Can Cricket SUPERSTAR Harry Brook learn how to hit a baseball in just 1 day?! | MLB Europe

[@brianfallon2607]

As someone who played baseball in the US but lives in England, I think baseball players might struggle with fielding without gloves. Some of the bare handed catches cricketers make are unbelievable.

[@obscuredictionary3263]

In Chicago and a few other places they play an interesting game called “16 inch softball” in which they don’t use any gloves. I found that pretty interesting.

[@tyslink]

I'm pretty sure most pro baseball players would be able to adapt pretty quickly.

[@brianfallon2607]

@@obscuredictionary3263 The thing that surprised me was just how hard a cricket ball is. Some of the catches are made with one hand and are not that far from the batter.

[@obscuredictionary3263]

@@brianfallon2607 Yeah it hurts a lot. I have felt one of those things they are solid.

[@MCKevin289]

I’d probably be okay at cricket because of hurling.

[@toogyman]

Just seen Harry score a great hundred in front of 70,000 at Eden Gardens in the IPL The kid has some minerals

[@nayamsharjeelrafique369]

He could hardly get the ball off the square against the spinners though.

[@blackfreethinker2525]

And he just won the T20 World Cup in November. The young man has a bright future!

[@sadiqulkadir7507]

@@nayamsharjeelrafique369 he's only breaking through past year or two give him time

[@Bettys_Eldest]

@@nayamsharjeelrafique369 he took a run a ball against the spinners leaving the other batsman to take them apart, then murdered the quicks when they came back. He understands how to enable his team to win, not just try to make himself look good.

[@christopherjenkins8884]

So? Strike rate was still above 100 against spinners.

[@R2robot]

We need to get a whole team of them vs an MLB team exhibition game and then have an MLB team play an exhibition game of cricket vs them on their turf.

[@David-yd9se]

Watching this video feels like standing on the corner of Boring St and Dull Ave and you want more?

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

Japan vs India and USA vs England instead?

[@1313tennisman]

The cricketers would do better at baseball than the baseball players would at cricket

[@chillkaro911]

Cricket is more of Mind and skill game then Strength game.

[@shahrukhsings]

Shoehei Ohtani Playing cricket would be a delight

[@keithland4703]

So cool to see. Harry Brook has a bright future as a batter for the English team. As an Australian iI look forward to him being a headache at The Ashes

[@domhayes5960]

He’s going to have a great ashes I reckon, we might actually compete this time

[@mananghildiyal2675]

​@@domhayes5960 you might even win, English team is doing wonders in test cricket as of recent.

[@aayushsrivastava-mergcgryx2364]

​@@mananghildiyal2675 yeah it's difficult for Aussies to stop the bazz ball english team

[@kirtigupta9753]

His defence is suspect specially against the spinners. He'll be easily gobbled up by Ashwin and company in India.

[@fekopurishaktisefeko6044]

Forget ashes you should be worried about wc of test . Last time India under captaincy of rahane defeated Aussie badly ,he is back in team.

[@clubequintafalcao]

He took guard like a cricketer 6:20. Love to see it.

[@McWhatevs]

Covering off?

[@Romanggwp]

that was cool. good spot

[@flamingfrancis]

Took guard? Of what?

[@clubequintafalcao]

@@flamingfrancis the stumps. In cricket you take guard in front of your stumps in order to protect them.

[@binxbolling]

​@@clubequintafalcaoNone of that makes any sense to an American.

[@mrfurion]

As a cricketer who has played baseball a few times, I found the hardest thing was getting the legs and feet right when hitting. In cricket you have to be ready to step forward, back and to either side because you can hit to the whole 360 degree field, and the bowler (pitcher) is allowed to make the ball come in at any height. I could see this guy struggling with the same thing - throughout the whole video he never got his legs fully loaded and he kept pointing his front foot towards the pitcher rather than staying closed. This severely limits your power in a baseball swing.

[@_e5598]

Yeah, Harry is all arms. His feet are kind of getting around, but he's getting no power from the legs. Most adults who played any little league have more power. Totally different things.

[@joshw7974]

Yeah, the amount of power he would have if he engaged his lower half is kind of crazy. Hitting a ball 360 and 330 with a wood bat with all upper half, is pretty damn impressive.

[@mikesmith2057]

Going the other way (an American who's played some cricket), I find it much easier to bat in cricket as a lefty, using my 2-handed tennis backhand. Nimble on your feet, responsive to a ball anywhere, and playing in 360*. As you say, the cricket stance is fundamentally a mobile one, while the baseball swing is based on a firm foundation, foot plant and weight transfer. They're superficially similar but profoundly different. Like a golf swing and a baseball swing, they probably get in each other's way more than they help.

[@zerofide]

@@joshw7974 its incredible what fast hands can do, makes up for so many other things. giancarlo stanton hits bombs and is often in the bucket himself.

[@RobertMJohnson]

the hardest thing when hitting is going up against the nastiest junk the best MLB pitchers have.

[@WorldwideWyatt]

This is how you spread the game of baseball. Cricket and baseball are cousins and anyone who enjoys one will more than likely enjoy the other. We need more crossovers like this going both ways to make both games bigger.

[@clarkie246]

Both games were birthed from ROUNDERS

[@crackerjack2228]

He picked it up pretty quick. You can tell he has exceptional hand eye coordination.

[@pahwraith]

Thats a big part of it. You either have it or you dont. Pro cricket players, definitely have it.

[@EverettBurger]

It's interesting because you don't actually swing at the ball. Your brain predicts where the ball is going to be...and then it swings at that area. In cricket, it's hard for the brain to make a prediction due to the bounce. In baseball, it's hard to predict due to the movement of the ball.

[@xCestLaVie1]

@@EverettBurger There's full toss in cricket though, it's both

[@Virtuoso191]

They’re trained to hit short hops, and the only MLB player I’ve only seen do that was Vlad.

[@my2l]

@@Virtuoso191 cricket swing is more similar to tennis than baseball, ichiro and baez also have hit shorthops for hits.

[@TheDjcarter1966]

Biggest advantage these guys have are obviously they are great athletes and amazing hand eye coordination, given a week of real instruction they could probably get pretty good at least off BP fastballls. Just getting the correct grip on the bat and holding his hands higher would do wonders

[@subhodipbanerjee6699]

Irrespective of the results, this crossover was wonderful. It helps you to appreciate what other people do.

