Baseball vs Cricket - Which sport is better? ⚾🏏

Which sport is better? Baseball or Cricket?
This video comprises of research done to disprove the many myths surrounding each sport and come up to my own conclusion as to which sport is superior or objectively better.
The answer may actually surprise you.
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[@NinhLyUK]

🍿 POPCORN AT THE READY FOLKS! 🍿 It’s fun to destroy haters, and if they haven’t left dislikes after watching 13 seconds of the video - they’ll no doubt leave their negative comments (and call me all sorts of insulting names to boot). Even though comparing the two is rather quite pointless as mentioned in the video, they’ll still do it. All for your entertainment! 🤣

[@bentomasic4453]

I think it's important to mention that there are limits to the number of beanballs/bouncers that can be used per over in cricket. So it isn't an unlimited gaunlet all the time. Of course what differentiates a short length ball from a bouncer is subjective though and at the discretion to the umpire.

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

calm down everybody! They both suck!

[@dontaescisson7472]

Can you Compare Lacrosse and Hockey??

[@bh9550]

Both games are great

[@lucatedesco5171]

@@bentomasic4453 actually, most baseball games are about 3 hours long. 4 hour games are a rarity in the regular season, but are a little more common in the playoffs.

[@sequoiaspencer3808]

In the West Indies/Caribbean we grew up playing cricket everyday in school

[@henryjw15]

British Caribbean cricket, Spanish Caribbean baseball.

[@falihsaukhan5365]

@@henryjw15 spot on, as in east asia is baseball and in south asia (subcontinent) is cricket. Oh dont forget to mention dutch Caribbean colonies where baseball is huge there

[@mehnaztaj172]

India too

[@adityaunde4134]

Big fan of Chris Gayle and DJ Bravo from India

[@haihuachen2627]

@@falihsaukhan5365 This weekend, in East Asia ( or should I say North East Asia ) a professional baseball player, first hit, a grand slam. but he is not a high school big kid, he is already 29 . ex Indians player.

[@lewx-ui3lz]

A ball without pitching (like Baseball) is the easiest ball to hit (in Cricket). I play Baseball as well as Cricket.. Cricket is way more difficult than you think... There are lot of other things you not discussed which makes Cricket Difficult.....

[@aduts1177]

He has no idea what it takes to be a fast bowler or a good batsman in cricket.totally biased video

[@pranavgandhar4604]

I am no cricket fan I honestly accept hitting baseball is difficult than cricket ball But this logic cant be applied in cricket to understand , it is designed different, he even doesnt know how cricket is analysed They havent even compare bowling !!! This is pure american mentality of superiority on other culture !!with biased anaylysis !! I am worrying about that baseball batter , if he goes in cricket field with overconfidence Surely he will get injured with fairplay in rules of cricket he should blame this video

[@vjlamo7840]

Also weather is main factors in cricket for swing bowler

[@tackogronday]

@@pranavgandhar4604 Actually I was going to thank the creator because he's posing this as NEITHER are superior. He literally said they are different sports and can't really compare. Invented at the same time in the same place, they just went different ways. You start your comment off with the supposition that cricket is better. YOU are the flaw here, not the video. "Oh that poor little baseball player doesn't know what he's getting into" Get over yourself.

[@flamingfrancis]

@@pranavgandhar4604 Cricket does not have any RULES....learn your very basics first....Cricket 101.

[@sadevkoirala]

You completely forgot the fact that cricket balls can change the trajectory once it is bounced,that makes hitting more complicated and hard.

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

We change trajectories of the ball with different grips and speeds as well.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@RLSmith-jt8qj You do. It's pretty insane actually.

[@glue12324]

It happens in Baseball as well. Remember that the knuckle ball in cricket was inspired by baseball too

[@arneshpal7702]

@@RLSmith-jt8qj no lol

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

@@arneshpal7702 yeah...lol

[@shadowmane20]

I grew up playing baseball, and I love the game. I just recently (in the last week) discovered the nuances of Cricket. A video explaining Cricket in Baseball terms helped me immensely. I believe both games have something to offer, and I'm becoming a fan of Cricket. It doesn't mean I'm abandoning baseball. Just diversifying.

[@cricketexplained8526]

It's good that you're peering over the fence. Cricket has always lived in parallel with baseball in America, just cricket faded after WW1, it was popular before then.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

@@cricketexplained8526 Cricket is very confusing. And I also don't even understand how the fans can see what's going on as the ball is small and the wickets too and the fans are so far away.

[@qaziumer8994]

@@nofurtherwest3474 bruh in cricket nations kids play cricket before knowing how to ride 3 wheels bycycle 💀 and our kids have a plastic bat and ball before going kindergarten 💀

[@nofurtherwest3474]

@@qaziumer8994 that doesn't answer my questions

[@tazbidsiddiqui2080]

@@nofurtherwest3474 better to watch on telly tbh

[@lucatedesco5171]

I'm a baseball fan and I have to say that cricket is ABSOLUTLEY FASCINATING to watch.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes I agree.

[@DennyThePanther]

IKR

[@Neo-og3rx]

@@NinhLyUK I can tell you 6-7 nations name where cricket is most popular sport. You tell me just 3 nations name where baseball is most popular sport .

[@yydd4954]

@@Neo-og3rx bro obviously he can't Australia wins in baseball imagine they give no shit about baseball Cricket is most popular there alongside afl

[@Neo-og3rx]

@@yydd4954 Yes Australian people don't even know about baseball maybe(I am not an Australian) But Cricket is most popular sport in 6-7countries, in some other countries cricket is top 2 sport.And 105 countries are ICC associate members..after that cricket is fastest growing sport in 5to10 countries.they need to know that

[@potatodragon69420]

can we just a have a moment of silence for Livingstone who got hit it in the ball 2 times

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes indeed. RIP: Testicles.

[@mehakpreetsinghsohi4428]

This happens in cricket commonly. It happens to every cricketer almost 1 time in his whole career

[@potatuwu5844]

@Khandaker MURSHED still hurts

[@mohuuul2524]

@@mehakpreetsinghsohi4428 Happens to Liam Livingstone about every game though lmao

[@Knnn1966]

@@potatuwu5844 It won't hurt at all unless you are wearing a loose cup that hangs only on your bits

[@jacklong1844]

The sports science video that reaction times of a Baseball batter and a Cricket Batsman has been criticized for being biased towards Baseball as the Cricketer demonstrated was quite a low tier by American Cricket standards (the same thing happened in the American Football vs Rugby e[isode in which they compared an NFL cornerback with an amateur rugby team in LA)

[@BlueLiberty20]

I know right, and what’s worse is that the United States actually has some half decent rugby players they could have used including ones that can knock out Owen Farrel, yet they still choose to use the shittest players they can find. It’s almost like they’re intentionally trying to be biased.

[@louclarcen5690]

I'm from the USA and am a big fan of both. I got into cricket out of curiosity in middle school and played with South Asian students in college. Baseball is my first love and my favorite, but cricket is amazing too. I hope both sports increase their global popularity. Too much soccer around the world! I support "athletic diversity".

[@lezurrbolt4308]

Great thinking ❤ Athletic diversity " every sports and every sportsman deserve Respect coz they work hard for their countries.. 😘

[@YoRHa_SAIYAN]

cricket is Popular in England, Scotland, Ireland, England, Netherland , Almost all South Asia country, Australia, newzealand while baseball is popular only in USA

[@rohanmarkjay]

@@YoRHa_SAIYAN Not true baseball is just as much popular in Canada, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Japan are countries where Baseball is extremely popular and played at a very high level. But thats already 9 countries. Almost as many as number of countries that have cricket test status. Also at 2nd tier level Spain, Italy, Panama, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, South Africa are just below that. Notice two countries there are also cricket playing countries where there national cricketers have also tried their hand at baseball before they took up cricket like Allan Border or Ian Chappell and South African cricketers too have played baseball before they took up cricket. By the way I am a cricket fan and I am know 10 countries play cricket at a very high level or test status level. I like bat and ball sports. I also like beside baseball. Softball played mostly by women but would a lot of fun to play.

[@VishwasRavindran]

all the countries you mentioned hardly gets noticied in world.@@rohanmarkjay

[@SANATANI1850]

@@YoRHa_SAIYANYES bro most incresing sport in usa is cricket

[@anuragyadav9910]

Cricket became more difficult in test matches it test your skill patience and mental toughness

[@pranavgandhar4604]

Bro this Survey is done by american😂😂 So dont expect it should be unbiased😂😂

[@flamingfrancis]

@@pranavgandhar4604 And all the other responses (except mine) are by Indians / Pakistanis who simply do not like baseball because they want to see it as American. The first World champions at baseball was the UK.

[@albertjoefrancy7309]

@@pranavgandhar4604 ya bro it is done by ppl who call football as soccer

[@albertjoefrancy7309]

@@flamingfrancis u guys copied rugby made some changes and named it American football , meanwhile u call football as soccer while rest of the world is calling it as football , cricket was played from 14 the century mean while u guys copied cricket made some changes made it baseball in 17th or 18th century.

