BASEBALL vs CRICKET comparison | Similarities and Differences

Cricket and Baseball are two very similar sports, though they're still very different from each other. Both sports have a dedicated fan following and are played at the international level and also in some of the highest valued sports leagues in the world.
Both sports are played with bat and ball, both have a person throwing a ball known as a pitcher or a bowler to a batter who hits the ball to score runs. The ground, game play, rules and equipment are also compared in this video.
Baseball has always fascinated Cricket fans due to its similarities. There is also a rising popularity of Cricket in the US and other Baseball playing countries as the Indian and the subcontinent diaspora population increases in the region. The Major League Cricket is on its way in a big manner and is expected to only rise.
The video also highlights the main differences that would help understanding the respective sports better. This video is aimed at four types of viewers. Firstly Baseball fans who will get to know Cricket better along with a side-by-side comparison with Baseball. Secondly Cricket fans who, like Baseball fans will understand Baseball better with Cricket as a reference. Thirdly, people who follow neither Baseball nor Cricket. This group of people will get to know more about both the sports and also a comparative analysis of the two. And lastly, for those who understand both Baseball and Cricket well. As the two sports do have similarities but are completely different sports, so its impossible to cover all the points and we've only covered the main ones. The last category of our viewers may let us know if we've covered all the points correctly and also highlight which other major points we should have considered.
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[@ajaysane3426]

Baseball, there is a umpire around every base. That means 4 umpires. But in cricket there are two onfield umpires and a third one is a TV umpire.

[@overpoweredits24]

Haan

[@ashishchauhan4042]

There is a match referee too. The 4th umpire.

[@JPTHEGREAT-sr2ml]

March refree and 4th umpire

[@rocketrabble6737]

In the VAST majority of cricket matches there are two umpires. 99%+ of cricketers have never played a game where there are television cameras, and tv monitor umpires.

[@rocketrabble6737]

The distance between the bowler and batsman in cricket is not 66 feet. That is the distance between the centre line of the wickets at each end of the pitch. The crease which determines the 'limit' for the bowler's leading foot is 4 feet in front of the wicket and is also the batting crease at the other end. The bowler's 'ball release point' is likely to be in front of that crease and generally batsmen will be playing forward of the crease at the other end. So in fact the travelling distance of the ball is normally going to be somewhere between 54 to 58 feet.

[@pvlgs]

In baseball, when the pitcher hits a batter with the ball , he gets a free walk. While in cricket, when a bowler hits the batsman with the ball, the batsman gets a a purple bruise. When he is lucky.

[@joyfulzero853]

It is a 'free' purple bruise

[@pvlgs]

@@joyfulzero853 all good things are free in life. Or the other way round?

[@fordastreeets8019]

In baseball, literally any infielder can get hit by the ball, Its not just the batter

[@kn2549]

So….pitching is more difficult in baseball.

[@pvlgs]

@@kn2549 Well Baseball pitching is less fun. You cannot break arms and faces, pummel testicles etc. And you have no opportunity for sledging.

[@SeeASquaRE]

A major omission in the field of play in cricket, is that the ends swap every over. This is crucial, as from the end of the cricket pitch the bowler delivers the bowl from can have a significant impact in terms of field dimensions and playing surface. In baseball this is completely static and makes the complexity a bit easier to understand as fielders are usually in the same positions every inning with few exceptions, in cricket fielders are swapped and changed around to fit needs, the captain is responsible for doing so.

[@moon911x]

i love baseball because i love Cricket 😊❤

[@angelaselderscare4854]

Difference Fan base :baseball:300m Cricket:2.5b Big difference ah 💪💪

[@prasanthsrinivas26]

It is the Number 1 sport in the most Populous country

[@Goriaas]

Difference. Cricket = Indian Baseball = American

[@angelaselderscare4854]

@@Goriaas what are you trying to say

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

​@@Goriaascricket: 2nd most popular Australia England New Zealand Most popular in India Pakistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh south africa Afghanistan

[@krispynachos9980]

Not a good comparison. Only 1 sport in India and subcontinent with a population of like 2 billion ppl combined if not more. Baseball has US, Central America, Japan, South Korea which population is not even close to India brother. And they have other sports competing together as well, Basketball, Football/Soccer, American Football

[@M2k-e2j]

Cricket ❤

[@TTBShorts]

But Cricket Much Interesting Sport In the World

[@fordastreeets8019]

U forget Japan, Domincan Republic, Puerto rico, mexico, etc. also play baseball

[@krispynachos9980]

@fordastreeets8019 south Korea, Taiwan too brother.