[@hijtohema]

It would have been complete if Spencer Owen were given and had accepted a cricket challenge.

[@zafarsobhan9191]

This was brilliant. I loved the generosity and appreciation on both sides. Cricket and baseball are two great sports and there is no reason those who are top of the sport in one couldn't retrofit their games to be pretty damn good in the other.

[@charliebad]

Agreed I believe there's a few rugby stars that have made the move to American Football

[@nigeh5326]

@@charliebadyes I remember a few decades back a guy from a rugby side became a kicker for a top American football team. Can’t remember which team but he did make the news in Britain for doing it.

[@nigeh5326]

Look at football/soccer a game not v popular in the USA for decades but growing in popularity more recently. The USA womens team have been hugely successful winning 4 World Cups because young women in the USA have taken to the game. If the young men also take it up in high numbers there is no reason they can’t win a future World Cup.

[@iainmaley3319]

Both great games, clearly theres a lot of differences in bat vs ball sports.

[@davidlong1459]

Cricket’s my game but into MLB too since my brother moved to CA in 1980… Lucky enough to see likes of Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, Steve Garvey. As a cricket fan and coach I can see this lad is going to be at that kind of level in his own sport - serious serious talent.

[@yahiyaking8488]

Harry brook the future of English cricket ,he is gonna become one of the top run scorer in future

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

Never heard of this guy. If he's all that good why isn't he in the English team playing the World Cup against Sri Lanka today? The English team batting is clearly struggling against the Lankans and they could have done with a hitter like him. If they left him out it must have been for good reason?

[@yahiyaking8488]

@@ArmageddonIsHere because ben stokes decided to reverse his retirement so he didn't get spot in the squad

[@ParthaYouTube09]

​@@yahiyaking8488 that was quite selfish And seeing how English team performed as a defending champion was very hard to digest

[@Lucy_595]

@@ParthaKZbin09 Well now Ben Stokes pulled out of the T20I world cup and gave Brooks a chance. He isn't really selfish.

[@danielhenderson9917]

Nah, I don’t think he’ll be very good…

[@Fredman2410]

Grew up playing baseball, moved to cricket country. Round bat on ball is incredibly difficult, however every baseball 'fouled back' would probably be out in cricket, and there are a ton of them. Also, as a baseball player playing cricket, I found it extremely difficult to maintain focus on the ball after it bounces - your brain just says ignore it.

[@jackweber3660]

i can relate to the ignoring the ball after the bounce part- my brain is wired to take it every time

[@charlesstockings663]

that would be a hard habit to break. a lot of comments on this video are saying about his feet position. do you find the difference between the styles of play affects that as well? i always thought of the base skills being transferable like hand eye coordination and reaction time but when you think about it old habits can be hard to break and throw you off. I'm hopeless at cricket and baseball. so i have no perspective of it.

[@googleforcedmetocreateacha6273]

That is why you get into a good position. Rest is prediction. Above a certain speed it is impossible to see the ball all the way through. Which is why you have a set stance and a trigger. You move your head over the ball since it is the heaviest portion of your body. Your feet follow where your head goes and you just swing either on backfoot or front. It is more muscle training/reaction rather then watching the ball through. It is impossible to watch the ball under your eyes after it bounces. At that point it is just your best judgement and body positioning.

[@jitkr1489]

But you wouldn't be allowed to throw or 'chuck' like you do, in baseball. And nobody bowls full in cricket intentionally

[@Fredman2410]

@@jitkr1489 Whoosh!

[@ericzhang9705]

For those that are not U.S native, Cubs and Cardinals are division rivals. it's going to be a good one. Hope my Cardinals can take the W. we have a good team this season

[@pahwraith]

Also not known probably by Brits. Its a rivalry inside the state of Illinois itself. Illinois is a little bit bigger than the UK, geographically speaking (12 million and 10 million live in Chicago). Its only major city is Chicago and it dominates everything. St louis fans are supported by mostly rural farmers in southern illinois and the cubs represent the urban north of illinois. Southern Illinoisians hate and resent Chicagoans, almost to an unhealthy degree. While Chicagoans barely acknowledge them.

[@Rak9-j8h]

​@@pahwraith I'm an American baseball fan and didn't know this. I assume most people in Illinois would be White Sox or Cubs fans.

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

Too bad for us Cubs fans you have our former catcher Contreas.....SIGH!! Molina was a beast!!

[@pahwraith]

@@Rak9-j8h nah, south of springfield its all cardinal fans. Central IL is 50/50z Iowa is mostly cubs fans. Go figure. White sox dont have many fans outside the Chicago suburbs. But its about 50/50 inside the city and suburbs so thats still about 5 million people that like them.

[@blackfreethinker2525]

@@pahwraith I'm originally from NYC, and now live in Central New York, so I understand, because you have much of the same thing going on here. (Yes, there is no small contingent of Red Sox fans in this part of the state, and weirdly enough, many of them are also NFL Giants fans.) That said, I've also lived in Da Region for 10 years of my life, and when it comes to the Crosstown Classic... the good guys wear black. Go White Sox!

[@tonyknight9912]

Brilliant, well done Harry Brook, a seriously talented player !

[@blitztim6416]

He did really good for a first timer. I wanted to hear his thoughts on baseball after this experience. I would have like to see him field also.

[@jhfh3112]

Yeah the most confusing thing in baseball is knowing where to throw the damn thing with no thinking time. Being used to fielding in cricket your instincts would be completely different so it'd be really difficult.

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@jhfh3112 nah in cricket once you catch it instinct would be throw back to the middle to get a run out or get it back to the bowler

[@lonerbetch]

​@@jhfh3112 cricket is actually either at the same level or even harder when it comes to fielding. You need to catch a pretty hard leather ball with your bare hands, no gloves. Then you need to decide if you have to throw it to the bowlers end or the keepers depending where the two batsmen are. You also need to quickly judge how you're going to throw it, whether you are aiming for the stumps directly or going to throw it at a fielder who has got to the stumps and will break it after you throw it to him. Quite often, it's just the fielder having to throw the ball at an inanimate set of stumps and hit the stumps direct. They should also make a note to see if a fielder has positioned themselves to stop the ball from going to the boundary if the throw doesn't hit the stumps or is not collected by a fielder.