[@user-jj2cu8gq4u]

@@albertjoefrancy7309 that’s how sports are made around the world. People make their own variation of how to play. Then overtime it becomes a different sport

[@BlueLiberty20]

According to what I researched, in cricket only the wicket keeper gets to wear gloves. The other 10 fielders don’t.

[@RamaChetan]

Yup, That's because they are too close to the batter

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, but the argument that you're useless because you wear a glove is hypocritical given that wicket keepers use them. That's my point.

[@RamaChetan]

@@NinhLyUK Yeah safety should come first in any sport.

[@romduck1283]

@@NinhLyUK It is still harder to catch a ball with your bare hands than it is with using a glove.

[@311Bambino]

@@romduck1283 I mean, baseball are generally hit at an exit velocities 90-95 mph into the field, catching it without a glove would result in broken fingers

[@IbrahimShah]

Ok so let me destroy a few of your points: 1. In cricket only the wicket keeper wears gloves. No one else. While in baseball everyone does. You don't need the person standing towards the outer ring to wear a glove unless you don't know how to catch a ball. 2. It's not all about speed and the size of the bat. Cricket bat is wider because the ball bounces. Adding a lot of uncertainty over the trajectory of the ball. Much easier to predict if it's just in the air. Shoaib akhtars 100mph ball is hence much tougher to play and requires a higher reaction time (since the bounce is also unpredictable) than the 105mph ball coming at you dead straight as a bullet. These are two different sports. You can't compare apples to oranges.

[@j_force.90]

1:38 - 2:08 Yeah It's easy to throw at the other end. But in cricket, Bowlers do not throw the bowl. There are specific rules. You cant bend your elbow below 90' degrees. It's literally easy for you to say😂💔. Try bowling 105Mph without bending your elbow.😂😂😂

[@LORAL-SL]

14 degrees

[@gregadkins2483]

I grew up playing baseball and love the sport, but I think we should all agree that both sports are hard! Hitting a baseball is hard, but I think a ball bouncing off the ground back into the zone with spin would be pretty freaking difficult to hit too.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes indeed. The amount of skills required to play both sports well is insane.

[@pratimchakraborty1926]

Cricket is not all about hitting

[@NeetuSingh-gl1ue]

Cricket is more about patience and persistence. You have to wait for opportunities to score for your team, something which baseball lacks for the majority of the time.

[@sdsd4108]

@@NeetuSingh-gl1ue You don’t swing at everything in baseball,there something Called a strike zone and if the pitch doesn’t go in it,the batter can ignore it and it will be called a “ball” 4 balls allow the batter to go to first base

[@desamster]

@@NeetuSingh-gl1ue To add to the reply above, it's called plate discipline and if you're not a patient hitter, they'll take advantage and make you chase.

[@prashantsharma8978]

There's difference in just the wicketkeeper wearing glove and the whole damn team wearing gloves.

[@adlilzafri2322]

I have a few theories as to why every baseball player has to wear gloves. Keep in mind I've done zero research for this and you're welcome to call me out on my bullshit 1. For protection- Like the video said gloves are used to protect the fielders' hands not just from fly balls, but from throwing the ball to the other fielder. Imagine you have to catch a ball thrown by your teammate at 80+mph it's less dangerous if you caught it with a glove compared to catching with your bare hands. That's why positions like 1st base and catcher have thicker gloves because the ball is usually thrown to them the most. Not to mention that if a baseball is coming straight at a pitcher, he would have a better chance avoiding any injuries if he had a glove on. 2. Reduce errors- Cricket players have my utmost respect for being able to make bare handed catches, but let's not pretend they do it every time an opportunity presents itself. From what I've seen, runs are more frequent in cricket than baseball so they more often than not aren't able to consistently make those catches. 3. To hide pitches from the batter (pitchers only)- Pitchers wear gloves not only to catch but to hide the way they grip the baseball. If the batter can see the grip, they can know what type of pitch is coming and will be prepared for it and will likely hit a homerun. Just ask the Houston Astros.

[@iamyoda6366]

@@adlilzafri2322 baseball have 8 fielders for 90 degree cricket have 11 fielders for 360 degree so obviously chances of scoring runs is more in cricket that's why there are creative catches in cricket history

[@pranavgandhar4604]

@@adlilzafri2322 bro cricket players plays with injury But dont give excuse for catching on the name safety. Cricket ball is hard than baseball . Even playing without injury in cricket requires skill ...

[@pranavgandhar4604]

1. Cricket players catch is harder than baseball Fielders alcan be closer as 5-10m , whilr facing 90-95mph bowlers Sometimes they are close as 2m Also cricket ball is hard wood ball, Cricket has many deatha than of baseball 2. Cricket catch is real beauty than catching with that big net glove 3. Cricket bowlers can hide/mask their grip without help of gloves 4. Cricket ball can go upto 120mph after hard hitting too😂 5.for baseball noobs Cricket batsman is not judged by contacts with ball like this idiot did this in video Cricket needs big runs 100 in white ball in red ball even upto 200-300 by single batsman alone 6. Hitting 1 homerun may be big baseball , in cricket it is very bad if u get out on next ball after hitting six 7. Gets cricket knowledge first then argue , using strategies that works with baseball are compared with cricket❌this is american style analysis Using nonsense logic to show american things higher Their is no match between cricket catch and baseball catch Baseball catch is even not considered as catch.. using that mammoth gloves Cricket may play with broken fingers but dont give excuses like ball is coming fast😂at 120 mph

[@goatboi8823]

@@pranavgandhar4604 balls can be hit up too 193 kph(120mph) in baseball. Average speed of wicket bowlers is said to be 141 kph(88 mph), baseball pitchers are standing still with no run up and are throwing faster, there’s a huge difference in speed of the ball when you have a run up to throw, baseball players normally throw the ball 160+kph(100 mph) with a run up.

[@epsity5124]

Hey Ninh, small correction the distance between the batter and the bowler release point in cricket is about 17.68 as the batter stands at the crease and the bowler releases at the popping crease rather than the wicket to wicket you showed.

[@wyattmund9286]

I'm originally a Baseball fan, and that is my first love. But I've grown to also be a huge Cricket aficionado and appreciate it on its own terms. While at first I used the broad family similarities between the two bat-and-ball sports to get familiar, I now really love Cricket deeply as its own. I still love and just have a bit more fondness and connection to Baseball - but Cricket has become my close second favorite sport and also well cherished.

[@tarequlislam4216]

A cricketer can play Baseball easily but a baseball player can't play cricket easily. In game of cricket you need brain more than body's energy. Cricket is the great invention of Great Britain. Cricket is hundred years older than baseball.

[@wyattmund9286]

@@tarequlislam4216 I mean, I don’t think either sport is easy for either lol. A Baseball bat is much thinner than a Cricket bat, so it’d be difficult for a Cricketer to make contact without any kind of preparation. Likewise, successfully playing shots off of a bowler requires tons of technique that a Baseball player wouldn’t have at all.

[@ColinKillick]

My father, a brit who moved to the US, is a rabid fan of both games (although he's a traditionalist who thinks T20 is heresy.) Growing up over here, Baseball is what I fell for, and intensely so, but I've certainly enjoyed cricket when I've watched it with him, and I've always meant to more thoroughly check it out at some point. They're both brilliant games

[@NinhLyUK]

I totally agree. If you understand both sports, you'll see the merits of both and they're excellent sports.

[@Modassirhassan10]

@@NinhLyUK Naah, Cricket is still much better sports than Baseball :p

[@naturebd6577]

In cricket its all full toss, and its a fun ball.. Coz batsman cam easily hit the ball out of the ground.... But if i take full toss from basball perspective 👉👉 even if u through it directly theres only one thing can happen (air in swing or air out swing/ari down swing or up 🙃). What is actually a normal option for a bowler in cricket. is there any other else bowler can do in baseball?? I dont know actually baseball too much.. Also i have one more thought about baseball (if u want to hit a ball as how u want then why dont u take a perfect bat?? Baseball bat is so tiny, it has only 2 option, either ball will going for home run or it will goes in higher in air) lol 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ but in cricket batsman can play lots of nice tricky shoot without giving strong physical effort.. Thats the one of the nice thing..

[@shadowmane20]

@@naturebd6577 one word. Wormburner. It's what you call a ball that's hit along the ground. Of course, the official name in baseball is a "ground ball".

[@NuisanceMan]

Good for your dad. Personally, I only watch cricket to cure insomnia, but I'm sure if you can get into it it's a fascinating game.

[@MAAKASAKINAKA]

In your first claim, you forgot to consider the fact that in cricket, ball bounces off the pitch and bowlers have the capacity to turn the bowl at very sharp angles to bamboozle the batsman!

[@balvindrasingh1383]

Bro even base ball can turn

[@ThatGuy-sw2xe]

@@balvindrasingh1383 no they can’t. They can swing, but so can cricket balls.

[@flamingfrancis]

90 degrees ? Even the best of spin bowlers could not turn a ball at right angles. BS artist.

[@MAAKASAKINAKA]

@@flamingfrancis They can...provided the pitch is deteriorated. They can use cracks on ground to turn ball viciously. Secondly, 90 degree is a figure of speech.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

@@MAAKASAKINAKA 😂bro

[@oliverqueen5883]

4:32 “A bowler could bounce the ball at your head every ball in the over and it would perfectly legal.” That’s actually not true as they call it ‘one short’ when that happens and after 2 ‘one shorts’ in limited overs matches and 3 in test matches they call a no-ball.