[@Dawird]

Meh

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

As someone who follows cricket, I can see why batting in baseball is more challenging. Foul areas, the obligation to run to first base, can't leave the ball (unless it is outside of the strike zone), double plays, the shape of the bat etc.

[@garnedmatser]

That's not challenging that's easy. Full toss ball can be hit at any direction

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

@@garnedmatser It's not easy to control direction with a baseball bat due to its shape. And unlike in cricket, you can't hit a baseball in any direction you want.

[@garnedmatser]

@@अजिङ्क्यगोखले You can hit the ball in one direction if it is thrown that way by standing like that and hitting.

[@flamingfrancis]

incorrect to state the batter can't leave the ball. This is done very regularly but umpires will count it as a (called) strike in the count on the batter.

[@flamingfrancis]

@@अजिङ्क्यगोखले MLB teams hold a batting practice session before a game. If you can witness this you will see how elite hitters can hit with placement. This is often called for in a game with runners on base. Accurate bunting of a ball in a given situation is also a very desirable skill. Also keep in mind that most top batters can hit equally as good from either side of the plate. Statistics are compiled accordingly.

[@jitendrameghwal0832]

NYC video

[@memeschiller]

Baseball is a 90° sport while cricket is a 360° sport.

[@BobHutton]

A bowler in cricket can technically have a bent elbow as long as they don't straighten it to deliver the ball. Usually this would disadvantage the bowler so it isn't done. A notable exception is Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. He was not capable of completely straightening his arm. With his style of bowling, it may given him a slight advantage.

[@krispynachos9980]

Murali was a chucker mate

[@BobHutton]

@@krispynachos9980 You know this how? It's not possible to tell, when it was relatively subtle like Murali's, from a single replay. You need multiple replays of the one delivery, with each camera covering different angles that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the bowler's elbow. Given the way a bowler twists their body and rotates their shoulder, this is not easy. With modern technology (like ball-tracking with LBW reviews) it would probably be straight forward, but it wasn't easy back then.

[@krispynachos9980]

@@BobHutton Shane warne the king of spin

[@BobHutton]

@@krispynachos9980 This has what relevance to bent elbows? (A leg-spinner bending their elbow would be a distinct disadvantage).

[@f0urstr1ng]

Another similarity is that actual play time is relatively short in comparison to the total game time, most of the time being spent changing batters and preparing to deliver the ball.

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

While playing time in cricket in the shortest format starts with when players come to the field until a winner is decided with drinks and innings break in between, about total 30-45mins. Total playtime is 3 and half hours on average breaks included

[@sbshuklaca]

CRICKET IS THE BEST

[@Ak_JOKE]

Cricket 🏏

[@kingspeechless1607]

A minor point is that in cricket "innings" is always plural, it is never "inning". This video is talking about 'limited overs', one innings games. Longer versions do not have restrictions on number of balls to faced.

[@flamingfrancis]

One is singular the other is the plural for. The cricket convention is incorrect.

[@rocketrabble6737]

​@flamingfrancis But, it is correct for cricket, and cricket is older than baseball.

[@aaravsharma1998]

There is LBW out also in cricket and the wickets are not only of wood, there is also full toss in cricket in which ball does not bounce.There is a thing called hatrick in which a bowler get three wickets in three balls but in continuous balls

[@rocketrabble6737]

One small cultural difference is that in cricket it is never "inning", it is ALWAYS 'innings' even when talking about a single 'innings'.

[@ankitca4008]

Even after watching this I didn't understand much about base ball. But it sounded simple as ball doesn't hit ground

[@kingspeechless1607]

It is obvious to an observer that in both of the games the distance between a) 'the pitcher's plate and the home plate' (60" 6') in baseball, and b) the distance from wicket to wicket (66") in cricket, is neither the actual distance between the release point of the pitcher or the bowler to the batter. Both are significantly shorter than the dimensions shown in the rules of baseball and the Laws of cricket.

[@duxandrespasha]

In cricket it is even shorter with spinners as batsmen move a step forward while the baseball batter is more limited in where they can stand.

[@rocketrabble6737]

@@duxandrespasha Of course, but with slow spinners reaction is less critical. It is more remarkable that some batsmen of the modern T20 era are prepared to give fast bowlers the 'charge.'

[@flamingfrancis]

@@duxandrespasha you mean when the bowlers are delivering at maybe 80kph?

[@duxandrespasha]

@flamingfrancis yes. And yet it doesn't mean it's "easy" or there wouldn't be edged - and - caught, or stumped.

