American reacts to: Is Cricket harder than Baseball??

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[@brerobsym]

Love to see this guy up against Mitch Starc in full flight. 145km/hr, swinging, then moving off the seam. Good luck with that.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

And the prospect of serious pain if things come unstuck too!

[@crustydownunder]

Brett Lee at 160km/hr.

[@stgc6348]

yeah, starc, bumrah etc

[@greekstreek370]

He has seen 180km/hr

[@sanjivkumarb871]

Bowling and trowing is two different things and any one in world can throw ... and hitting full toss will be cake walk for batsman if they know every ball is full toss

[@VS-ij3lv]

When the cricket ball swings and turns and yorks...the fun begins. 😁

[@rahulsharma1660]

😂 yeah what will happen when he will face starc ,bumrah,lee

[@Diamondexees]

​@rahulsharma1660 shoib

[@atorthefightingeagle9813]

So the bowler had no run up and bowled at about 10mph. He may as well have been bowled at underarm. Talk about skewing the experiment.

[@nickgeiger1242]

Whatch an over from Brett Lee. 150km. Tryn hit that after it swings and cuts.

[@antoniorobertson2125]

Underarm bowling is illegal

[@anveshchoubey46]

Underarm is illegal

[@anveshchoubey46]

And many bowler bowls 149 150+ km + there is swing

[@azul_6.5-cf7dm]

@@anveshchoubey46so that’s slower from what a pitcher throws. The average speed for mlb pitchers is 95 mph and a lot of them could throw 100 mph and the fastest pitch ever thrown is 106 mph but that not all they throw since there more than 5 different pitches like a curve, change up, etc… they don’t just throw straight.

[@MisterChrisInTheUK]

The cricketer isn't even a professional player. Crazy test.

[@dsgsujaldevilsquardgamer4882]

Yes because he only played in American cricket national team... And in India even a School players play better than them😂😂😂 I can say the player professional if he play national for big cricket countries like India Australia England Pakistan etc.... but for USA it's very cheap😂....

[@Hassnian-xq4sk]

What

[@AndyViant]

Standard American Elitism tbh.

[@CruiseLife_UK]

"What was wrong? " Firstly, consider in the cricket, the bowler had no run up, the pitch wasn't "roughed up" so the ball slowed and bounced evenly, and the batsman wasn't wearing pads/protection, proving there was neveribtended to be any pace in the ball. Admittedly, making contact may be easier with a cricket bat, but there are more players trying to catch you out, so you need more control. Add to that the ball isn't bowled into your optimal hitting zone, as it is in baseball, it can come at you at any height, angle, spin and speed. Not saying one is easier than the other, but try watching a few bouncers, yorkers, or beamers coming in and find a baseball player to hit them!

[@stephenlee5929]

Came here to say similar, But also in cricket (not limited overs) as a bowler you want the batsman to make contact with the ball, the most likely 'out' is caught. I would love to see that guy try taking his eye off the ball to look at his predicted bounce, with a decent bowler, with anything like spin or maybe a medium pace swing bowler.

[@3lokworld811]

Baseball+brains+chess=cricket

[@enigma2336]

@@stephenlee5929 no u r wrong. most out is caught because of miss hits by batsman not because bowler want them to make contact with bowl. most of the bowlers wants to knock the wickets

[@stephenlee5929]

@@enigma2336 Out caught is because of miss hit, agreed, this is more likely if the batsman is trying to hit the ball. A good opening bowler, with the field up, is tempting the batsman to score, because a miss hit will probably go to slips or the keeper. A good opening bat will only play those balls they have to, until they have gauged the speed of the ball and pitch and the level of movement. Its also more likely if the batsman is trying to score, rather than just defending his wicket. On an OK wicket with a relatively old ball, most batsmen can defend their wicket. It really depends very much on the condition of the wicket, the ball, the style of the bowler. Why are so many balls bowled that are not going to hit the wicket? Note, its not because the bowler can't consistently hit the wicket, most can.