[@wtfexza]

Lmao he is so biased. Doesn't even know the rules

[@oliverqueen5883]

@@wtfexza He doesn't even really like cricket that much. That's the way it seems but I could still be horribly wrong. I'm pretty sure it's impossible for a Brit to dislike cricket.

[@wtfexza]

@@oliverqueen5883 People who find cricket boring are the same people who do not know how the game works

[@NilanjanSaha]

As an Indian living in India I know only so much about baseball. But I know in cricket hitting the ball with a bat doesn't only require power and agility, but also a very high degree of finesse. Shot selection is important as is placement of the ball.

[@jonblankenship5908]

They do have one thing in common they involve breaking windows

[@vishnus2884]

True 😂

[@atharvm708]

u dont get the ball back in india

[@neerajahirwar9056]

@@atharvm708 ya right😂😂

[@mr.l2993]

Also getting hit on balls?

[@NuisanceMan]

@@mr.l2993 In baseball, if you get hit in the crotch by a pitch and awarded first base, this could give new meaning to the expression "base on balls."

[@mikeanderson379]

T20 Cricket is amazing and absolutely scratches the baseball itch.

[@NinhLyUK]

It's a fun game to watch, for sure.

[@Jebowski]

Totally agree. I grew up on baseball, and love watching T20!

[@jamescurran9002]

I knew nothing about Cricket..until I watched a Netflix Documentary on T20 . Listen, if we had T20 when we were kids, I think we( in America) would have had more kids playing T20 Cricket in their back yards than baseball. It's just an easier game to access and play in a pickup game. I think we would have loved it.

[@yydd4954]

@@jamescurran9002 baseball is easier

[@jamescurran9002]

I'm sorry... But this debate over which game is easier, can be settled scientifically and mathematically very easily. First, Have any of you read "Men at Work" by George Will? Read that before you embarrase yourselves further. That's just book. Easy to read. But first, we're talking about in one game, hitting the ball with a wide flat surface in a 360 degree field. As opposed to hitting a round ball 8n a 90 degree field. Right there , baseball wins the argument. But let's go further... In Cricket, you have 11 fielders in that 360 degree field. In baseball, there are 8 in a 90 degree. Therefore, the odds of the ball dropping between fielders is four times as great in Cricket as in Baseball. It would be the equivalent of 32 fielders in the circle. Again Baseball wins. In baseball, players are specialized by position. You don't have left fielders coming in to pitch. Why not? Because a left fielder, or a shortstop or any other position is not as good at pitching as a pitcher who does it full time, has studied his craft. In Cricket, everybody is a pitcher at some point....If they was any good, you'd only have the best one out there, not a collective. When's the last time you saw a Cricket player strike out? I mean take three swings and miss? Or even one swing? It rarely happens. That's because it's easier to make contact with a bowled ball . The percentages are almost infinitely higher in Cricket than Baseball. And I'll end with this... In Cricket ,there's only two stations to defend. In baseball there's four.much more complexity . The difference between a 2-1 count with a man on second base, and 0-2 count with a man on first can be expodential. Nuance...Baseball is a game of infinite nuance that can never be mastered. Cricket is nothing more than Home Run Derby.

[@wyattmund9286]

I’d say in the short term it’s easier to score runs in Cricket. Look at average scores in Baseball, 5-3/2-4/6-1, etc. In Cricket, 234 could be a decent or poor first Innings score depending on context. A lot more “runs” happen in Cricket. I’d say though getting out is far more difficult in Cricket, and that losing a wicket is far more devastating in Cricket than getting a single out in Baseball. Baseball innings require 3 outs, and any given at-bat you are most likely going to be out even if you’re really good. Making it to base in the first place is really good, and unless you hit a home run, that’s all set-up for just 1 possible run. In Cricket, when you go to the crease as a batsman, you absolutely need to and are expected to score runs. Getting out for a duck is terrible and like hacking a limb off the batting order for that innings. You need to pull your weight, either in runs, rotating the strike, preserving the wicket, putting away bad balls and leaving good ones to wear down the ball and the pitch. Both sports are very difficult, but what makes them hard is quite difficult.

[@aduts1177]

Dude,thats because you get a 4 if you pass the boundary and 6 if you make it a over boundary in cricket

[@ag-bf3ty]

That's a very bizarre statement to make since the points system is totally different. So you can't really talk about the ease of obtaining points, without factoring in that points have different values between the sports. You only get 1 Run in Baseball for completing a entire lap around diamond. Whereas in Cricket, you can get a Run for every time you run from wicket to wicket. A Home Run in Baseball is equivalent to a 6 in Cricket also, but one gives you 6 points and the other only gives 1 point. But even then it's complicated because you can score a lot of points in Baseball if the bases are loaded when the Home Run is hit, whereas the maximum you can score in Cricket is a 6 Run (which in terms of impact on the overall score of the game is significantly less than a Home Run with loaded bases.)

[@jamesredmill3829]

That’s because in cricket a batsman doesn’t get 1 hit per innings

[@TECH-hg7yp]

There is a high chance of Cricket coming to 2028 LA Olympics

[@sayansaha7527]

Cricket is already finalised for 28 la olympics

[@thomasberrymanll4595]

Not gonna lie, if people in America learned cricket I think it could give baseball a run for its money.

[@johnbattle7518]

Nope

[@josephalexander5784]

@@johnbattle7518 yes

[@kevinng6165]

LOL shut up. You think the capitalistic Americans wouldn't have pushed a global sport on fans 300 million deep? They said nah, we don't like money.

[@johnbattle7518]

@@josephalexander5784 I guess you know my country better than I do

[@johnbattle7518]

@@kevinng6165 Baseball players on Average have higher contracts than Cricket players. Besides Cricket is boring and if unathletic India is good at it the game must suck!

[@cazgerald9471]

I think most people prefer sports they were exposed to as kids, and even more if they actually played them as kids.

[@fishnchips727]

Exactly, I have started to watch baseball recently and it’s fun to watch. But Cricket is something else for me. That game is childhood. I just can’t stop loving that *** game.

[@vishnus2884]

True

[@MuhammadYamman]

That’s true. I have watched & played cricket since childhood and I can never enjoy any other game more than cricket.

[@wasifsarwer]

I’m born in Bangladesh so we don’t exactly play Baseball but I’m a heart-and-soul Cricket guy. But I still have always been fascinated by Baseball when I used to see anime characters play it as a child and people at the Olympics play it when I became a bit older. I’ve tried baseball as well and it’s pretty fun. But I like the more strategic batting options of cricket. I love it when the bat hits the ball with a _tong_ as the batsman plays a classy cover-drive which races to the boundaries for a four more than when a baseball batsman hits a ball with all his might to send it out of the stadium. I like cricket better, but baseball is nice too.

[@NinhLyUK]

Great answer. It's not a bad thing to like and appreciate both sports. Sadly most of the commenters on here (mainly from India) aren't as smart as you.

[@biswaranjanmallick7407]

@@NinhLyUK Because your video is totally baised as an American baseball lover

[@BlueElectronaXbox]

​@@biswaranjanmallick7407 I'm failing to see much bias if any in this video. He owns this channel so I'm sure he can make an educated guess of negative comments with metrics of viewers here so 🤷

[@biswaranjanmallick7407]

@@BlueElectronaXbox Actually you can see the bias if you know cricket only then but again he did a good job but I wished he should have asked someone with knowledge about thr cricket.

[@BCR11]

@@NinhLyUK Do you know first International Cricket Match was played between USA and Canada in 1844 in Newyork, USA. what Indian guys are talking about is Baseball is a cheap copy of cricket just like other american sports like American Football which is a copy of Rugby. You are not Smart Trying to compare Stupid Baseball to cricket, It will defenitely draw the ire of cricket fans because you are trying to compare (cheap and inferior copy)BASEBALL to Cricket

[@johnhenry9453]

Baseball is harder to play overall, cause, it isn't only hitting (that It is super difficult already) and there are several type of pitch (curveball, slider, sinker, spliter, change-up, and derivates of them like Slurve) makes it even harder, whatever, baseball you have to field and run, that part to me baseball is more difficult than cricket. Thats why baseball players looks more athletic or bigger than a cricket player. They have to developt power (physical) to be good, because you need to have strength to at least move the ball from infield or run the bases (the bases look close but they are not). And if we talk about being a pitcher in baseball, it's a totally different conversation.

[@cricketexplained8526]

OK, though it's not as if there aren't lots of different balls and bowling types in cricket too.

[@johnhenry9453]

@@cricketexplained8526 ok but not as much than baseball because we have more seams in the ball (4-seam fastball, 2-seam fastball, sinker, spliter, slider, curveball, knuckecurve, changeup, forkball, swepper, slurve, cutter). Like it said the fielding on baseball is harder, look the infield fielding of baseball you have to catch 90mph+ balls (no homo lol) and throw, of course we uses gloves cause the exit velocity off bat of those balls are insane, more than in cricket (regular exit velo in cricket is 85mph in baseball is 103mph), so those balls are like a bullet in your hand. And for last, we have to run, thats make the baseball more athletic than cricket. You guys in cricket run a less distance than baseball bases and we have to run to steal base too.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@johnhenry9453 I mean there's roughly 20 types of ball in cricket but whatever sport you prefer that's cool.