[@kingspeechless1607]

One minor difference is that, in cricket, we always say 'innings', and never 'inning'. Even if it is just one, it is still 'inningS.'

[@duxandrespasha]

I live in a country where baseball is only second to soccer, but I prefer cricket. Even though here only the hyper rich in upper class clubs play it.

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

Country Name?

[@duxandrespasha]

@@MeowjesticMeowgician Mexico. The only cricket clubs are very upper class. Whereas baseball fields are, while not as common as common as soccer, easily accessible to everyone

[@planetearth6621]

@@duxandrespasha Never knew cricket is played in Mexico, nice.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

The only thing the 2 sports have in common is the bat-ball dynamic. Americans wanting to learn about cricket are better served by not looking at it through the prism of baseball. Most cricket fans understand baseball well enough.

[@nobody.15]

most of the cricket clips are taken from BPL (Bangladesh Premier League). Why??

[@rocketrabble6737]

Why not? Does it matter for an 'educational' video?

[@thanku21]

Cricket mainly has got 2 formats test & Odi & other 2 formats as well which are t20 & t10, the shorter version of Odi(50 over game).

[@AndrewOrnelas-y6c]

Why does the video show the batter running towards 3rd and not towards 1st. Also why is the catcher throwing in the same direction after the strickout has been registered?

[@charliezard729]

If youre referring to 2:42 , the batter is jogging back towards the dugout (bench where other batters are waiting) because he has been struck out - his turn to bat is over. He isn’t competitively running to a base. His dugout just happens to be on the 3rd baseman side. Then, the catcher throwing towards 3rd is throwing the ball “around the horn”. This is done after a strikeout when no other men are on base as it’s sort of just a tradition or a celebration after a strikeout, but also to keep the fielders warm/loose/ready. The 3rd baseman usually then throws it to the 2nd baseman, who throws it to the 1st baseman, who throws it back to the catcher or pitcher.

[@mzaliwa]

Many of these cricket descriptions omit the concept of an over. This is a series of six deliveries (balls) bowled by one bowler from one end of the pitch. After this there is a change of bowler and the new bowler bowls from the other end of the pitch. AT this time all the fielders move over to the opposite end of the field. The batsmen stay where they ended up after any runs scored after the last delivery. This leads to a tactical game whereby an established batsman with his eye in, if paired with a teammate more known for bowling than batting skills, will endeavour to score a single run on the last ball to put himself in position to face the new bowler.

[@gamejunoon]

I follower of cirket, so knowledge about baseball zero before watching this ,but know something about 05%😂

[@Smortguy739]

I am I baseball fan and now I know 5% of criket

[@SutekhDaSteemroller]

Growing up in Trinidad and NYC I played both growing up. Batting in Baseball is harder. Baseball is biased towards the pitching and defense side. While cricket favors batting. Doesn't mean batting is easy. Hitting a yorker from a pace bowler is extremely difficult. But overall you can hit more different types of shots in cricket that can score you runs. In Baseball it's much easier to ground or fly out even on a terrible pitch from a pitcher.

[@salmantalukder8349]

🏏🏏🏏

[@overpoweredits24]

Baseball hai meri jaan ❤

[@lenkilby7212]

Quadruple play in baseball is impossible. Once 3 outs are recorded, the (half) inning is over. No more outs are counted. You can't carry them over to the next inning.

[@sayansaha7527]

Cricket and Baseball are like causin brothers😅😅

[@krispynachos9980]

I've played both and Baseball is definitely harder, especially hitting the ball. You only really get 3 chances to make good solid contact and then you have to hit the ball in play. Foul balls don't count. Hitting a home run is crazy hard, the fields are generally bigger than a cricket pitch also. In cricket the ball is bigger and the bat has a bigger surface area, you are allowed to leave balls and can allow yourself more time at the crease to "get your eye in" and the field is also 360 degrees. Pitching and bowling are both very difficult and precise skills to master. You can't compare the 2 they are equally as difficult in there own right. As for fielding baseballers need have far more accurate and stronger throws.

[@briansukhu4392]

I disagree with your last point. In cricket fielders are now throwing from far distances and dislodging stumps

[@akshat_khare]

You haven't played cricket . The ball is smaller in cricket. Baseball is just inverted cricket , in cricket focus is on batsman while in baseball pitcher is in focus .

[@krispynachos9980]

@akshat_khare lol okay bro...."haven't played cricket" cricket ball is bigger, google it son.