[@jhfh3112]

@@lonerbetch I don't think baseball is harder inherently, and I know how cricket works. Just commenting that the change of instinct on where to throw and when would be hard for someone who is very well practiced in one sport.

[@my2l]

@@lonerbetch that's not true at all, cricket fielding is far simpler than baseball, baseball fielding involves knowing the outs, base runners, force plays, tag plays, which base to throw to, how to do run downs, precise footwork and glove work, and requires much better overall athleticism and arm strength than cricket, there's a reason many top cricket teams hire baseball fielding coaches and never the other way around.

[@carlos-fv1rc]

From my limited knowledge of cricket, I see that the two two sports are complete opposites - in the sense that in cricket, it's extremely difficult to get a batter out, and the bowler (pitcher) cheers like crazy when that happens. The teams score hundreds of runs in one game. While in baseball, it's extremely hard for the batter to get a hit, and when you have a duel between two good pitchers, you're not going to see more than a few runs.

[@tyslink]

Probably because of the differences in bat/ball dimensions and shapes....it's often been said that hitting a round ball with a round bat is one of the hardest things to do in sports. In Cricket the bat is a huge flat board and the ball is a bit smaller than a baseball (I believe anyway?).

[@hemsanimbri8962]

Unless its test cricket in India, Australia, England

[@michaelscott7166]

​@@tyslink The balls are very similar in size and weight. Cricket ball is about a quarter inch smaller in circumference but about 1/2 an ounce heavier than a Baseball it is also a much harder object. Batting wise it definitely is much harder to hit a baseball because of the round bat and more power because the boundaries of the field are much bigger but Cricket requires a more varied technique because of the 360⁰ field of play, much longer at bats, and increased bowling variety, relative to pitching. Reaction times are similar though, Baseball pitching is generally faster than Cricket bowling but they throw from further away.

[@my2l]

@@michaelscott7166 baseball pitches are thrown from closer than cricket, when the pitcher releases the ball it's often 54 feet away or even closer.

[@kartikarry6921]

Cricket games can be heavily influenced based on the surface too. Teams that score 200+ runs in T20 Cricket (a huge number) may sometimes barely get through the 100-run mark if the game happens on a bowling-favored surface.

[@ticnatz]

I'll be in London for both games. I live in Germany, but St.Louis is where I call home. I hope this doesn't mess with his cricket swing. When I play golf (not very often), I'm told I have a baseball swing.

[@conceptualme]

See you there! Go Cards!!!

[@spakkx]

went to a driving range here in hamburg once. After a of couple swings the instructor asked if i play baseball, there seems to be a pattern.

[@flamingfrancis]

You do realise that the baseball swing is a horizontal one (unless Asian) Golf is a vertical full arc...look at a pro.

[@hifijohn]

Thats an interesting point I wonder how many who attend are brits and how many are Americans?

[@alonenjersey]

You must share your experiences when you get back to The States!

[@dominicverdin5724]

Not too shabby for his first time playing baseball. Well done kind sir. ⚾️

[@WastingTime1878]

He faces more harsher challenges in the game he plays. I have found baseball to be pretty easier to adapt to as well, if your cricket basics are good you can excel in baseball as well.

[@omegacroc2928]

@@WastingTime1878 While I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with you, there isn’t any tangible evidence to support that since to my knowledge there aren’t any cricketers that have become pro baseball players. Nor vice versa, for that matter.

[@CognizantCheddar]

@@WastingTime1878 You're lying. Cricket and baseball are _wildly_ different in how the batter needs to judge the pitcher/bowler's motion as the ball leaves their hand, to say nothing of the various pitches employed in baseball to make the ball's behavior, trajectory, and speed dramatically deceptive (there no parallels whatsoever to that in cricket bowling). And this isn't even going into the wildly different fielding skills. You have never played competitive baseball.

[@chaboiearl4266]

@@WastingTime1878 Why do people feel the need to diminish one thing when supporting another. Cricket does not hold "harsher challenges" than baseball hahahahha.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@WastingTime1878 LOLOL. they were throwing him meatballs, Ace.

[@andrewlaw]

I'd like to have seen some of the baseball hitters have a go at cricket, the straight bat mechanics are totally different to what they are taught so could prove an interesting challenge.

[@EvilClowns69]

Glad that they are bringing back the London series. I was lucky enough to fly to London and watch the Yankees vs Redsox there was a great time

[@thesmithersy]

As a UK fan, it was enjoyable but I wish they hadn't brought the MLB concept of overpriced concessions over too!

[@zas98]

Happy to see Harry Brook play for the Cardinals. I did my MS in SIUE and supported the STL Cardinals

[@sudarshaniyer2747]

As someone who has played both and watches full MLB and IPL seasons, I've seen some comments that I agree and disagree with, here are my two cents: Pitching in baseball is far more complex than bowling in cricket in terms of the types of pitches one can throw and the control a pitcher can exert on the baseball to spin left, right, or down, regardless of ambient conditions. For bowling in cricket, there are a number of delivery types but these are heavily influenced by the ambient environment (clouds vs. dry sunny day for swing bowling) and pitch (green vs. dusty). A bowler is often a hostage to these parameters and most even in international cricket are unable to maintain similar levels of performance in one set of conditions vs. another. I think a case could be made on the other hand that batting in cricket is more complex. You have to be good at cross bat shots, drives, sweeps, hooks, and cuts in cricket, where a batsman has to make a quick decision when the ball is bowled with regards to how to shape the body and transfer weight while keeping the head still. A lot of reaction also doesnt occur when the ball is bowled but rather where, when, and how the ball hits the surface. Baseball is less complex when it comes to the types of swings and location of where the ball needs to go. With this said, I do think it's harder to hit a ball with a round bat (perhaps easier to generate power though when the bat connects). I would say fielding is harder with bare hands. Look at Jonty Rhodes videos to get a sense of fielding at point. However, baseball fielding requires more thought. In cricket you just have to figure out what end to throw to. In baseball you have a lot more targets to consider depending on the game situation, number of base runners, and fielding location (SS vs outfielder). Turning a double or triple play requires more coordination and teamwork than anything I see in cricket for example. Along the same lines, baserunning is more cerebral and tactical in baseball than running between the wickets in cricket, hopefully this point is self-explanatory. From an entertainment perspective, T20 used to be a more exciting watch compared to an MLB game but with the introduction of the pitch timer I would say it's more equivalent now. Test cricket may be satisfying to watch for the diehard cricket fan but for the common consumer it definitely is a harder watch than an MLB game. All in all, both games are brilliant to watch/play and each offers something different in terms of the fundamental contest of bat vs. ball. I encourage anyone who watches/plays only one to watch/play the other as they both are extremely fascinating.