[@joe972]

I’m American and honestly I like cricket more than baseball and I wish it got more attention here in America

[@NinhLyUK]

I think it's getting there, but baseball will ultimately be more popular over there.

[@joe972]

@@NinhLyUK the main problem is a lack of exposure. No free broadcast networks have ever shown a cricket game, which is think if ESPN started showing IPL games popularity would increase. Also the lack of fields, especially in my part of America which has a small Indian population also stifles interest, the only real hope for it to be at least more mainstream is for coverage, and hopefully the MLC which starts in 2022 will at least give cricket more recognition

[@joe972]

@a little bit Alexis I’m white and honestly cricket has really grown on me. Baseball lacks strategy compared to cricket where there is so much more decision making and strategy

[@Arka2011]

@@joe972 Your argument that some IPL game should be on ESPN makes me wonder why they are not on ESPN! Since Disney took over the properties of Fox Studios, IPL as well as ESPN are both Disney's properties now! I am pretty sure given the early morning start of IPL games here according to the central and eastern time, they will get a healthy number of viewers if they put it on ESPN here in the US.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@rawntoo4066 what a sad munter you are. 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫

[@ThatGuy-sw2xe]

This guy gets his “facts” from a video made by ESPN (biased much?) using an American cricketer who is worse than any schoolboy in a proper cricket playing country.

[@karthikkatta.]

Yessssss 😂Dumb people did that research. 😂Lol, they got a professional player from baseball and non professional for cricket 😂

[@stephenpower8723]

The ESPNvideo shown at around 1 minute actually claims batting in cricket is harder because the batsman has to determine where the ball will bounce and judge what happens when it does bounce and they have less time.

[@currywithstheshotboy3619]

@@stephenpower8723 look up a 102 mph fastball or a slider bro

[@stephenpower8723]

@@currywithstheshotboy3619 I have no doubt that the best professional cricket players could make it in MLB in some capacity. I've played both games at a modest amateur level and in my experience, it's easier to be competitive at baseball than it is in cricket. Without question, baseball pitching and hitting is faster than cricket and the ball gets hit longer. However, in cricket, only the wicketkeeper (akin to the catcher) wears gloves. Otherwise, fielding is with your bare hands and fielders can stand much closer than baseballers do. When batting in cricket, you expect the ball to hit you. If you're a good batsman, you welcome the ball being directed at your body. In baseball, you lose your shit if the pitcher tries to hit you. For me, this is the biggest difference and why cricket is harder to master. This doesn't mean I think one game is easier than the other to be better at. I'm only saying that in my experience that cricket is a harder game to be better at.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

@@currywithstheshotboy3619 Both sports required different skills Noobs compare crickets10-20 runs that looks very big in baseball. Even dont how much runs required to called as cricketer.

[@kuldeepDabi2024]

I'm from Argentina after football we play cricket 🏏 More then other sports it's incredible game as well as baseball ⚾

[@Vvvvvvyg]

Bruh u Indian

[@SamBrev]

Very minor correction 4:32 "a bowler can bounce the ball at your head with every ball and it'd be perfectly acceptable" - not true. Such a ball is called a "bouncer" and since 1991 there's been a restriction on how many you can bowl per over; currently you're allowed two per over in Test and ODI, and one per over in T20.

[@deviskd6583]

It's unlimited in teat

[@nfp613]

its one per over in ODI as well

[@BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy]

As a hockey 🏒 fan... I recently just discovered cricket... I find it to be highly entertaining ... just as much as baseball.... but with an element of hockey 🥅

[@flamingfrancis]

Which Hockey are you referring to? In case it is Ice Hockey there are a lot of nations that play field hockey.

[@jbhumffray8589]

*ice hockey fan. 🏒: Ice hockey 🏑: Hockey

[@2207maddy]

And as a ardent cricket fan I will say..the most difficult game to play is Hockey. I can't even imagine stopping a ball coming at me at speeds equal or greater than a cricket ball and having just a stick to stop it. And not to forget the bent position in which players have to run , dribble, manuevoer, tackle opponent, look up and pass correctly. I would give atleast 10 penalty corners to opponent for ball hitting my leg inside D lolz. Hats off to all hockey players. My favourite Sardar Singh from India.

[@qaziumer8994]

Pakistan is one of best cricket nation which also has most numbers of hockey world cup (4) but our peak era of hockey was in 90s

[@kriketprayme]

@@qaziumer8994 the guy is most likely talking about ice hockey which is a different sport

[@amirsatardekar779]

Bawling is very hard in cricket and it make very thought to keep wicket for batsman. Hitting ball in baseball require more skills but keeping your wicket and making runs in cricket is significantly harder in cricket.

[@wyattmund9286]

I’d say in the short term it’s easier to score runs in Cricket. Look at average scores in Baseball, 5-3/2-4/6-1, etc. In Cricket, 234 could be a decent or poor first Innings score depending on context. A lot more “runs” happen in Cricket. I’d say though getting out is far more difficult in Cricket, and that losing a wicket is far more devastating in Cricket than getting a single out in Baseball. Baseball innings require 3 outs, and any given at-bat you are most likely going to be out even if you’re really good. Making it to base in the first place is really good, and unless you hit a home run, that’s all set-up for just 1 possible run. In Cricket, when you go to the crease as a batsman, you absolutely need to and are expected to score runs. Getting out for a duck is terrible and like hacking a limb off the batting order for that innings. You need to pull your weight, either in runs, rotating the strike, preserving the wicket, putting away bad balls and leaving good ones to wear down the ball and the pitch. Both sports are very difficult, but what makes them hard is quite difficult.

[@rishirajsharma5337]

@@wyattmund9286 Bruh all the balls played in baseball are full toss easiest in terms of cricket

[@my2l]

@@rishirajsharma5337 lmao baseball pitches can break in 15 different ways in the air, and there are actually consequences for swinging and missing, you know nothing.

[@rishirajsharma5337]

@@my2l Still can't compare with cricket bruh itss stupid to even have a debate on this

[@my2l]

@@rishirajsharma5337 lmao wtf are you talking about baseball hitters fail far more often against pitchers than batsmen get out, cricketers also use a wide ass board to hit vs a skinny round bat. a fulltoss is often an error when trying to bowl a yorker whereas a pitch in baseball is strategically designed to spin and break a certain way to fool the batter, there's literally labs with high tech cameras to design baseball pitches so it's not as simple as just calling it a "full toss". Don't try to debate about sth u know nothing about lmao.

[@alaapsarkar]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! I am a cricket fan, I don't watch baseball but I do see many cricket fans just shit baseball and make some absurd comments, it's infuriating.

[@Pancakerman3]

As a cricket fan, I say sorry to all baseball fans who have come across toxic cricket fans

[@blitzblix9455]

thanks

[@hasindukumara5358]

I think there are more toxic fans in baseball than cricket.

[@MusicalMethuselah]

I grew up with baseball so of course it holds a special place in my heart, but cricket is such an interesting game as well! Thanks for holding them both up as great sports!

[@SaintsJoe07]

They weren't made around the same time cricket was about 100 years before baseball

[@ddlk9913]

riding horses was popular before the automobile. Baseball is a better sport that clearly took inspiration, but frankly baseball makes cricket look silly

[@JonSnow-pi6jb]

@@ddlk9913 LOL what can be more silly than catching a softball with a giant glove . That's why cricket fans give equations like : => Cricket - Brains = Baseball

[@jamalcolorado4260]

@@JonSnow-pi6jb If you really think baseball doesn’t take brains then you should learn about sabermetrics in baseball

[@orthodox_daniel08]

@@jamalcolorado4260 it's no point of arguing that one response should have let you know man's don't know what he's talking bout 😂😂

[@jamalcolorado4260]

@@orthodox_daniel08 Baseball and cricket are both equally great sports, but to claim that cricket takes more brains than baseball is ridiculous

[@BlueLightningBaseball]

Baseball is my absolute favorite sport. I've always loved watching it, following it, and playing it. Maybe I should give cricket a try, it seems interesting

[@buzzwithdrip6347]

There's a major league cricket starting this year in usa with 6 teams

[@Emperor_Fabulous]

I lived all my life in the U.S. played baseball into my teens and somewhat followed it into my 20s. I got introduced to cricket in spring of 2019, in my 40s, in time for the World Cup so I could talk about it with some xbox friends from England. Instantly found it fascinating and follow it in all formats ever since. It is actually really easy to follow cricket in the US. When describing cricket to friends here it is a lot of things I loved about baseball without a lot of things that turned me of off baseball.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, it's a lot simpler than most Americans realise.

[@Emperor_Fabulous]

@@NinhLyUK I agree, though I was fortunate when I started watching those ODIs in 2019 I was in an Xbox party with my friend from England essentially watching it together so he could answer any questions and point things out to me that I didn't pick up. I should have worded it better what I meant was in response to some of the comments asking how difficult it was in the US to get access to watch matches. ESPN+ subscription is $6 per month and gives West Indies and New Zealand home matches. India home matches and IPL are on Hotstar which you can get access to with a Willow streaming subscription for $5 per month and Willow streams just about everything else.