[@krispynachos9980]

@akshat_khare "you haven't played cricket" okay bro. Cricket ball is heavier is what I meant. Doesn't need much to smash a boundary

[@krispynachos9980]

@@briansukhu4392 google "mutant throw mlb"

[@bikershub9680]

Cricket is far more Better ❤

[@TripInternational-e6p]

I'm cricket lover.

[@kingspeechless1607]

The 66 feet given as the reaction distance in cricket is essentially wrong. The 66' is the distance from wicket to wicket; in front of each wicket is a white crease line 4 feet from the stumps, and this is where the bowler bowls from and generally the batsman is standing on, or in front of that line, at the other end, when receiving the ball. In reality the reaction distance is more like 58 feet or less.

[@flamingfrancis]

By the Laws of Cricket, it isn't mandatory where the bowler bowls from...it is the maximum allowed for the bowler to step when in delivery stride. You will find vision of a bowler legally delivering from well behind the line of the stumps

[@rocketrabble6737]

​@@flamingfrancisBowlers generally strive to bowl close to the limit of the popping crease, as long as they have something behind it. There is actually a limit on how far back a bowler can release the ball from. It is very rare but I have seen a bowler deliver the ball from behind the umpire. Not all umpires stand the same distance back, of course, but if the umpire cannot see where it is released from, he or she will call 'dead ball'.

[@NO_NAME029]

Why all cricket clips are taken from Bangladesh cricket league

[@jitendrameghwal0832]

They seem similar but skill difference is massive. Cricket require more skills in ever area.

[@Dawird]

😂

[@Dawird]

Not at all it's just because you're interested in cricket more than baseball

[@jitendrameghwal0832]

@@Dawird says who never watched cricket 😁 . A batter in cricket requires more skills than baseball. A bowler requires more skills than a pitcher , fielders requires more skills in cricket even a wicket keeper/ catcher requires more skills in cricket . More importantly a viewer requires more skills 😎

[@Dawird]

@@jitendrameghwal0832 yeah right, says the guy who never watched a single baseball game. Gimme a break lol

[@jitendrameghwal0832]

@@Dawird i have watched enough tell me right now what requires more skills. we don't wear gloves 😁

[@ankitca4008]

How many countries play baseball & how many cricket...Does anyone know?

[@TehStormOG]

australia is the only one with a professional league in both I think

[@GimpNinja-ue8ml]

100 countries play Baseball Japan the Netherlands Taiwan and Italy

[@GimpNinja-ue8ml]

108 countries play cricket

[@fireashes]

These are the countries that qualified to play T20 World Cup 2024 in USA Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Canada England India Ireland Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Scotland South Africa Sri Lanka Uganda United States of America West Indies* * West Indies is not a country. It is made up of Caribbean countries as 1 team

[@flamingfrancis]

There are 190 nations affiliated with the global baseball body, the WBSC. According to the ICC there are less than 130 nations under its' governance. Detaills sourced from both web sites.

[@sameetonline]

Isn't there a concept in baseball similar to the no ball or wide ball in cricket? Otherwise, in baseball, a pitcher may deliberately come more in front (no ball in cricket) or throw the ball out of the batsmans reach (wide ball)... in baseball, throwing the ball out of the batsmans reach could be a crucial factor, as missing the ball 3 times is out, right?

[@Morningstar_Aakarshak16]

Dude in baseball there is a strike zone and if the pitcher throws out of the strike zone it's not a strike

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

​​@cricketexplained8526 now explain to him when the batsman commits a foul and when and why it's a strike or not. This troubled me the most to understand as a cricket fan who never watched baseball

[@flamingfrancis]

@@Morningstar_Aakarshak16 it follows that a batter can bat to a full count...three balls / 2 strikes. After that they can hit a fair hit or strike out (called or swung) or be given a walk. Could also be hit by pitch and walk or if injured a replacement batter assumes the count.

[@ianahles8099]

Does a quadruple play in baseball mean that the batting team starts their next inning with an out?

[@jstnrgrs]

It's an error in the video. There's no such thing as a quadruple play because after three outs, the inning is over.

[@KurisuBlaze]

@@jstnrgrs That's if the umpires are paying attention. There is the rare case that they aren't, and there probably has been a case of four outs in the lower leagues.

[@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042]

@@KurisuBlaze If you have the opportunity to get all 4 players out, take it. They may eventually rule that one of the earlier outs doesn't count, but it's still 3 outs because of the extra.