[@RealFansSports]

This is the best comment that I have seen that compares the sport. We react to cricket content and have a lot of people that blow off baseball as way easier than cricket, but reality of it is they are both extremely difficult. Some skills transcend to both and you will have your unique few that could be good at both, but at the end of the day neither would be successful at the other sport without years of practice and training.

[@None-rk1in]

​@@RealFansSportsbaseball isnt easier than cricket,well in a sense its much less complex,but as a guy who have tried cricket and baseball,except proffesional cricket its easier to bat in cricket and make contact ,but in baseball its really hard to make contact with the bat

[@RealFansSports]

@@None-rk1in Oh yeah that’s what I would think too. I’m from the US so I’ve played baseball a bunch growing up. I have never played crickets, only watched videos and things like that.

[@None-rk1in]

@@RealFansSports well i have watched your videos ,cricket is really hard to properly understand ,there are 3 levels of understanding cricket-1)audience or viewer level were you just have to be clear of the basics 2)expert level were you know everything related to cricket,every rules ,regulations,field setting,format,bowling types ,batting shots etc And 3)the player level,how to bat and ball,well in gully cricket we all bat and ball but in real cricket they have either pure batters who arent great bowlers and doesnt or rarely bowl,then there is pure bowlers ,and allrounders who does both.learning how to bowl and bat is a bit hard just like every sport ,holding and gripping the bat ,the stance,footwork,wristwork everything needs to be somewhat mastered to play proper cricket. Thats all

[@jimb9063]

Yes agreed, very good points. Just a couple of things to add. Pitching in Baseball and batting in Cricket are the more complex elements as you say, but they also have the advantage ball by ball/pitch by pitch. Considering each delivery individually, a batsman in cricket probably won't get out and might score a run in cricket, a pitcher probably won't give up a hit and might get an out in baseball. Both sports have the same aims, scoring runs and getting outs, but do it in almost completely opposite ways. Apart from the effects of altitude and temperature on how far the ball flies off the bat, atmospherics don't really come into baseball because of the tennis ball style seam on a baseball. All movement is via spin, apart from a knuckleball, so no cricket ball style seam, no swing through the air. Spot on with the fielding. Cricket has learned a bit from baseball over the years as it's tried to get more 'professional'. Relay throwing is more common now, but it's just not as crucial with every play like it is with baseball. Not having to run while batting, and being fairly obvious most of the time how many runs are available in cricket means you don't throw the ball back 'seriously' that often when in the field. 100% agree with your last paragraph. Like with almost everything, disdain usually comes from ignorance. I'd be amazed if fans of one sport didn't at least recognise and respect the other sport if they watched it for a while. Personally love both games. From the UK, prefer the long version of cricket and also watched quite a bit of baseball over the years. I didn't need T20 personally because I watched baseball, but understand the need for a viable modern game. It's also had a very positive affect on Test cricket too. It's just a little too skewed in favour of the bat for me, in a game which they have the advantage anyway (You might be able to tell I used to bowl!). I guess it's true what they say, chicks dig the long ball!

[@mocrg]

He’s got all the basics. Hand eye coordination.

[@WastingTime1878]

You have to have it budd, international cricket is merciless.

[@dakshmahida833]

I was waiting for this moment in the whole video and finally he did it 😅 6:20 tapping bat on pitch before a big shot...the cricketer in him...

[@MannanGoel]

Harry Brook is one of the cricketers whose batting style resemble baseball hitting. Great crossover

[@priyanshudas9083]

Livingstone too

[@jayansaini7093]

​@@priyanshudas9083he has the bat swing, but he relies a lot on his wrists

[@flamingfrancis]

Have you considered the fact that one English assistant coach is a former MLB player / coach and national Australian baseball coach. The influence to cricket fielding, bowling grips (e.g. knuckle ball) and, to some eyes, for some batting, is very evident.

[@davon7100]

Arsenals Goalkeeper has a video of taking baseball hitting lessons and looked better than Brook when doing so.

[@MannanGoel]

@@davon7100 I never said that he'll be a great Baseball player or he did well. I compared his batting with baseball. Doesn't mean he'll be good at baseball.

[@kushalmalhotra9123]

Just wondering how long could LIAM LIVINGSTONE can hit it💀

[@cricket_shorts5934]

Out of the park

[@randomguy7175]

West indies lads can hit really big

[@TurdBoi666]

Henrich Klassen

[@uya9724]

Ms Dhoni

[@Wesleytiger-m9w]

​@@uya9724 I don't see anyone in cricket hitting home runs except for west Indies lads as they usually are physically bigger than rest of the cricketing players. Unlike cricket baseball needs brute power and timings hence baseball players are lot more muscular than average cricket players.

[@reggiedixon2]

From the UK, this was an interesting watch, loving some of the comments that display a "the less I know about a sport, the easier it must be" attitude. I think Brook has exactly the right amount of humility.

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

It's not easy, it just requires a different skillset. Bring a baseball batter over here and give him some chin music and see how well he does.

[@SirArthurBeowulf]

Here after England's win over Australia in third test of Aahes he played very well in second inning

[@GS44691]

I miss baseball on TV here in the UK. Was an avid fan sitting through the night watching some fantastic games and great athletes.

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

My son played the game here in the United States. B O R I N G !

[@hithere3035]

Just a year late, i'm assuming by your comment that they used to play Baseball on tv but stopped? MLB is on every night in UK now on TnT sports. Usually around 10pm.

[@theremakers.]

I don't know if you baseball fans are aware, but Harry has a mesmerizingly classical cricketing technique. He is undoubtedly a future legend of the game.❤

[@danjo1967]

i dunno.... half the aussie team would have done better

[@KG-qm7pb]

Classical cricketing technique? Don’t know about that at all 😂 he’s very unconventional

[@mcfch9625]

​@danjo1967 there was nothing incorrect in the statement, irrespective of his nationality.