[@truthsek]

@@Emperor_Fabulous great bro new ipl season will start soon with 2 new teams as well

[@vignesh1065]

@@Emperor_Fabulous Following the IPL Jeff? :)

[@Emperor_Fabulous]

@@vignesh1065 yes I am. Buttler is having himself a season

[@TheRenster500]

Ive grown up playing baseball but when i was in New Zealand a couple years ago i made it a point to watch a test match between NZ and Sri Lanka. I was in Wellington for 3 days and attended the match for several hours of each day (whilst drinking beer of course) and googling everything and anything related to cricket... Including Ninh Explains Cricket! And honestly it was really cool! However when the whole thing ended in a tie i was more than a little perturbed 😅... Would love to see a T20 or something like that! Cool game!

[@NinhLyUK]

Yeah, that happens a lot. Both the drinking excessively in the sun and the draws. Fun times!

[@GauravYadav-bf7qj]

Well tbh people go to watch test cricket to enjoy with friends while appreciating some good play, test cricket is at its best when the ball swings a lot, it gets exciting as you feel batsman getting out every ball and most importantly you can watch the beautiful of a ball doing tricks

[@behappy9262]

Watch any ipl games

[@ankanroy5131]

I would highly recommend u to watch India vs Pakistan T20 match going to take place on 24 th of October.....& Yaah u will get to see a super over in this format even if the match ends in a tie....

[@PFNel]

Just a detail, I know, but in cricket a tie and a draw are not the same thing.

[@ANDX259]

Shockingly as a born and bred american, I'd prefer a round of Australian Big Bash over MLB any day.

[@NinhLyUK]

Wow, that's surprising?

[@oeirkdkroor]

IPL?

[@abhikdixit2066]

@@CunnyRape Bro watching the sports of other nation doesn't mean that one is a traitot. If you are an American and you watch tennis matches and support Novak Djokovic then it doesn't mean that you are disrespecting your nation. Sports shall not have any boundations,it shall be enjoyed

[@flamingfrancis]

So how many BBL game have you seen as opposed to how many baseball games...might have something to do with novelty.

[@ANDX259]

@@flamingfrancis I’ve only seen around 50ish matches online on demand. Although I really wanted to, I just can’t see the game live due to time zone differences between there and Houston. I’m either stuck at work or passed out from work at those times.

[@bandit0802]

As an Aggie, I appreciated the constant images of Texas A&M baseball. This was really good. Both sports have their pros and cons, but the scientific differences were interesting.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, Gig 'em Aggies! And even though the scientific differences were interesting, the point of the video is that they are pointless to compare because they are different sports. But having a look at the comments below (especially from Indian Cricket fanboys) indicates that they don't have two braincells to comprehend this fact.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

U watch from baseball expert This analysist is not even considered expert in cricket playing nations. Itch of showoff /superiority, doest let american sports grow in world !!

[@ryderwashington4199]

@@NinhLyUK When you present the video in a very biased matter without fully explaining the differences, are you really surprised about the reaction lol? It's like comparing football to rugby, saying football is harder because tackles deliver more force, but leave out the fact that plays last what? 3 seconds and 25 seconds break before another snap and leaving out the fact that rugby is nonstop. I'm very biased towards football, think it's the best sport of all, but just because I'm biased shouldn't mean when I'm presenting differences, I leave out important parts, which is clearly what you did and you know it because you're biased.

[@krishnayadav023]

Biased comparison....in baseball when thrower throw towards the batsman in this situation batsman know ball directly come to the bat... But in cricket batsman don't know hows ball come.... Swing spine, cutter are the factor that makes cricket difficult...

[@amanabdulsalam1828]

hello ninh, i absolutely love your videos. just a small thing, you could have mentioned that cricket bowlers arent allowed to straighten their arms fully when bowling compared to pitchers. this is in context of the fastest deliveries in each sport.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, whilst you're correct - it's kinda a moot point as the different rules dictate how the ball is delivered. And thanks!

[@flamingfrancis]

To balance that why do you not state that a bowler takes around 15 metres of running up as part of the delivery. Do you not think it assists with the momentum.

[@cricketexplained8526]

​​​​@@flamingfrancis Think of the momentum that is lost on "braking" i.e. front foot contact. There has to be some loss I would think. But if it has been shown that baseball pitchers lose as much momentum from front foot contact as fast bowlers do, then I will give that to you.

[@joeycard17]

I have a cricket bat and ball but I live in Florida and nobody plays. I’m just waiting to find a group of people I can play with

[@kevinng6165]

move

[@vishalcheeti8374]

Take help of Jim!

[@flamingfrancis]

Florida...so in between those cyclones / tornadoes, try thinking about playing beach cricket. You will need something for a wicket. Get yourself a book of the Lews of Cricket (on the net) You might get a few beach babes to join in...women's cricket is becoming huge.

[@artandcraft5933]

This is the most enjoyful game in the world

[@Desertfox18]

@@artandcraft5933 No! I fed up seeing Cricket every day on tv. Now I play baseball and watch Baseball over 4 months.

[@100StepProgram]

Nothings better than watching a cricket match on Boxing Day with a beer

[@hardiksingh8263]

Aussie??

[@zeeh1758]

Both cricket and baseball are great sports, but in my personal opinion, cricket offers a wider range of variety in both batting and bowling. There are numerous different types of shots and various bowling styles in cricket. The argument that baseball's fastest pitch reached 105mph is impressive, but it would not be feasible for a baseball pitcher to reach the 100mph speed of a cricket bowler while adhering to the legal bowling action. In baseball, the ball doesn't touch the ground, and the pitcher throws it with full force by bending their elbow. In cricket, attaining top speed is much more challenging as compared to baseball. Bowlers are not allowed to bend their elbows, and the ball touches the ground during delivery. Despite these constraints, they can still bowl at speeds exceeding 95 mph, which is truly phenomenal when compared to baseball.

[@melchizedec1234]

Definitely 💯

[@jackweber3660]

people always overlook the fielding aspect of the two games when comparing them. cricket is more difficult but baseball requires more thought and wittiness.

[@aljon5947]

Yeah bowlers can still throw that fast because of the runup. But please, thats an unnecessary comparison. We can say it back by saying lets see your cricket bowler pitch 105mph with bent elbow without a runup,.. right? I can also say lets see your cricket batter hit a 450ft homerun with a round bat. It needs perfect contact to get the proper launch angle. Thats why its unnecessary comparison. It takes different muscles/technique to do different actions. We should appreciate each sports unique feats of athleticism.

[@tysonplett3328]

As a Canadian who is a huge baseball fan, I really want to see a cricket match when I visit a country where it is a popular sport because it is such a unique game and I want to experience the culture around it.

[@NinhLyUK]

It's fun, especially if you go to one of the big games, like the World Cup.

[@gauravmishra8561]

Its tough to understand but is so deep that you will fall in love.

[@DanielMartinez-bk8fd]

Eastern Canada has large indian populations, you might be able to find a sunday league that plays at a decent level. idk

[@tysonplett3328]

@@DanielMartinez-bk8fd I want to experience the whole culture and atmosphere, not just watch a game. Like watching a hockey game in Canada is very different from watching a hockey game in Mexico.

[@rvs1444]

@@tysonplett3328 India is the place for you.

[@isaakvandaalen3899]

I remember playing a game of cricket and the bowler just kept bowling bouncers at me. Got hit three times on my left shoulder before I got sick of it and just started pulling everything he pitched short. Of course it was only about three boundaries later before I mistimed it and sent the ball straight to a fielder :(

[@hinduskigaandchodo336]

More than one bouncer per over is illegal in cricket. Idk why umpire allowed him

[@hamzawaheed3343]

@@hinduskigaandchodo336 They’re hitting his shoulder not passing over them. The balls’s he’s talking about are not really bouncers but just regular short balls

[@Ayushkaushik9119]

@@hamzawaheed3343 logical reply 👌

[@ghostrider6678]

In cricket test format is my favourite format

[@AshtonAU]

One point worth mentioning, is in baseball they can drop the bat, in cricket, they cannot. Also in cricket, they are running with heavy pads and a helmet which blocks a decent amount of the batters view. Great video, just thought these points could have been put in. Not to mention, fatigue. Even in T20, a single Batsman could in theory bat the entire innings, but in Baseball each batter has his turn and then it gets a rest. Overall they get more resting time. Test Cricket is most definitely harder than than baseball, but that's purely because of the insane length of the matches. Honestly both sports are awesome and different which creates variety and that's always a good thing!

[@ShawnGilgore]

I’m an American who grew up on baseball, learned cricket in school, and now love both. I will say the hardest part about learning one or the other is those mechanics that are ‘similar enough’ but not completely different from one another. I.e. I first learned how to pitch a baseball, then had to learn how to properly bowl with a straightened arm. (v difficult) Also my batting mechanics, starting out learning a baseball swing; then having to play cricket shots off my back foot, advancing down the pitch, cut away square, etc.

[@NinhLyUK]

I dunno Shawn, I think they're completely different. Both batting and bowling (pitching) requires completely different mechanics to do it properly.