[@savageduck4487]

@@stephenlee5929 on a proper pitch not a concrete road with a true bounce and easy turn

[@vigneshsv6751]

He didn't bowl in 90mph he bowls 90kmph😂

[@savageduck4487]

Wasnt even that. Close to 60km, too much loop and bounce, no skidding like the Warnie flipper,

[@azul_6.5-cf7dm]

And he didn’t pitch 95mph so what’s your point? You cricket fans are delusional.

[@eruantien9932]

@@azul_6.5-cf7dm It's about the framing of the video; they say "can bowl at over 90 mph", and then show a significantly slower bowler (perhaps due to the lack of room for a proper run up) who's not doing anything with the ball - no spin, no swing, no nothing. A cricket fan can recognise that that occurred, a baseball fan probably wouldn't be able to as they're not familiar with how the ball flies when bowled as opposed to pitched. Now, were the pitches at 80mph? I don't know, I'm not familiar enough with baseball to be able to tell. But the whole thing's suspect due to that deception - I'd also note that baseball in America is played to a very high standard, whereas cricket is not (their recent performance in the T20 world cup is one of those "from out of nowhere" performances, historically they've been one of the worst teams in the world, we'll have to wait and see if they can maintain it), and they got a pro US baseball player and a US cricketer; that doesn't make the cricketer bad, but we are talking different standards of play.

[@sandramartin5809]

I seem to remember a baseball player just stands and swings. A cricketer has to guard the stumps, deal with a faster unpredictable ball, be careful he doesn't break other rules like lbw. No comparison

[@dsgsujaldevilsquardgamer4882]

Yes because he only played in American cricket national team... And in India even a School players play better than them😂😂😂 I can say the player professional if he play national for big cricket countries like India Australia England Pakistan etc.... but for USA it's very cheap😂....

[@paulabourke6666]

In one corner you have one of MLB'S rising star homerun hitters.... ...in the other corner, some US Cricketer no-one has ever heard of outside of the US. Clearly a bowler that relies on spin, and not pace, as evidenced by the lack of protection for the batter. Two completely different sports deliberately skewed in favour of baseball for an audience of 'America's Pastime' fans. Comments from a Cricket fan AND a baseball coach of almost 30 years.

[@UKJesterVids]

not much of a spinner, bowling way too short & no turn. I've not played for almost 30 years and I recon I could have got 70% of that rubbish in play

[@marcn8025]

Agree it’s not a fair comparison. MLB verses a nobody. Let’s see the MLB guy face any of the top 50 bowlers in the world. How would he deal with a Yorker (bowled at toes for Americans) one ball and then the next ball a bouncer (bowled at his head) he’d have no clue.

[@AlisonChild]

In cricket,bowlers are NOT allowed to Throw the ball,which is what they do in base ball .

[@ffotograffydd]

It’s funny that they were bragging about a 70% hit rate! If a pro cricketer only hit the ball 70% of the time he/she would be looking for a new career! I wonder if he’d maintain 70% over a 5 day test match! 😂

[@LuvHrtZ]

He would have been bowled or caught 1st ball.

[@acidhand]

70% in play... 100% caught out. Or put him up against a proper spin bowler as well. Resurrect Shane Warne and do this experiment again.

[@awsomerobyn2603]

@@acidhandnot 100% but probably like 75%. You could kinda see which ones would be out because of height mainly. Plus some would of gone straight to the bowler.

[@PanzersnCricket]

plus hes hitting them straight to the fielders

[@Dr_KAP]

I love that cricket is introduced as one of the most popular sports in the world and baseball is relegated to “America’s favourite pastime” 😂 😂 pretty much sums it up

[@101steel4]

Exactly, like most American "sports" not many outside of America play them. English sports, however, are played by millions all around the world.