[@johnlbirch]

One thing a lot of the videos that compare baseball to cricket always miss out is that in cricket deliberately bowling at the batter's body or head is a legitimate tactic, whereas in baseball it seems discouraged. This may be because your - and similar - videos concentrate on one-day cricket where the rules often limit (but certainly do not eliminate) the use of such tactics, but even in one-day cricket bowlers will bowl occasional fast balls that bounce up at body or head level to surprise or intimidate batter, or force a reflexive shot to give an easy catch. In two-innings "test" or "first-class" cricket - or even in amateur cricket played in towns or villages around the country every weekend - the tactic is much more common. Isn't it dangerous? Yes. Cricketers have died - including at least one heir to the throne (which is why George III became king, and not his older, more talented, brother).

[@mumair51]

It seems baseball is very simple and easy game as compared to cricket. Pitcher has to throw ball at batsman only at specific area so batter already knows where pitcher would be throwing ball at him. Secondly only surprise that pitcher can give to batter is to swing ball in the air. So it makes sense in baseball if batter cant hit ball 3 times when it is pitched in right area than batter is considered out. But in Cricket it is really hard for batter to hit the bowl because Pitcher/ bowler has many ways in which he can throw ball to the batsman. Firstly he can throw ball at any part of batters body forexample he can throw at his head,chest,arms,thighs,legs,foot which I dont think is possible in Baseball. Secondly pitcher can not only swing ball either left or right in the air but also has option to change the direction of ball after hitting the ground in either left or right direction which makes really hard for batter to know which way ball will go. So it makes sense in cricket that batter doesnt get out if he fails to hit the ball or misses the ball 3 times. Similarly cricket bat is rectangular in shape so it helps batter. But to not give to much undue advantage to the batter in cricket, 3 wooden wickets are placed behind the batter and batsman has to make sure that he doesnt misses the ball and ball hits the wicket because if ball hits the wickets or his legs if it his infront of wickets the he is considered out. Lastly batsman has option of not only hitting out of the boundary wall to score home run(6 runs) but he also has option to strike bowl to the ground till it reaches the boundary wall and it is counted as 4 runs. Thats why in cricket average score you see in cricket is around 250 for an innings.

[@마라탕-k9c]

I don't think you can say that it's easy to hit if you see a 100-mile ball?

[@human6729]

​@cricketexplained8526same score and chasing and bowler to batter matching as left and right to left and right hand spinner ,fast bowler,fieler placement how to put dot balls and make pressure to make him or inverse he hits and makes pressure on them.

[@Jesus-Loves-You_T]

@@human6729baseball pitches are faster and can go from behind and above your head to a perfect pitch in a second, the curve and speed in baseball is harder

[@Bane03X]

The strike zone is very wide lol. The batter has no idea where the ball will go and there are different types of pitches at different speeds. If you saw 3 98 mph fastballs and then you saw a change up or slider at 85 mph, it would mess you up. If you can’t play baseball in real life, try mlb the show atleast to get an understanding.

[@amit6844]

Baseball- Arithmetic Cricket- Calculas

[@kingspeechless1607]

Calculus

[@beingxrehan]

Baseball was created by the mixture of Cricket and Rounders. It was an easy imitation and was made for kids. No way closer to the level of Calculus and Arithmetic.

[@bhavishkumar1865]

Baseball

[@YobboBear]

As always the 66 foot length of a cricket pitch is misleading as that is the length stumps to stumps. Batters stand in front of the stumps, and bowlers bowl from the popping crease in front of the stumps. This means the distance is the same as baseball.

[@jstnrgrs]

The pitcher in baseball only keeps one foot on the rubber. He steps well forward with his other foot. The batter stands next to, not behind home plate. so the actual distance between where he releases the ball and the batter is much less than 60' 6". Baseball pitches are faster too. But with no bounce, it's tricky to figure out the best way to compare reaction times.

[@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042]

Full tosses in cricket (when the ball doesn't bounce) are considered fairly easy to hit so I would say in that regard the bounce is a really big and important part of the game. Most dismissals of batters in cricket come from when the ball bounces in a way the batter doesn't expect and does not have enough time to react. A batter can get a good idea what the ball is going to do from the moment it is released, but when the ball is bouncing inconsistently it is extremely difficult to hit. The score in cricket is most often related to the condition of the pitch. Consistent bounce means high scores and low wickets. Inconsistent bounce means low scores, lots of wickets and short games.

[@electronwave4551]

@@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 That is supported by what I've seen when first class cricketers have a try (for the cameras) at baseball and they manage reasonably well, whereas baseballers struggle at cricket.

