be because i know and play cricket well its seems easier for me to think that its difficult to understand baseball.. But the major difference is that the catcher catches the ball bare handedly ( which is heavier and denser) while in baseball they use the glove.

[@abhijith_biju]

In cricket, a lot of things matter when in play, like weather, ground, soil, grass, wind, the shape of the ground, moisture in the pitch, and a lot more. So teams have take in all these consideration before and while playing in there strategy.

[@jonojohnson8574]

If anyone wants to see a Test Match series (5 games, each 5 days long), then the Ashes starts on June 16 (11:00 BST). The Ashes series is played every year between Australia and England. This is a hotly contested series, with the winners receiving a huge 4 inch trophy (honestly) which started in 1882!

[@jonojohnson8574]

Oops - Every 2 years 🙄

[@adpandehome996]

The fun part is you can invent or ignore rules depending on the playing space you have. And you can play anywhere you just need some open space to bowl and bat. Its called gully cricket or backyard cricket. rules like LBW are totally ignored in this form of cricket. Team can introduce other rules like one bounce catch out or touch for a run as well. I have seen people playing cricket in vacant parking lots in NY/NJ on weekends.