[@iantellam9970]

To be fair, India is carrying a lot of that on its own. Vast population.

[@Dr_KAP]

@@iantellam9970 population aside, popularity can also just refer to its geographical spread- there are 104 countries in the International Cricket Council. Not sure the same can be said for baseball.

[@3lokworld811]

Baseball+brains+chess=cricket

[@Isleofskye]

Cricket is the second most popular Sport behind The Beautiful Game a k a Football(soccer) in The World. I love that The USA hosts THE WORLD SERIES Of Baseball. 😁 I am just about to launch "A World Series" in my London street...lol

[@improvesheffield4824]

It’s not just about slogging the ball as hard as you can in cricket. You have a bat with a surface called a blade for a reason. Often you use the bat to guide a ball into space using the pace of the bowler. In other words you’re simply deflecting the trajectory of the ball to a place you want it to go. This includes behind the batsman.

[@simonashworth8825]

Not just the pace bowlers, reckon any decent spin bowler would have had the baseball player swatting at thin air.

[@benwooster4299]

Yup. That a baseball player can hit 45 mph long-hops into the side of a net, with no fielders, really doesn’t say how he’d do against a proper bowler. That said, I saw a video where Harry Brook faced a pro Baseball pitcher. The guy was throwing at about 70% effort and Brook was really struggling.

[@nationlist9247]

इस इंटरनेशनल क्रिकेटर से अच्छी बॉलिंग तो हमारी गली के लड़के कर लेते हैं 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@The_Olive_Tree08]

Because he’s an American now one has heard of before. This video was really bias to the baseball players because it was marketed to America.

[@NarendraYadav-yc3hz]

😂

[@nigelhyde279]

Have we heard of him no.

[@gmdhargreaves]

I don’t think the guy ever played cricket in his life, my Nan could bowl faster than him😂

[@johnnyuk3365]

@@gmdhargreavesI agree, this guy has never played major cricket..

[@whattiler5102]

"It is perfectly legal to throw at the batter". Well, apart from the fact that a bowler is not allowed to "throw" the ball whilst bowling.

[@Isleofskye]

Or aim directly at certain parts of The Barsmen. Other than that .....

[@craigcolduck2077]

A major league baseball hitter versus an all-rounder (non-specialist) from the US team (I have never seen the US cricket team in any major competition. I didn't know they even had a National team or could spell cricket - probably a bunch ex-pats from India). Every one of those deliveries sat up in the sweet spot where even a blind, six-year-old could hit it. Those are the type of deliveries you bowl to young children in beach cricket at a family BBQ, so the little kids get to experience hitting a ball (eventually), then you pretend to drop it when they hit it straight to you ... until the snags are ready. Then you get them out, next ball with an in-swinging yorker. It was on astroturf, so the ball couldn't spin or cut. That guy also appeared to be bowling spin, which is already slow and relies on deviation off the ground to beat the batsman, but a spin delivery would not deviate on astroturf. It would just slide and kill off what little speed there is then pop-up and sit there in the air like T-ball. Plus, the all-rounder was doing the bowling (all-rounders are not specialist bowlers) and batting (all-rounders are not specialist batsmen either). So this guys is an average bowler and average batter on a team that doesn't ever get to play against good teams. I didn't notice, but did the Major League hitter also pitch? Maybe, he did. Put the MLB hitter hitter up against a real 1st class bowler from any major cricket-playing nation (only fair - he's a specialist batter in the best baseball competition on the planet) on a proper cricket pitch with a full run-up, so the ball can cut and spin off the ground at 30-45 degree angles and double the speed in this video, sometimes swinging in to you on your toes, sometimes coming off the ground at your head, elbow, chest, balls, etc. It should also be pointed out that sometimes you want the batsman to hit the ball. The trick is to force them to hit the ball in a certain way, so it goes to fielder. You place the fielders on a cricket field and you bowl in a way that forces the batsman to hit towards a fielder, so (a) they don't score and (b) there's a chance of catching them out or running them out. It forces them to play riskier shots if they want to hit it somewhere else to score runs and there's more chance of a miss or miss-hit. In this example, for both batsmen, they were only testing if they could hit the ball into play. Everywhere is into play on a cricket field. There are no fouls. Into play may also be into the hands of the eleven fielders out there waiting all around you to catch the ball, even if you just snick it and it goes behind you - one of the most common ways to get someone out because of the wicket-keeper and the slips cordon. A more fair comparison would be to get the Australian cricket team to play an American MLB baseball team in both a full cricket match on a cricket field and a full baseball game on a baseball field. Just a final note too: a lot of cricket players in Australia have also played baseball for fun before the whole professional league in India started. Now, they don't really have an off-season, because they can make too much money in India.