[@whattiler5102]

@@jstnrgrs It is about the same because from the bowler's release point to a batsman playing on the front foot is probably around 54-56 feet. I doubt that this is merely a coincidence, it is likely to be a significant distance in terms of human biomechanics.

[@rocketrabble6737]

It's actually less. Popping crease to popping crease is 58 feet but the batsman is generally well in front of that and the bowler's hand can be in front as well, as long as part of his foot is behind at the release point.

[@yugiohisthebest2819]

CRICEKT = THE BEST

[@vandeleur]

Methods of dismissal: Cricket has 10 ways (used to be 11) in which a batter can be out. How does this compare with Baseball?

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

There is a couple ways, some similiar to cricket. Strike-out: when a player misses 3 pitches thrown inside the strikezone. The strikezone is a rectangular area defined by the width of the home plate and the rough distance between batter’s hip and armpits. Foul balls(ball is hit but not into the field of play) count as strikes up to 2 strikes, after which no more foul balls are counted as strikes. Whether a pitch is a strike or a ball(pitch thrown outside the strike zone) is called by the homeplate umpire that stands behind the catcher, a defender supposed to catch any not-hit pitch. Thrown-out: The defense is able to touch the base with a played ball before a runner is able to touch it. Tagged out: A defender can touch the runner with a played ball Caught out, often called fly out by announcers: the ball is hit and caught out of the air by a defender, it doesn’t matter if the ball would have landed in play or foul.

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

Usually it's 5

[@ShenulWeerasinghe]

Cricket is famous more than baseball

[@EM-ic1yp]

Bro, that’s all India

[@memeschiller]

​@@EM-ic1yp Its all SubContinent

[@EM-ic1yp]

@@memeschiller Yes, the Indian Subcontinent

[@Stunning_duo]

​@@EM-ic1ypindian is not subcontinent 😂

[@EM-ic1yp]

@@Stunning_duo Yeah it is

[@mustafasaleem503]

Cricket❤❤❤

[@barshalimbu3620]

'As nepali we actually don't know about baseball...😅

[@AshikMondal-tu5uz]

Cricket 🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏

[@ChorizoFungis]

😴😴

[@flamingfrancis]

A few points...some of which the regular naysayers won't like to hear. You failed to mention the most significant difference between the two balls. Both balls are very similar in weight and circumference (look at allowable specifications) The seam of baseball is twice the length of cricket ball and helps pitchers gain more purchase on the cross seams. No such a thing as a four seam delivery in cricket and horseshoe pattern allows for more spin / curve to be generated. The elite cricket organisations...CA, ECB, BCCI, IPL have all employed or employ accredited baseball coaches who have made significant improvements to fielding especially in the T20 cricket game. They have also taught several pitchers' grips like knuckle ball, fork ball, changeup which have brought change to the game. The skills from baseball can be traced back to some great Australian cricketers like Victor Trumper who played baseball for the club just outside the SCG. Victor was also the first ever batsman to hit a century in a Test match session (two hours) We Aussies have a long and distinguished participation in both sports and we could select a complete national baseball team from past cricketers. We have also produced around 40 MLB players and many Minor League plus NCAA players. I've played, umpired and coached both sports in voluntary capacities and for a looooong time and feel it is my job to educate those that do not know and especially those who only choose to denigrate either sport. I volunteered at Sydney Olympics in a similar capacity

[@saurishghosh2142]

...Cricket balls are way more harder and at least 10% heavier. Baseball's ball has wool and rubber beneath the leather with a small cork centre, and cricket balls are almost all hard cork and leather. cricket-ball's seam is arguably more proud too.

[@kingspeechless1607]

Yes, but the 'equatorial' raised seam of the cricket ball is an essential part of the bowlers' strategy. it is used as a 'rudder' in controlling the direction of lateral movement in the air before bouncing on the ground when it can produce lateral movement off the pitch. The seam is also used for grip and direction by the spinners. Additionally the bowler can rotate the ball so that it does not bounce off the seam and so bounces differently.

[@kingspeechless1607]

@@saurishghosh2142 The traditional composition of the baseball was basically the same as a cricket ball apart from the density and the seam structure.

[@saurishghosh2142]

@ not same, again saying : "Baseball's ball has wool and rubber beneath the leather", that makes baseball's ball squeezable, cricket ball is hard as rock. no comaprison. Baseball is much safer as a sport.