[@ShawnGilgore]

@@NinhLyUK That’s what I mean, sorry! Basically I found it really difficult to not have elements of one action creep into my technique for the other.

[@cricketexplained8526]

Great post. A real insider insight.

[@NuisanceMan]

@@aniketsatpute2389 Not really. You should see all the pitchers whose careers were cut short because they basically blew out their arms. Even Sandy Koufax, one of the all-time greats, retired early at the peak of his career to avoid being disabled in later life.

[@cricketexplained8526]

​@@aniketsatpute2389 A professional pitcher can bust their elbow and have to be out for longer than a bowler who gets a back stress fracture.

[@zoltanm8278]

Compare Australian and Gaelic Football!

[@NinhLyUK]

I don't think you listened to my apples and lemons argument.

[@matthewlo7868]

He actually did somewhat with this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnymi6KBm8hlgc0 Hope it helps!

[@galoglaich3281]

Zoltan M Due to recent gaelic football the addition of an offensive mark its easy comparison to make The main fundamental differences 1 the ball 2 the tackle 3 shape of field They are many small differences ,but these are the differences that really make the games different ,there is also the amateur vs professional,but that is not quite as important as one would think given how much time gaelic footballers devote to training and the popularity of the sport in ireland which had the highest tv viewership for its championship game of any sports event this year

[@jamalwoods9649]

Why ?

[@matpk]

@@NinhLyUK Compare argument of Glasgow giants joining English League System

[@kennethpogue718]

Thank you for your videos, good sir. Especially your Gealic Handball video. My friend plays handball here and I was curious. Good ol Wallball. Now I'm ready.

[@mdmonirhossain433]

The ball which don't not touch the ground we call it fulltoss in cricket and fulltoss ball is the easiest ball to hit. Hitting cricket ball is hard because lots of variation in balling style. Yorker,slowball,Cutter, offspin,legspin, dousra there are lots of types. After touching the ground which way ball will turn you don’t know,and its the most crucial part of hitting a ball, aslo sudden slow or fastball also critical to heat.

[@emesssea]

Hi I'm Tom from Birmingham (Alabama), its clear baseball is the better sport Hi I'm Tom from Birmingham (England), its clear cricket is the better sport

[@Siddhartha-Bhattarai]

There's a place called birmingham in alabama?

[@NinhLyUK]

It's also clear that both are objectively wrong, but are entitled to their subjective opinions. But yes, I actually agree with your statement - it paints reality.

[@stephenkramp5602]

@@Siddhartha-Bhattarai Yes. And there is also a city named Birmingham in Michigan.

[@wahjergah4543]

I would seriously enjoy cricket more if I could understand what’s going on. I’ve tried and I for the life of me just don’t get what’s going on.

[@NinhLyUK]

Try watching a few games. if you need a refresher: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6LXoYGhgtuda7s

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@NinhLyUK this video helped me.

[@joe972]

I felt that at first and it took about like a month to actually understand, but I can say I really like it and watching a t20 or one day game is a good introduction

[@yoavhofstein3658]

@@NinhLyUK lmao I watched this video like 3 times and this game is so god damn complicated. I will stick to baseball

[@bilalsadain]

It's very complicated. But if you watch a few videos and watch a few games, it'll make sense. And then it gets amazing. Especially IPL matches.

[@thetoptige8014]

This comment section is making me lose faith in humanity. No sport is definitively better than any other sport. Some people like baseball, and some like cricket

[@gary1201]

I've always heard Americans complain that a cricket game is too long, but after spending some time in the US and getting into baseball I realised that is a bit hypocritical too. What about the insanely long baseball season, where teams nearly play a game every day? It felt similar to me to a test match when two teams would play each other multiple days in a row.

[@billatkinson2077]

Nothing said about the effect the pitch has on a cricket ball. How a full pitched standard delivery in baseball is looked on as a " bad" ball in cricket. Cricket batsman have to constantly react to the varying bounce and deflection of the ball of the ground or pitch, both from fast and spin bowlers.

[@billatkinson2077]

Like the commentator said it is pointless trying to compare the two sports because they are so different. Top speeds of bowlers and pitchers are similar but the pitcher delivers the ball from around 10% or 6ft nearer the batter than in cricket so that reduces the batters reaction time. However the cricket batsman has to react to the ball being bowled into the pitch at varying speeds and distances from him. Imagine a baseball pitcher doing the same and the batter still trying to react to a ball rising at him off the ground. So how can you compare the two sports? Both have very different challenges and are entertaining in their own right.

[@billatkinson2077]

@Parker P. Like the commentator said it is pointless to compare the two sports because they are so different. Top speeds of both pitchers and bowlers are similar but pitchers deliver the ball approximately 10% or 6ft nearer than a bowler which reduces the batters reaction time. However in cricket the batsman has to react to the ball bouncing of the ground at various distances and speeds from him. Imagine a batter in baseball having to do the same with a ball rising at him off the ground. Impossible to compare. Both sports are entertaining and each set of supporters will always say their sport is best.

[@PFNel]

@Parker P. Correct. But the whole idea of cricket is that the batter is challenged to go on and on batting-not just three swings. So obviously this can only happen if hitting the ball and staying at bat is somewhat easier on a one pitch versus one ball basis.

[@PFNel]

@Parker P. Excellent observation! Clearly you are someone who can hit the ball every single time with that huge bat. It would be a good idea to get in touch with one of the IPL teams and tell them of your ability never to miss the ball and go out, ever. I'm sure they'll sign you up straight away. You'll make millions! I look forward to seeing you on TV.

[@PFNel]

@Parker P. It's a big bat because you're supposed to try to keep on and on batting. Cricket is not just about three swings. The at bat is meant to be much longer, so you have to have to make conditions more favorable for the batter. And don't worry, I know hitting a baseball is like trying to catch a bullet with your teeth! Not trying to minimize the difficulty of baseball at all.

[@ddawg415]

I'm an Indian and I find both of these sports fascinating. As you know we grow up playing cricket but I've admired baseball ever since I was a kid. I even used to watch baseball matches on Saturday mornings back in 2009 (I still watch clips on KZbin).

[@Jebowski]

Cheers dude. I'm the flipside: an American raised on baseball, and enjoying learning and watching cricket (especially T20, IPL!)

[@flamingfrancis]

They are both excellent sports and teach kids a lot of things about life in general. Junior cricket has adapted their game to follow what T Ball and junior baseball have been doing for over 50 years. I am not fussed with which game is chosen, I have coached both for decades. In my experience baseball is great for teaching teamsmanship It is the only sport I know where there is an official statistic for a player sacrificing their turn at bat for the benefit of advancing a runner on base. There is a letter written by great Australian cricketer Victor Trumper in 1915 held in a Sydney Museum. It was written by a kid asking for advice on how to improve his cricket game. Victor recommended taking up baseball to help improve aspect such as focusing on the ball for hitting and especially elements of throwing and fielding. Trumper was also a very good baseball player playing in his off season. Letter can be found with a search.

[@Aston_martin69]

BHOSDK TU SACH ME BASEBALL DEKHTA HAI 😯😯😯😯

[@desamster]

A little clip for your enjoyment. Also can recommend some of the Billy Hamilton highlights. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKDaq4Gqbcd1rZI

[@flamingfrancis]

Here's a few points from a person who had been involved and coached kids at both sports for over fifty years. Firstly it is not correct to state a bowler can continue to bowl the ball at the batsman's head ad infinitum...the umpires are required to warn bowler after an allowance of ONE head high delivery has been sent down in any one over. The comment on batsmen being more skilled with placement of a ball in respect of gaps in the fielders. Take yourself along to any batting session of elite baseball players usually held two hours before a game (MLB) Batters are skilled to place a pitch to any part of the field depending on positioning of a runner on base to score. You are correct with stating numbers in cricket are bolstered by sub continent nations where well over 1.5 billion at located. How many of the population outside of the over populated cities have any exposure to the sport? Cricketers, especially those playing T20 / ODI, have seen a huge improvement in fielding techniques and skills in the last three decades or so. Much of this started when Australian Cricket employed the then National Baseball Head Coach, who coached the Aussie team at the 1996 Olympics, as the fielding coach for national cricket. This coach incidentally, has also been a fielding coach in the IPL for some years. People who simply do not know science and facts but want to argue their sport is better need to familiarise themselves with this or at least learn. Get to a cricket game early and watch the teams warming up and you will see what I'm talking about. The argument re balls is also madness. one is intended to give maximum performance by hitting the wicket surface and deviating the other has a totally different seam pattern and is designed to not come into contact with any ground surface on delivery. It is scientifically proven fact that in same for same conditions a baseball will move more in the air simply because the seam creates more air resistance. There are many, many more differences to be told but let's get out there and learn rather than mindlessly thinking one is better than the other.

[@m.k.khairulislam6581]

Cricket is more artistic than baseball, you don't need to be physically so strong to play cricket. I can suggest some mind blowing things (in cricket) for the baseball lovers, you can watch those. Some artistic stuff used by cricket bowler: Googly, yorker, doosra, carrom ball, insane turn by leg spinner, in swing, out swing, reverse swing, killer bouncer, cutter etc. Some mind blowing stuff of batsman: Helicopter shot, upper cut, 360° shot, sweep, reverse sweep, scoop, classic cover drive, dancing down the wicket etc. You can also watch some jaw dropping catches available on KZbin.