[@kingofthewolds4120]

​@@danjo1967 At baseball, maybe. But at cricket, this guy's the best player in the world.

[@ahsenkhan1593]

He is an exceptional talent, arguably the best emerging player in the cricketing world currently. I am a bit worried/ scared and hope that this game won't effect his cricketing skills with the bat.

[@davidobrien2541]

Kid's got fast hands, pretty good form at the plate, understands the difficulty of hitting a baseball, and he's a quick study. This was a cool video.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

A pro athlete is still a pro athlete.

[@WastingTime1878]

I feel cricket players who have a low backlift (I always had a low backlift) are much more likely to excel at baseball. Whatever little I have played baseball, I have found it easier for me as compared to my friends who have a much higher backlift.

[@legendnaveendelu7209]

He just hit a hundred in IPL. 🎉🎉🎉

[@VK456-r7p]

And failed in rest other matches

[@gauthamvadlamudi3500]

The habit of batsmen in cricket having this standing stance @6:43 when they are not at play ... habits don't go away so easy 😂

[@billhorton2564]

As a former baseball player that lived in South Africa for a short time, I became very good at hitting a cricket ball. I could routinely hit the ball completely off the pitch. I used my legs for more power, but with the three sided bat and having to swing every time, including balls that hit the ground before reaching the batter made for much more of an arm swing. Good job Harry!

[@timothybruggeman9332]

I lived in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg from 2010 to 2016, and while I was there I was fortunate to have found a baseball league. I played for the Mark's Park Mustangs!

[@ziadelsissy3088]

Yeah batting in cricket is easier,but bowling is harder,,

[@5394q]

being able to hit out of the park doesn't make you good at cricket. it just shows you don't understand the game

[@bbm260]

Based on your comment you looks like a terrible cricketer or you know nothing about cricket.

[@human6729]

​@@ziadelsissy3088 but to become an international player is very tough as just swinging is not enough got to know various other things.

[@kgck15]

feel so proud through country wise i am not from Nz but feels like is our guy as he is part of cricket, all people in cricketing world is part of oen big family :)

[@jimmyconway8025]

Kid is very polite and humble! Very well spoken! His swing was decent! I feel he could play baseball at a decent level. Id like to have seen him throw and catch . I feel the one big difference between the two besides bouncing ball is base runners! And situational baseball that takes years to figure out. And inner squad match would be cool... With some restrictions on pitching and bowling

[@jimb9063]

I think he's a genuinely nice lad, he's currently smashing it to all parts in a Test Series in New Zealand at the moment. Pretty perceptive comments. Running between the wickets in cricket is rarely as frenetic as base running, and throwing in cricket generally doesn't have to be as nailed on because of it. Skills wise, hitters are similar to batters, and pitchers to bowlers. However, cricket batters and baseball pitchers control the game and have the advantage, leading to more outs than runs in baseball, and more runs than outs in cricket.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

He's not bad but not on the global level as a big name but a good ambassador for the sport and seems like a great bloke. He's actually a very handy fielder as most batters/batsmen are.

[@joealyjim3029]

Love to see this go the other way and have some baseball players try cricket

[@kennyg1358]

Would be fun to see a home and home championship playing cricket and baseball on their home turf respectively.

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@Cricket Explained depends because baseball catching is much easier so if they catch out all the baseball team and then get a few good hits who knows. I think virat kohli could get a few homeruns and joffra archer could get some dangerous pitches off (he might still be injured)

[@frebbbreeze2841]

If it was taken even remotely seriously it would be too dangerous for the baseball players to play cricket. Their clubs wouldn't agree to it

[@thesmithersy]

@@frebbbreeze2841 True, they wouldn't know how to deal with bouncers.

[@flamingfrancis]

If you turn up early enough at any Cricket International you can see players / coaches all warming up using baseball gloves / skills / drills so there is nothing really to prove by having a crossover event. Cricketers would be easily found out thinking if they have to tag a player or touch base with something thy know nothing about...force plays.

[@flamingfrancis]

@@frebbbreeze2841 MLB clubs have often, in the past, refused to allow contacted players to play global tournaments with their nations in baseball...just as EPL teams have done

[@williamsmith8522]

Glad this video is giving Ryan Ludwick a small moment, he’s probably not well known across the baseball world but look up his 2008 stats for the Cardinals MVP caliber year but somehow landed only 16th.

[@AliceYobby]

Takin a cue from Jomboy with the Cricket outreach, love it

[@davezubie]

I'd like to see a couple of Irish hurlers try the same. Great hand-eye coordination and can hit the ball while some is trying to tackle them

[@devrajsinghbalyasra1407]

He is the next big thing of Cricket world. Brooks is making so many runs soon he will be no 1 batsman

[@Pwnzistor]

I don't know what any of that means, but he seems super nice- I hope he does extremely well.

[@RatzaChewy]

Replace 'batsman' with 'batter' or 'hitter' and that statement would read exactly the same for a baseball player.

[@iameverywhere8551]

He got off in IPL tho 🤣

[@DeadBeat1azy]

​@I AM EVERYWHERE ! That one literally one game and he came in after a wicket maiden first over

[@KKPR533]

@@iameverywhere8551 scored a century the other day

[@jjackson3240]

The Cardinals won the World Series against Boston in 1967. Sometime in the fall/winter television season, I believe on the Ed Sullivan show, a fake match was staged between the top British cricket team and the Cardinals. The score was 0 to 0 in the final inning and someone told the cricket batter to hit the ball out of the park. He asked if that was polite and was told yes. So he proceeded to do just that and won the game for the British team. I was so mad at the time. I was 10 years old and loved the Cardinals. Have fun Harry.