[@plxpereti6893]

1. Football 2. Cricke 3. Hockey(ice hockey & field hockey) 4. Tennis 5. Volley ball 6.Table tennis 7. Bascketball 8. Rugby 9. Boxing 10. Horse Racing & Equestrian Where is baseball🤣🤣

[@lezurrbolt4308]

Brutal truth !!! But the Americans & some baseball playing Nations will Not accept this fact ...😂

[@plxpereti6893]

@@lezurrbolt4308 haha bro😂🤣

[@くくしきけれ-c1t]

Sports in developing countries

[@fordastreeets8019]

You would be surprise because baseball is definitly growing. In fact Japan has a lot history in Baseball. Most Latin Countries play baseball. Some of the pacific is familiar with baseball as welll

[@ChorizoFungis]

@@lezurrbolt4308there’s like 1 million Arjun’s, not our fault indians have like 10 kids

[@raumshen9298]

Baseball is funny

[@windystorm9957]

Baseball is harder, what do you mean funny. And there are more variations of skill needed in baseball. Speed Stealing Throwing 100mph(cricket players throw 70mph) Having to aim in the diamond(cricket players can hit it anywhere and it isn't a foul) Aim in throwing(cricket players barely have to throw anything) Decision making(cricket players only have 1 area they should throw to)

[@SecularShadow]

I didnt knew PEople with 0 IQ also existed . You need to Show yourself to a doctor And check your Emptybrain . It is 10x hard ER for a Cricket Player to Bowl Than a baseball Player . Because bowlers come in categories like fast And spin . You should Go to KZbin And see Shane warne spin bowling . It was almost impossible to know where the Bowl lands when the spinner is doing a Bowl . Thats because a spinner used tricks to confuse the batsmen . Lets say the bowller is bowling from leg side And it is piching in leg side but the batsmen tries to defend it And it suddenly changes tragedry And goes to off side hitting the stumps .

[@ShrawanKori-i4n]

Cricket is far more harder then baseball

[@windystorm9957]

@ShrawanKori-i4n not really, alot of cricket players over-exagarrate when talking about cricket difficulty. Baseball: 4 bases to pass just for 1 run, making batting also include much more athleticism Closer mound, meaning harder for batter Smaller Bat which makes it difficult 95mph average fastball speed and 86mph slider and cutters(watch one if you think it's too slow) Pitchers stand on one spot which makes it VERY hard to throw above 90mph, making it need so much mechanics and training to get the near perfect throw. 9 fielders making it so hard for batters even if they shoot it out the outfield. Cricket players try to bat in baseball and call it easy but there are actually 4 bases, 9 fielders with gloves,450feet field, and incredible base running tactics needed. ---- Also, cricket bats are LARGE and flat, so it's a large advantage for the cricket batter.

[@kingspeechless1607]

@@windystorm9957 Cricket 'bowlers' are not allowed to "throw" the ball, they have to bowl it. This means, very basically, that you cannot bowl with a bend in the arm and then straighten it in the final stages to impart force, which is essentially the definition of a throw. You either have to bowl with a straight arm that is straight all the way through, or a bent arm that stays bent. If a bowler does throw a ball whilst bowling he/she is called as bowling a 'no ball', the opposition are awarded a run (or two in some formats) and the bowler has to bowl that ball again. As regards speed, 70 mph wouldn't be top speed even in amateur cricket until you get well down the league structures. The bowing speeds actually range from say, 45 mph (not many at that speed) , up to the very quickest at 100 mph (not many bowlers at that speed). You have to grasp that the evolved requirements of each game are different. In baseball there are few runs but lots of outs. In cricket it is the other way round; lots of runs and few outs! It is futile followers of one of these trying to outdo the other sport. They are different and different attributes are valued.

[@World_of_wide]

BPL

[@ミョウガ-h6b]

まあ野球を理解できない人用のスポーツって感じだね

[@kingspeechless1607]

Logically, the opposite also applies! I understand baseball; I used to follow it, but cricket will always be my #1.

[@ps93747]

Khangress mukt bharath 🎉❤

[@agmmarketing4466]

congress?

[@ps93747]

@@agmmarketing4466 they are mulla party so khangress

[@achillesgamer7941]

​@@ps93747 Endi bayya ni badha. Prasantham ga vadiley mamalni

[@ps93747]

@@achillesgamer7941 ipdi pipdi pupde pu endra po

[@sachin3930]

Kahin b hag do😂

[@aroma5145]

BRO FORGOTTEN NO BALL

[@raumshen9298]

Baseball needs stumps

[@kingspeechless1607]

It does strike me as surprising that it never adopted something similar in the formative days.