[@pratikroy227]

Yeah man it was set up to show Baseball is superior to cricket while not going into the nuance of why Cricket is difficult to play or the complexity of it for both batsman and bowler. That astroturf is detrimental to cricket as it doesn't favor Bowlers at all while a Baseball pitcher has no problems since he won't land on turf just pitch at full length with however speed he wants to generate while a bowler wants to extract spin or bounce or swing or seem from the pitch which there is none. And let's not talk about that bowler won't even get into any state team of any major cricket playing nation and he is up against a pro of MLB that's how much fair this comparison is.

[@Sofasurfa]

In cricket one doesn’t simply slog the ball, the ball is guided to various parts of the ground in order to achieve an optimal result, the batsman not only attacks the weak balls, they defend the wicket from strong balls. Cricket is a physical form of chess as a key element is strategy and even the weather effects play and no I don’t mean the rain, although in test Cricket in England the chance of play being rained off does need to be factored into one’s strategy 😂

[@danielferguson3784]

Americans used to play cricket in colonial times, but as the ground must be carefully prepared & maintained it fell out of favour, because baseball was easier to set up, especially during the Civil War, in military camps etc. The difference is that the bowler can fool the batter with spin & unexpected movement of the ball. Sometimes the batter can not predict where the ball will go. The ball maybe unplayable if pitched close to the batter, or much further away than he expects. The art of the bowler is fooling the batter.

[@thostaylor]

Cricket is played on very bad surfaces in slums throughout a large part of the world. A good grass surface is necessary for First Class cricket, but sand works too.

[@stgc6348]

6:37 call a pace bowler who bowls 140kmph+ speed to represent cricket bowling not a spinner.. and no baseball player is going to survive yorker length balls

[@naweed5582]

Baseball has only one swing,but cricket has many shots

[@101steel4]

English sports are popular all around the world. American sports are popular in err, America.

[@rayquaza1245]

Baseball is popular in central/south america and many asian countries

[@101steel4]

@@rayquaza1245 I'll look forward to the world Cup.

[@101steel4]

@@rayquaza1245 just had a quick search and cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, after football.

[@rayquaza1245]

@@101steel4 I never said cricket wasn't popular. Was just pointing out you were incorrect

[@westhoodqualzini7884]

Baseball is actually played in more countries overall. Cricket is popular in South Asia where the population are enormous so the number overexaggerate the reach of cricket. The UK is the only European country where cricket is popular

[@solreaver83]

Terrible example of cricket bowling for so many reasons.. take your eye off the ball... tell me has anyone ever been told in cricket to take their eye off the ball? Ever???

[@nickgeiger1242]

Only if there bowling lollipops. This fella struggle to make a 4th grade country side.

[@paulo5297]

That American "cricket player " would be lucky to make it as a reserve in the under 16 state squad lol and they compare him to a up and comer in the major league. Real fair comparison . Lol

[@sebquinn]

Bit generous, maybe under 15s or 3rd grade seniors at best😂

[@slydog8011]

Yo stop lying to them bro! Tell em straight. That so called all rounder that was reping the cricket world is TRASH! 🗑!! If that's America's future in cricket than I guess nothing is going to change.