[@keversley]

Good video, but don't mislead the uninitiated. You don't throw a ball at a batsman in cricket - throwing is illegal You could be out if the ball strikes your leg, given certain criteria Nowadays you can't just target the batsman's head. There are rules to control that

[@pranavgandhar4604]

U r mad U r telling american to do unbiased analysis .😂

[@flamingfrancis]

Many people like to comment re "branding" a runner with the ball....It comes from the game of Rounders which many like to think was the basis of baseball. It was a rule of that game that hitting a runner with the ball in between one of the ten "stations"was a legitimate out. Of course rules changed when baseball's rules were compiled but the action of tagging a baserunner in today's game is thought to be a hang over. You are correct in saying game umpires have absolute control over deliveries that target head area.

[@blitzblix9455]

@@pranavgandhar4604 hes not american he is asian british

[@Stokie99]

I watch both i grew up watching cricket though so I tend to watch that more.

[@NinhLyUK]

Fair enough.

[@vjlamo7840]

Baseball is a mini version of cricket Apart from that I am a huge fan of cricket

[@matthewforeman4229]

I genuinely can’t believe people try to compare these two sports. Rocks in their heads. I enjoy cricket more because I was born and grew up in Australia. But it’s never occurred to be to compare to it Baseball. Great video as usual Ninh. 👍🏻

[@asairohit1]

I am huge cricket fan, and this is an absolutely great video. I love watching baseball as well :) very interesting to watch !!

[@NinhLyUK]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@pranavgandhar4604]

Bro he compared with logic that no cricket expert judge 😂😂

[@ansarali2803]

@@pranavgandhar4604 is saly angrez ko kya pata kay pak-ind me kisi kid kay pass bhe is se zyada knowledge hai cricket ka . yougotthis

[@tanishhh07]

@@ansarali2803 sirf ind pak me nahi bhai pure asia me asian countries ko cricket bohot pasand hai

[@SouravKumarRoy651]

In cricket, the batsmen (batters), have to deal with both the swing and seaming/spinning impact of the ball with the air and the pitch, respectively. In baseball, batters doesn't need to deal with the ball's impact with the ground, because that'd be considered a ball call in baseball. Batters in baseball just need to deal with ball's swinging impact with the air. That's less headache than cricket.

[@wtfexza]

And they know that where the ball is going to come

[@joe-op2gr]

changes nothing from the fact that baseball is harder

[@wtfexza]

@@joe-op2gr you wish

[@joe-op2gr]

@@wtfexza you dont know where the ball will be in baseba considering there are breaking balls and the ball is slower keep crying

[@wtfexza]

@@joe-op2gr doesn't change the fact that it's easy af

[@King-qk1de]

The cricket pitch is 20 meters but the point where ball is released and the point where the batsman hits is 100% less than 20 meters prolly 17-18 meters.

[@LoneVocalist]

I grew up in Pakistan playing/watching cricket and now have spent nearly two decades in the US looking down on baseball like "chuckers throwing full tosses at batters and fielders strapped with a bucket on their hand" lol. I'm finally getting to learn baseball to enjoy both games instead of arguing which one's better. Going to batting cages alone was enough for me to realize just how hard it is to hit with a baseball bat, because the baseball bat is a like a toothpick compared to a cricket bat. I feel that batting and bowling/pitching takes significant skills in both sports because the bat, play area and the rules all have their pros and cons. Fielding might look easier in baseball because of the HUGE glove they wear, but baseball fielders have to decide in a split second which base to throw the ball to run a batter out. In cricket you only have two ends and the fielders still end up throwing to the wrong end on so many occasions. Fielding in cricket does look more spectacular though because in cricket the ball can go for a boundary, but not the case in baseball so fielders aren't as desperate as in cricket. As for catcher vs wicket keeper, I think the cricket counterpart has to have better reflexes to take those inside/outside edge catches in cricket, but catcher and other fielders in baseball have to be more alert with running/tagging batters out at four bases as opposed to two ends on a cricket pitch.

[@sayanchakraborty955]

but you have to accept that it is harder to catch without glove so cricket fielders are more skilled and in cricket only wicket keeper can play with glove not every one

[@pranavgandhar4604]

😂for them Catching with gloves and without gloves is same thing😂😂

[@fridge5713]

A baseball hit is going a lot faster than a cricket ball that is hit

[@kurosakiIchigo9626]

Haha lol reality is always hard to digest

[@bigroger4142]

@@fridge5713 no it’s not. Have you ever watched cricket?

[@fridge5713]

@@bigroger4142 no, and I plan to keep it that way, british “person”

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

1:08 that's what we call an agricultural shot in cricket. I'm pretty sure it won't be helpful against bouncers and yorkers. Batting in cricket is a lot more than just swinging the bat and making contact with the ball. A lot of footwork is also required.

[@cricketexplained8526]

Any cricket fan should be able to see the virtues and skills of another bat and ball sport. The channel Made The Cut has some great compilations that showcase baseball skills. The one on why catchers are awesome is a great video. There is a lot to appreciate in baseball - lots of pitching variations, big ass home runs and some great catches.

[@roop298]

I'm a Brit and I was lucky enought to play baseball for 4 years while at uni. It is the thinking mans ball game. Triple plays rock.

[@cascade3769]

Cricket requires more thinking than baseball.

[@roop298]

@@cascade3769 maybe it does for you

[@cascade3769]

@@roop298 You need to play cricket too to make an objective statement.

[@roop298]

@@cascade3769 what makes you think I haven't?

[@cascade3769]

@@roop298 Because you think baseball is more of a thinking man's game. That's ludicrous.

[@cranjismcbasketball1638]

I'm an American who grew up watching and playing baseball and I've recently come to enjoy cricket as well. They're both great sports, these trolls need to stop comparing the two and just enjoy them! Also go Cardinals and go Sixers

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes I totally agree. Sadly you always get haters hating, and it's pretty funny to see them arguing the toss over something menial. Go Jays, Go Raptors.

[@cranjismcbasketball1638]

@@NinhLyUK For sure, haters are everywhere also I meant the Sydney Sixers of the BBL sorry for the confusion!

[@soundlessbird9181]

@@NinhLyUK I rather put my bet on Alouettes, and Fubon Guardians, they just near missed the Taiwanese baseball playoff in one game.

[@anandsingh7366]

Cricket fans never complain about the gloves on the hands of catcher(baseball). They complain about gloves on the hands of outfielders in baseball. This was not a proper take. A more proper justification would be that, in baseball the play doesn't end if you catch the ball, you still have to throw it back. So you catch the ball with your non-dominant hand, hence the glove. Then quickly transfer the ball to your other hand for a quick throw.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, and it's still a pointless argument. A wicket keeper wears gloves to do his job better. Baseball players do the same. If you arm Cricket fielders with gloves, they'd get more outs. The different rules of each game dictates how it's played and they CANNOT be compared. That's the point.

[@anandsingh7366]

@@NinhLyUK and that was the point i was trying to make. To make the comparison an apples to oranges comparsion, because different rules. On the other hand, if i was a cricket fan trashing on baseball for gloves, i would never buy the: "oh, but wicketkeeper has gloves" argument, simply because you are looking at gloves used by a person who has to catch balls for hours, and in the original format, for days on end. Using JUST this to justify the gloves for outfielders is like advocating marathon gear for a sprinter. It simply wont sell.

[@Ayushkaushik9119]

am an insane cricket fan but also find baseball more fast and interesting i am playing it for few months with my friends ,, and due to less competition i am even selected for my district team 😅

[@thanos8638]

How?

[@Ayushkaushik9119]

@@thanos8638 bro we have 3 baseball grounds alloted by our city ,, and we are member of district commitee

[@toskiemail1371]

I would like to see cricket progress and accept bamboo bats as an alternative to willow ones, at least on youth/recreational/amateur/village/Sunday league levels, to boost participation. The research has been done, including how much the production would cost, how much bamboo you need, how long you need to wait before the bamboo is strong enough, its construction techniques, and its performance compared to willow bats. It's just so expensive to get into playing cricket because bats cost an arm and a leg for a regular Joe with a 9-5 job who is more likely to be dismissed for ducks than score hundreds, especially in the western world where you're likely getting ripped off by even the most reputable stores. It's the single most expensive piece of equipment in a cricket kit. Not to mention only English willows are used, and I'd be grateful if those can grow anywhere but even small Indian and Pakistani workshops import their willows to make bats. Kashmir willow bats are a cheaper alternative but then again it'd be nice if it can grow everywhere. In comparison, all levels of baseball below professional have widely accepted bamboo bats as an alternative for amateur/youth players who prefer that wooden feeling but don't have enough capabilities to generate good bat speed with real wooden bats. They're also much cheaper to buy compared to metal bats of the same certification. You can get three or four bamboo bats for the price of one metal bat.

[@aravindraj9045]

3:33 that's Rugby and Afl fans in general when they are talking about American Football

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, and it's really annoying when they say stuff like that!