[@robertcornelius8056]

I’ll buy cardinals merch because Harry is the right fit as your ambassador . He is the future of cricket so this will not go unnoticed in the uk

[@nigeh5326]

Fascinating stuff for someone like me, a Brit who hasn’t played cricket since high school and who follows a soccer team here in Britain (West Bromwich Albion) and the Red Sox via the internet. Cricket and baseball may look superficially similar eg both involve a guy with a bat trying to hit a ball thrown at them with fielders trying to catch it etc. But the skills involved are different. From the first day a player takes up either game they develop skills and movements that are unique. Same with rugby and American football. Both involve an oval ball, running at and tackling opponents, trying to reach the opposition’s end of the pitch to score before kicking the ball over the bar and between the posts. But the skills involved are different. Regardless of the sport professional players are way better than any of us could hope to be. They have a natural talent, years of and dedication to improving that through training and practicing constantly to reach the top.

[@sootchh4055]

I'd take this lad for my beer league softball team any day!

[@KKPR533]

Harry smashed a brilliant century in the IPL the other day.

[@Anichaan7]

Brook has potential to become one of the best batsmans in cricket

[@yashtiwari117]

I think I am going to be naturally good at Baseball because of my natural swing in cricket. Love em short stuff, I can keep pulling/hooking them all day.

[@ItzJohnny1980]

Ive just seen this, and Harry Brook has become 1 of the batsmen of the year for England. He is one of those ppl who is naturally gifted with a bat in his hands. I bet he could turn his hand to anything.

[@raincntry2657]

Color me impressed that he picked it up in one day with coaching. He was making good, solid contact.

[@sloppygoo]

Baseball is arcade cricket I’m not surprised

[@scarletrobin]

Hitting a baseball is way harder than hitting a cricket ball with a bat 3 times the size lol

[@RajeshSharma-fc8mk]

​@@scarletrobin Lol all baseball balls are full toss which is the easiest ball to hit in cricket 😂

[@pertash]

Every ball is a full toss

[@User-ta5178]

But every ball is not cricket ball .

[@fordastreeets8019]

Theres different types of pitches in baseball, its not all 90mph fastballs. If that was the case, baseball players would easily be making contact. Pitches will also purposely switch there pitches to trick the hitter/batsman. There's different types of pitches including splitters, cutters, sliders, curveballs, knuckleballs, forkball, eephus, breakingball, and more. Also u have to keep in mind baseball players use baseball bats, which have smaller widths. If baseball players used the cricket sticks they would easily make contact with the ball. And u also need to know where to place your hits. Making contact with the baseball wont win games if you don't know where to place your hits.

[@j.vrooyen7975]

🤣🤣

[@tirthasarathighosh5342]

​@@User-ta5178😂😂 have you seen cricket before 😂

[@User-ta5178]

@@tirthasarathighosh5342 yup I've seen India loses from Australia in 2023 world cup .

[@johnhenry9453]

MLB is doing big moves to expand finally the game... first was the WBC and now this looking for ambassadors and putting games on another countries. If they had done that in the past, maybe baseball would have more popularity in the world right now.

[@flamingfrancis]

But MLB is NOT the peak body of global baseball.

[@johnhenry9453]

@@flamingfrancis moneywise, yes

[@Maxharddrive64]

So intresing a subject. I guess like anything, with practice you'd get better right?The one thing I admire and spotted immediately is his hand eye coordination. in both $ports the atheletes have been gifted with tremendous hand eye coordination

[@stingray4real]

In the UK during the late 1890s after visiting USA Industrialist Sir Francis Ley introduced baseball in Derby, England. There was a baseball field built near the factory. There was the English Baseball League. Derby Baseball Club was winning the English Baseball League. Because they had American players they got banned by the English Baseball League. The game didn't catch on in the UK. Derby County Football Club bought the baseball field from Francis Ley. Hence the name of the stadium Baseball Ground.

[@flamingfrancis]

Conversely...have a look for the number of English players that played baseball in the US even before MLB was formed. The two sports were more closely aligned in those days. The inaugural International Baseball Federation World Cup was played in 1938...all of the (REAL) World Champions can be found on Wikipedia.

[@JohnCena-lc3cs]

Harry brook is a great player i love watch him play❤️

[@Brendanvio]

Good player to pick. He has been outrageously good for England the last year.

[@grevious01]

Really? I haven't heard much about him compare with England's other superstars such as Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.

[@iqbal0610]

​@@grevious01Stokes and Butter are the established senior players for England. This guy is a proper up and coming star. Watch out for him

[@c3vzn]

Yeah he’s been THE player for England. Keen to see how he goes in The Ashes.

[@yeoldegeek71]

@@djstuc What are you on about? His form has been astonishing... 4 centuries in his 1st 10 tests, averaging over 80, scoring at roughly a run a ball. Man of the series against New Zealand in February. He's the most exciting young player to have emerged onto the cricket Test scene for a long time.

[@yeoldegeek71]

@@djstuc Aaaah, fair enough!

[@TheBoomsonic]

The 'cricketing guard' at 6:20. Haha. This was really fun to watch.

[@pruett89]

For someone who plays their own sport at an international level this guy is EXTREMELY humble. Love seeing this cross over.

[@sudarshansundar9320]

As someone who grew up playing baseball but watching a lot of cricket bc of my dad. I would say the swing is very impressive given his inexperience his main issue is how sturdy he is a cricket swing is a very structured rigid movement. Where as baseball is an athletic and free moving swing. You can see how planted he is, once he opens those hips and drives through the ball he could get pop

[@brodaism]

As a long time cricket player who is trying to be better tennis player these days. I can see that he wasn't using legs that much, his base was not wide so he was off balance as soon he hits, the right side of the hip has to come forward/rotate for balance and power. Having said that, Cricket is also a complex sport which needs other skillset.

[@MrMosby-hy3te]

That Cardinal Red is the best Red in the business!!!

[@Kid_Senekal]

As a cricket fan I often wonder how good the US might get if cricket were more mainstream. Some of these baseball guys are unbelievable athletes.

[@ihatejpmorgan]

The majority. MLB is not joke. It's the hardest professional league of any sport to get into.

[@Kid_Senekal]

@@ihatejpmorgan Absolutely. Limited amount of high level baseball I've seen....fielding, reaction time and mobility- and throwing- power and accuracy- is insane.

[@akshaychaudhar6926]

@@Kid_Senekal where are you from brother and which sport is most popular sport in your country???

[@Kid_Senekal]

@@akshaychaudhar6926 South Africa. Rugby and soccer most popular spectator sports, cricket also up there.