[@nickgeiger1242]

Jesus your giving him a rap arnt you. Be lucky to make a 4th grade side from what I seen.

[@nickgeiger1242]

Oh you mean baseball side. Base ballers and golfers are easy to bowl to. The fact that they don't move thier feet means you just bowl inswing Yorkers they fall over as thier stumps shatter. Or for fun you can bowl at thier head.

[@akallstar5]

The bullshit lol. Didn’t the US just beat Pakistan at the t20 World Cup? Pretty sure the team is ranked in the top 20 in ODI, obviously the gap isn’t THAT far off. Not to mention it’s just patently obvious baseball is harder to hit, the balls come in ALOT faster, are thrown closer, the bat is significantly smaller, and it’s just obvious by how many swings and misses there are in baseball by comparison.

[@vaffankoolo]

The "rising star" baseball batter has his name written on the screen, but the "total nonentity" all-rounder cricketer, who apparently plays for the national team, only has his name spoken (I don't know how to spell his name so I can't find him anywhere online). I don't know how old that TV broadcast is, but he isn't a current national team-member. While the basic idea of the comparison isn't bad the execution of it is skewed in favour (yes, I use a U!) of baseball. The US ODI (One Day International) team is ranked 17 (out of 19), after Namibia but ahead of Oman.

[@karenclover4948]

No baseball is equivalent to rounders

[@janolaful]

Yes it is even the field is diamond shaped and the bats are shorter we all played it at school well mostly girls 😊

[@3lokworld811]

Baseball+brains+chess=cricket

[@danmoore3457]

Pacific island cricket is more like baseball well the bat anyway but it's more square than round

[@benwooster4299]

These two sports are very different and the players at the top of the game are, I imagine , equally talented at their own different skills and techniques. As you go up the levels of each game the sport specific techniques become more essential to success. An example: As a very mediocre amateur league cricketer in England I’ve bowled (pitched) my 65 mph swingers at lots of guys who were excellent tennis players or hockey players but who were relatively new to cricket. Those guys have great reactions and hand eye coordination, but because they didn’t have much cricketing technique it was relatively easy, even for me ,to get them out or to set my fielders to stop them scoring. Sure if I accidentally put the ball in their preferred hitting zone they could smack it. But cricket isn’t just about one ball, and very quickly I could work out how to get them out. Also, they couldn’t identify the subtle changes in my action when i tried to make the ball swing or bounce differently from ball to ball. These are things which most cricketers, even at my lowly standard, would be able to notice and adjust for. I’m sure that I would be an equally clueless and easy opponent if I tried to play their sports at anything above the beginners level. So in short, we’re not comparing apples to apples and it’s all pointless. But nevertheless fun to speculate

[@Wandafulofit]

There is no comparison between cricket and baseball apart from the fact they both use a ball and a bat...

[@frederickmurray5766]

In cricket, the first piece of equipment you put on is a cup to protect the family jewels. It's perfectly legal to get hit in the nuts..and hilarity to ensue amongst the opponents.

[@zisanmahmud4335]

In baseball yous get three strike. In cricket just one. A cricket ball changes trajectory in the midair from right to left or left to right. A cricket ball comes toward you with high bounce, another with very low bounce. It’s obviously way harder. You accept the ball to come fast but when you swing your bat you see it came slow. Then there are things like yourker.

[@ravikumarthakur_4088]

Full toss is like free hit to a batter & full toss is similar to baseball throw 😂.

[@ruanniemann2604]

the cricket guy is bowling cream puffs 😂

[@LuvHrtZ]

Fairy Floss, even.

[@patriciacarter1147]

At English schools from 8 years onward the girls would play rounders (baseball) whilst the boys played football (with the feet) or the girls would play hockey while the boys played cricket, so basically baseball was a little girls game.