[@dougmhd2006]

Very well done, Ninh. Social media has amplified "apples vs. lemons" comparisons beyond belief. It only demonstrates the infantile need for some people to argue about something, anything for no better reason than to hear the sound of their own voices while pretending to 'take a stand' or 'debate something really important'. That kind of behavior is tearing civilized society apart these days, and it will end up biting all of us in the backside if we don't start dialing it back. Here endeth the rant.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, I absolutely agree! It's even worse when it comes to politics or 'social issues'. The world really has gone mad - and social media is its engine. Thanks!

[@flamingfrancis]

Well said..,it's largely the schoolboy thing...mine's bigger than yours!!! Everything I do must be better than everyone else. coming from an ol' codger.

[@joyfulzero853]

The main point which I have always adhered to is that people who were brought up with cricket are better able to grasp it and surprise, surprise, the people who are brought up with baseball are better able to grasp that. Two major factors that make a big difference is that the ball bounces on the playing surfaces bringing in a lot of variables and also that in every format of cricket batsmen are expecting to be at the batting crease for considerably longer in a given innings if they are going to make an impact. To me this means they have to calculate scoring risks in a different way: reducing the risk in their single innings to allow them to exploit the more hittable deliveries.

[@AK-dz4pr]

Cricket : 360° , more brain, more skills, more fun to watch

[@juannieto2559]

I used to play rugby as a kid and would always listen to things like this being said about American football. People used to talk about how inferior football was because players wore pads and helmets or because the games were shorter, and didn't understand that they were just two different sports with completely different sets of skills required. As for baseball and cricket, I like baseball (go Yankees!) and would love to enjoy cricket, but they don't broadcast games in my country.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, that's precisely what I was going for in this video. As for being broadcast - streams are a good way to watch Cricket.

[@hijack69]

These are great Cricket KZbin channels to watch cricket 1. Cricket.com.au (Australian Cricket) 2. NZC( New Zealand Cricket) 3. England and Wales Cricket Board 4. ICC ( international cricket council) All of them have KZbin Channels

[@rileykazama3145]

The cricket bat looks very interesting I like to see both sides equal on this one both of them look very fun to play

[@NinhLyUK]

There have been numerous attempts at a hybrid game between the two. So far, there hasn't been any concrete ones.

[@rileykazama3145]

@@NinhLyUK I know

[@pranavgandhar4604]

Play with tennis ball cricket !! Dont play with professional stone cricket ball And dont watch noobs expert videos like this. Facing 90 -100mph in baseball in different. Facing 90+ mph in cricket is different thing .

[@rileykazama3145]

@@pranavgandhar4604 thanks for the advice

[@unknownf9525]

I found this video which explains with reference to baseball. Cricket is just not about pace, it's swing, seam, spin, bounce and Yorkers. I recommend you to play it once especially with professional players.

[@anildasari]

Different games, different rules. Pointless to compare them. Cricket is about skill, technique, strategy, endurance and adoption. Baseball is about power and timing. There are too many types of deliveries in cricket: fast, slow, in-swing, out-swing, reverse-swing, yorker, bouncer, leg-spin, off-spin, googly, flipper, top-spin, slider, zooter, doorsra, and more. Now add pitch condition (dry, wet, grassy, flat, bouncy, cracked, smooth), weather, wind, new ball vs old ball, line, length, and many other variables to it. It just gets mind boggling for the batter. There's no prediction. The batter must react in fraction of a second. Baseball doesn't have all that. There is one plane where the batter needs to focus and swing. There is much talk about how the cricket bat is wider and flatter and so easy to hit the ball, and "give a cricket bat to a baseball player and he'll hit every pitch". I don't think they can, because the average cricket bat is at least 20% heavier than the average baseball bat; making it that much slower to swing. Its weight, balance, size and shape impact the reaction time drastically, so no, I don't believe a baseball player can hit better using a cricket bat. It'll be worse for him. Cricket bats are designed that way for several reasons. One of them is so the batter can protect himself because in cricket, it is perfectly legal for the bowler to aim the batter's body. Imagine if doing so is legal in baseball and the bat is still the same. This is not to ridicule baseball, but just to show how different are the two games and how biased is this video.

[@benjamindowell2312]

Honestly, it all depends, on what you grew up watching or played when you were young. I've grown up and lived with baseball my whole life, so I prefer it. But, seriously anyone who says its definitively better than cricket or vice-versa is just a jackass. Its a completely subjective thing, we like what we like. Why should we give a damn that some person likes something else better. Some people just need a life I guess.

[@NinhLyUK]

That's precisely the point I was trying to make in this video. I could not have said this better myself. That said ... there's already been a few fanboys arguing the toss on here. It's fun to destroy haters!

[@chrism.1749]

Brilliantly said. It’s just like the Apple vs Android, but for angry tech nerds who have nothing better to spend their energy on. P.S. Apple sucks :)

[@johndevine2868]

Good video. Great ending. My only question is- when will you be explaining “rounders?”

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks! Footage of rounders is proving hard to come by.

[@michaelrabich9635]

I've requested it before too, or Welsh baseball

[@ben.jansen12]

@@mehakpreetsinghsohi4428 I think he meant rounders as in the sport, not a type of cricket player Edit: grammer

[@sazidulhuq3898]

@@mehakpreetsinghsohi4428 XD rounder is a game

[@yaboijoshua9360]

That's what I was thinking, it seems highly underdeveloped in the UK and many people do not know the rules, which is weird given how many children played it in school.

[@aadrath1236]

In that ESPN garbage(I'm sorry someone had to say it)of an experiment there was clearly a bias. You are pitting a player with major league calibre (MLB I suppose is the most competitive league in BASEBALL) with a cricketer who probably wouldn't even make the cut into an U-19 1st Division school team in India. Maybe the right comparison would be an MLB rooke vs an IPL/BIG BASH/other PRO T20 league rookies out there. Also under neutral conditions. Where the MLB player will be able to pitch the ball at about let's say 90M/H same as a fast bowling cricketer. Not feed the MLB batter deliveries like how they did in the video.

[@NinhLyUK]

You do realise that you've fallen for the trap of comparing two sports that are hugely different ... as stated in the video?

[@HabibiMexicano]

Having our Cricket Captain from Pakistan on Thumbnail shows how Much We Pakistanis love Cricket 🏏 🔥 (Hinduoab ma na yuwana ider)

[@niel868]

Don't know anything about baseball but how the hell do they throw balls at 92mph just standing (no run-up). Respect!!! Edit : There are people in replies saying they are bending their arms. You know what, you try throwing ball at that speed by bending your arm most probably you will jerk your elbow or shoulder

[@rishibappanad]

Theyre allowed to bend their arms, so I guess that makes it a bit easier, but its still incredible how fast they deliver with no run up or hurling their bodies.

[@sonly8himanshrx]

I think you haven't play gully cricket yet

[@rishirajkumar9940]

There's a difference between a throw action and a round arm action....

[@sossiepie2243]

That's because they are allowed to bend every joint in their body. This gives you a better kinetic linkage and transfers all the power efficiently. It is the same as a volley ball/ badminton smash, just holding the ball with you. Try throwing a ball transferring power though every joint vs with a straight arm.

[@kalyangowda.s63]

It's actually easy cause you can bend your arm in baseball.

[@TheB657]

5:46 - That argument is just pure ignorance. For a bowler or batsman, wicketkeeper or fielder, different skills and more selective skill set is desirable. It is not easy to bowl in cricket or as I heard in baseball. So no comparisons there i agree. Cricket is a larger version of the game compared to baseball and to pitch for an entire day oozes the blood off you. To bowl specific line and length is to think intelligently and "predict" batsman's next move by analyzing his performance and mindset. Cricket is not an easy game and neither seems baseball from my watching the basics of baseball. It seems very very difficult to score a single run in baseball and fast action makes the ball almost impossible to hit. In cricket the bowler has to run or trot to the crease to bowl while thinking of a strategy , which is too much work literally for a single bowl.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

😂they have come with predertermined mindset they will show edge to baseball over cricket😂 By watching their video,i get to lnow, even 4-5 year old in ind-aus-eng kid know better cricket than this so called analysist🤣

[@robbiefrantz8170]

I grew up, in the USA, with baseball as my favorite sport. However, I have read several books on cricket and watched many matches on TV. Of course, I think baseball is superior, but, I do admit my life situation have supplied me with a strong bias. The only thing I can point to in judging baseball superior is that baseball base running between the 4-bases (first, second, third and home) seems to play a more significant role in the game than the running between the wickets. I will say this. If I were to relocate to a cricket playing country, I am sure I would come a cricket enthusiast. Both baseball and cricket are fabulous games.

[@gokulpayyanur1839]

It is difficult for a fielder to catch the ball in cricket when compared to baseball you should not insult people who point that out in the name of safety

[@davescott9182]

Great video! I’m always impressed by how well you understand American sports when as an American myself I have no idea how non-American sports are played!

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks. I attribute that to having way too much time on my hands!

[@RandomMemes2009174561322]

Me to

[@Hellodinho]

Hey Ninh, love the vid but with your first point cricketers use a much bigger variety of techniques when bowling, so when facing experienced opponents it is much harder than just the size of the bat

[@anulearntech]

only the wicket keeper wears gloves, its like how the goalkeeper can handle the ball in football and wears gloves.