[@chaitanyashinde7700]

I can tell you already they can be the best in the world only thing holding them is the game has not catched on. We had a baseball player come in and play cricket it took him few balls to get used to it. Once he did boy oh boy he was only hitting out of the park no half measures. Fielding was exceptional because he had a rocket arm and could throw the ball like a trace of bullet.

[@dennissvitak5475]

In the US Air Force, I was stationed in East Anglia for several years. I played a fair amount of Cricket..and I was good at it. You knew pretty much where the ball was coming to, and it was a lot slower.

[@asathelogiclaman637]

Its insane how fast he got good in baseball!

[@olik5652]

He faced BP. Any 14 year old can hit just as good.

[@ParthaYouTube09]

​@@olik5652 BP ?

[@timacree7177]

@@olik5652 yes but he had literally never tried before. his swing quickly was quite pure.

[@rs4619]

Cricket batters can very easily adapt to Baseball, but the other way is almost impossible. As for the entire game, there is no comparison between how difficult Cricket and Baseball are. Cricket wins hands down from the fielders not having gloves to catch the ball, to the batters having to go on batting till they are out.

[@ihatejpmorgan]

This has been proven false time and time again. College level baseball player outmatched cricket pros in every demonstration.

[@rs4619]

@@ihatejpmorgan Play the game of Cricket first before you make a judgement.

[@김성은-n7y]

@@rs4619 Having gloves give you more range of defence which means there is no superior between baseball and cricket. "Play the baseball before you make a judgement"

[@abhijitkundu5144]

​@@김성은-n7yplay world's no 2 sport cricket 🏏🏏then judge

[@worldgamer4310]

​@@ihatejpmorganDon't burn tooo much 😂😂😂

[@noelplum99]

So many moronic "baseball is harder than cricket" and "cricket is harder than baseball" comments below this video. *Newsflash* ALL elite level teams ports are exactly as hard as the skill of the teams you are up against. You don't play against the shape of the bat or the ball bouncing on the pitch (or not), you play against another team and what makes elite sport "hard" is the quality of the opposing players. Baseball and cricket are both popular sports with millions of people giving them a try out and hence they will both be roughly as hard as one another at the elite level.

[@woopimagpie]

Amazing how different the two games are. There's a bat and a ball, and that's pretty much where the similarity ends. It's pretty impressive when someone can play both games well. I'd love to see this the other way around too, get a couple of the gun baseball players to come and have a go at cricket at the high levels. Great stuff.

[@wasimibitpu]

Cricket with its technicalities in batting and bowling is much more harder and requires more skills and mental strength to be good at it. There are so many intricacies in Game of cricket that it's really hard to make someone understand how it's played.. and top of that cricket has different formats and each format has its own level of difficulty and different rules

[@my2l]

@@wasimibitpu bullshit, you've never played baseball to compare.

[@user-vy5uy9fo8p]

I am not so sure how a baseball batter or a pitcher can fare well in cricket. A baseball batter won't know what to do when there is a bouncer or a spinner, similarly a pitcher won't know what to do when he is asked to bowl with his hand straight.

[@my2l]

@@user-vy5uy9fo8p that's a lie, go watch eric sim easily adapting to both bowling and hitting

[@simongleaden2864]

The first time I saw Harry Brook play, a few years ago, he hit a straight drive for six a few feet from where I was sitting. He can really hit the ball. Baseball seems so much more difficult, with the bat being round, not 4.25 inches wide, and only a hit into the 90 degree area between the two foul lines being valid. In cricket that would be like being able to score only from shots between midwicket and extra cover.

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

Baseball is a pitchers game while as cricket is a batters game. Batting in mlb is way harder and getting a hit is a thing of rejoice, while as in cricket getting a batter out is a sense of rejoice for the bowler. Batting is harder in mlb, whule as in cricket bowling is harder.

[@Tweetsoftheweek]

Shahid Afridi once hit a cricket ball for 450 ft (150 m ) six. There are plenty of players who clear 360 ft in cricket. MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Sanju Samson, AB De Villiers,Virat Kohli have all cleared 110 ms.

[@TheGLORY13]

I think if there's any sport that stands a chance of transferring over their skills (obviously you can teach anyone to hit with time) Cricket is up in terms of reaction to swinging at the pitch and such.

[@flamingfrancis]

That is not rocket science. Cricket Australia employed a full time baseball coach for fielding skills after he coached Australia baseball at the 1996 Olympics. He has since coached in India.

[@RobertMJohnson]

golf and hockey are more similar to baseball than cricket in terms of swing.

[@shdhd07]

I feel like Rugby and American Football could make a decent crossover.

[@RevStickleback]

@@shdhd07 It would seem logical, but probably not, simply because there aren't many transferable skills. The style of passing is completely different. Tackling is very different, as is general defensive play. A big guy from American Football could probably learn to do well as a forward, and a running back could no doubt learn to be a back in rugby, but despite one sport being based off the other, they are vastly different. It would be fun to see them have a go though.

[@TheEclecticBeard]

@@RevStickleback Eh, the players coming up are being taught more of the tackling that would would be transferrable. As far as the passing, outside of the forward kicking the passing behind and under handed looks very much like an option offense from back in the day in football that many high schools and smaller colleges still employ. Outside of those similarities though I tend to agree with you.

[@MemeTeam6900]

In cricket full tosses are the easiest to hit so it must have been easy for him to pick up baseball, but the bat size only

[@fordastreeets8019]

Theres different types of pitches in baseball, its not all 90mph fastballs. If that was the case, baseball players would easily be making contact. Pitches will also purposely switch there pitches to trick the hitter/batsman. There's different types of pitches including splitters, cutters, sliders, curveballs, knuckleballs, forkball, eephus, breakingball, and more. Also u have to keep in mind baseball players use baseball bats, which have smaller widths. If baseball players used the cricket sticks they would easily make contact with the ball. And u also need to know where to place your hits. Making contact with the baseball wont win games if you don't know where to place your hits.

[@FreudSG]

In baseball hitting you have to swing thru the pitch without breaking the wrists and using the hip as the pivot so that the hitting form stays consistent. It is an extremely difficult thing for a cricket batter to conceptualize because the mechanics of batting in cricket are different due the defensive aspect. The wrists break often and hitting thru the hip is mostly a forte of big power hitters in T20. This makes baseball a super synthesized version of cricket where the only delivery is a swinging full toss and the only hit is a power hit - both of which are the most difficult aspects of cricket.