[@TripInternational-e6p]

I don't believe basbll mast Like a cricket

[@whattiler5102]

??????

[@josephgriffith2763]

What’s a quadruple play

[@thejesusaurus6573]

There is no inning in Cricket, its an innings even when singular.

[@overpoweredits24]

Baseball have 9 inngings

[@salmakhatun4920]

Football

[@salman_jahfer]

Man where did football come from

[@salmakhatun4920]

@@salman_jahfer no sir only interment.

[@kingspeechless1607]

@@salmakhatun4920 "interment?"

[@cktlover3838]

football is boring game

[@kn2549]

So in cricket, they use wider flat bats and know where the ball is coming due to where the wickets are standing? And they wear face guards? Sounds like a really easy sport for any baseball player lmao

[@SecularShadow]

Well ,spin bowlers can spin the ball , pacers can swing the ball and don’t forget that if you get hit in the d##k then nothing will happen and game will be continued.

[@SecularShadow]

In cricket you need to hit 360 degree as there are 9 feilders that can be stretched in any corner of the field . In cricket the average speed of ball is around 140 to 160 km/hr for pace and 90 to 120 km/hr for spin .

[@SecularShadow]

In baseball , it is easy to know where the ball will land but in cricket it is impossible for a newbie to know where the ball is . The baller could do a off break or doosra or in swing or out swing to change the tragedy of the ball .

[@kn2549]

@@SecularShadow Yea same for baseball. If the pitcher hits the batter, he gets punished for having horrible command. If the batter hits a line drive and plunks a fielder, the play goes on like nothing.

[@kn2549]

@@SecularShadow Hit 360 degrees? So a “foul ball” in baseball could be considered a hit in cricket? Wow sounds easy! And 140-160km/hr for a fastball is about the average range for baseball as well. 90-120 km/hr for a ball with movement is a bit too slow for baseball 😂

[@everycg]

Play soccer guys!

[@905SONICking]

I did, I'll pass. Go find better sports.

[@Viratkohli__69]

Cricket is best ❤

[@everycg]

These two games are so dumb.

[@mustafasaleem503]

Hey your mean respect every sport

[@overpoweredits24]

Baseball hai meri jaan ❤

[@faaizahmed5773]

Cricket hai meri jaan ❤

[@overpoweredits24]

@@faaizahmed5773 great

[@manh385]

​@@overpoweredits24 The lack of hitting the ball & runs, the Runner needing to run no matter when he hit the ball into the field, So many fouls when hitting the ball, etc ... are making Baseball less entertaining compared to Cricket

[@overpoweredits24]

@@manh385 par teri kiyu jalri hai?

[@archanapoali3241]

BaseBall ⚾ is the best

[@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276]

Cricket >>>>

[@rocketrabble6737]

Even if you are right (which you aren't) that should be 'cricket is better'; you are comparing two things!

[@manh385]

The lack of hitting the ball & runs, the Runner needing to run no matter when he hit the ball into the field, So many fouls when hitting the ball, etc ... are making Baseball less entertaining compared to Cricket

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

​@@manh385💯💯💯

[@EldarTitan-tu9pc]

Cricket so boring

[@AnkitThakur-c3d]

No way bro cricket is more interesting I understand both game but cricket is awesome

[@entertainmentbox4655]

@eldartitan it depends on the format you watch mate.

[@ShrawanKori-i4n]

What a joke

[@kingspeechless1607]

@@entertainmentbox4655 Yes, tests will always be the most gripping format!

[@entertainmentbox4655]

@@kingspeechless1607 ok

[@Too_Harsh01]

Hey no offense but... baseball 😂😂😂😂🤡

[@jojomasipa379]

How about we only think what the two sports have in common - much shorter list Both have a bat and a ball, and that I'd about it. It is two completely different sports Why don't you compare ice hockey and synchronize ice skating Both on ice ⛸️

[@memeschiller]

Rules are different, but main thing is common, hit & run.

[@alanprouse2193]

Baseball is a very simple game . It has to be so Americans can understand it.

[@amilaperera812]

Cricket is hard because of rules but simple after understand basic theorys and beautiful to see it👌

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

Cricket rules are far simpler wth

[@alanprouse2193]

@@MeowjesticMeowgician with what?

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

@@alanprouse2193 with more freedom to play shots (360) and bowl (pitch) on the ground, the body, slower, quicker and wider than strike zone.

[@MeowjesticMeowgician]

@@alanprouse2193 Australia and South Africa world Cup match is going on right now, why not take a look after watching a short video of rules of cricket in yt