[@Sanky-ri7ve]

4:10 the question every spectator ask while watching cricket/ baseball match

[@yuu-kl1nh]

3:41 I've never seen バーヘイゲン since He've left Hokkaido Fighters😢 But, You were here😂

[@sangit0796]

Cricketers faces 145+km/h balls in a regular basis, So hiting a base ball with speed less than 100km/h is like a full toss speen ball without any turn.

[@saurishghosh2142]

...95 miles per hour, or 152 Km/h is very common in baseball, the swing and movement is sometimes more than a cricket ball, because the Baseball's ball is lighter, baseball hitting is not easy with that thin Baseball Bat, but pro Cricketers should be good in Baseball, cricket is much more dynamic.

[@bkam7079]

Baseballs come in at 100 mph, not km/h. That's about 160 km/h

[@fayebell4716]

Keepin it classy STL! Can't wait for not only the London game but Opening Day tomorrow, GO CARDS!!!

[@rickd438]

Cards will lose to my Blue Jays.

[@joshualee6765]

@@rickd438 yep they sure did gave up 2 dingers to our lead off hitter 😂

[@rickd438]

@@joshualee6765 It’s Early.

[@danabrahams7892]

He is some cricketer - love the tiny amend the hitting coordinator makes and the swing is just miles better - quality stuff all round #LGM

[@chadmcfly1299]

Not a cardinals fan but really proud how they represented baseball and the country tbh

[@herrgodfrey9563]

I would love to see more baseball outside of the US, Canada and Japan. Imagine a World Series that was REALLY a World Series.

[@peterron924]

thats what the world baseball classic is, its just not a series.

[@herrgodfrey9563]

@@peterron924 yeah, I know that. It would just be cool if baseball was as ubiquitous as soccer.

[@jordonez42]

did you really just leave out Latin America bro lmao come on now

[@herrgodfrey9563]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize Latin America had any individual teams or organizations that played to the same standard as the MLB or NPB. I knew they had individual players but not individual teams or organizations.

[@kayseacamp]

Can't leave out the KBO.

[@cjyoung7372]

I would have loved to see him show his skills with some field drills

[@saurishghosh2142]

cricket ball is 10-15% heavier and singnificantly significantly significantly harder, they catch the ball barehanded, and cricket fielders dont just hurl the ball to the bases, they have to aim at the sticks planted there

[@naveedali1406]

Two great sports ❤

[@ajayvikramsingh6832]

I remember good old Childhood days when ESPN live telecasted MLB in India. Now it's not there anymore. Being a Semi professional Cricketer, i loved watching baseball which is sorts of cousin of Cricket. Hope to see it back someday

[@012Fungaming]

Baseball is way easier than cricket. If you are new then it is very hard to learn to play cricket. First holding bat right then learn proper bowling action (no throwing is allowed) and fielding with bare hand is important. Its more fun to play cricket than any game

[@012Fungaming]

Bring baseball player and cricket player and football player and see football player can't play baseball and cricket, baseball player can't play cricket and, cricket player can play all of em🎉

[@johnwray393]

Dude needed to lift his right elbow and would've been solid. Cool video idea. Let's see MLB guys playing cricket.

[@nomar2004]

lindor did it before kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZjbYoSGlr6jeas

[@stepsinpairs]

There's a great video of Lindor trying out cricket from about 4/5 years ago. It's worth checking out.

[@johnwray393]

@@stepsinpairs Now that you mention it, I may remember that. Will have to go back and check it out.

[@Rockman_Halo]

would love to see cricketers playing pros in the show or something. can't expect them to get the hang of a swing in a half day but the chess of an at bat can be picked up quickly

[@sangamb8429]

@cricketexplained8526 theres no chance a baseball players could ever make a run in cricket match, baseball player would get retired hurt easily.

[@sangamb8429]

@cricketexplained8526 yeah, you are saying same thing in a humble way😂😅

[@sidddddddddddddd]

I want to see someone big like Chris Gayle playing Baseball! He'll definitely hit big home runs :D

[@CrimsonNblack]

Never heard of Mr. harry brook an I have been watching cricket for 30 years

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

These two sports are similar but infinitely different. The swing is very different.

[@billstein2]

Found this really entertaining and fun, but having a time limit isn't the best way to do it. A time limit puts too much chance on the quality of the pitches. A better method would be a number of strikes allowed, or "outs" defined by a ball not reaching a predetermined distance, (No penalty for not swinging). Great stuff though, and he definitely has talent.

[@JeanCarlosTv]

baseball and cricket sports brothers

[@sebastianpage4391]

supposedly Liam Livingstone wanted to do it but they didn't allow him to for the dignity of the MLB. If any Americans are curious go and look him up. Absolute monster

[@tyslink]

Looked him up...not sure what you mean by "absolute monster" as he isn't all that large? And also not sure what you meant "they didn't allow him to for the dignity of the MLB"? Is that implying he would somehow embarrass the MLB or something? I don't get it?

[@blackfreethinker2525]

You must be from Lancashire. Good rugby league county.

[@forareeb]

'Monster' because he hit balls quite long. He hit a six(like home run) for >117m and it is really long in cricket.

[@ihatejpmorgan]

​@@tyslinknothing to get, it doesn't make sense. Cricket is only a national sport in a place where they struggle to meet basic caloric intake. They have no true concept of athleticism.

[@ihatejpmorgan]

​@@forareebno where close to hitting home run. The farthest point in a cricket field is 270 feet. The farthest point in an MLB field is 415 feet. Go to bed 🤡s

[@haseebkhan-st6nb]

Cricket have a big learning curve,

[@jacquesmalherbe2586]

The side I'd be really interested to see is how baseball players deal with the concentration side of batting in cricket. Like you could potentially be batting for 3+ hours and facing 300+ balls in an innings of test cricket, whereas an AB in baseball might last at most 20 pitches (that being the record I think). The ball comes with less velocity in cricket as it isn't thrown and bounces off of the pitch but the amount of decisions a batter has too make is much much higher.

[@striker44]

Challenge him to drop the bat before running bases and challenge him to catch the ball with a baseball glove. Reverseby challenging a baseball player playing cricket. 😂