[@jaxbra9]

That’s a wild generalisation of English schools. Boys AND Girls played a mixture of Football/Soccer, Rounders, Athletics, Badminton, and even Trampolining. The only difference was at GCSE level (High School to US folks), was that boys had more of an emphasis on Football/Soccer and girls on Netball I truly believe different schools or at least segmented into local council areas where schools are located had particular curriculums that differ from other areas

[@Isleofskye]

@@jaxbra9 I live next to a Grammar School and while in the park can hear the kids play Football. I gave yet to hear any Girls play once the weather turns...

[@Isleofskye]

"have" not "gave"..

[@mp63au]

can tell by the cricket bowler, his follow through and wrist action bowling the ball, its not at pace, a yorker is a ball that pitches (lands) at your feet, the ball can swing in the air before it pitches, then move off the seam when pitched short. This video did make me laugh so thanks for that, no im sure most cricketers dont know that guy.

[@ColdEditzBoi]

The cracking sound when the baseball player toed it with the cricket bat 💀💀💀

[@cchc13]

Taking your eyes of the bowlers arm in cricket will only leave you open to being Hit. and in this his blowing was at 71 MPH an the Pitches were faster then than by over 10MPH. Get him facing a fast blowers at 95 to 100MPH on a cricket pitch that has long cracks in it to make the ball move even more than normal and you will then see a big difference

[@paulchignell8341]

This cricketer is, no doubt, a very estimable chap but looks about good enough to play for my village's second team. A genuine first class quickie would have this baseball player in hospital very rapidly, if he wanted to.

[@slydog8011]

😂😂. Your village must really suck at cricket if you think that all rounder is good enough for your village second team.

[@RossAmor-s6h]

Not sure a pro MLB player vs a Amateur cricketer is a good example - In Cricket you have fast/fast medium/medium and spin bowlers. It would be good to see a baseball player face these types of bowlers

[@RichardLaurence]

A cricket ball is basically a lump of hard wood covered in leather - you know if it hits you!

[@rocketrabble6737]

First point: It is completely illegal to THROW the ball at the batsman in cricket. A bowler is not allowed to THROW the ball when bowling! The definition of a throw is a an arm that begins bent at the elbow and then straightens, to impart force on the ball at release. Try it! in cricket the arm must either; start straight and remain straight throughout the arm swing before release, OR; start bent and remain bent thought the arm swing before release.

[@gkkes]

The amusing thing is cricket is a gentleman's game, not a muscle game, like many US sports.. If he keeps slogging over the bowlers head, the fielding captain will simply load that area with catchers.... First non home run and he's out. What is required is the batting ability to nick or prod the ball into areas where there are no fielders..

[@oldman1734]

Baseball is also an English sport. First referenced in 1744.

[@brandonneumann5294]

Yeah an English sport that’s not played in Britain. Amazing

[@gio-oz8gf]

I guarantee against a top bowler he would not stick around to face more than one ball. He's not even wearing protection. He'd be getting one of those life-changing medical bills for his stay in the hospital. That was more than a little silly.

[@philhogan5623]

I've played both and I found batting in cricket easier because you can block deliveries without having to run. You can take your time to get your eye in. With baseball you have to smash it first go.

[@ronhowse9006]

Well you have to score runs as well. Im sure your team would require you to

[@pratikroy227]

I am pretty sure with that comment the level of your play if only thing you care about is blocking the ball and of course with astroturf pitches and "bowler" bowling it at speed of 60mph it should be easy to block even for you.

[@philhogan5623]

@@pratikroy227 You have obviously grown up watching 20/20 cricket and think mindlessly throwing the bat at everything from the first ball is how to bat. Just because you block a few to get your eye in doesn't mean you're not trying to score runs. Even attacking batsmen like Viv Richards waited for the right delivery before smashing the bowler out of the ground.

[@akallstar5]

@@ronhowse9006meh sure but particularly in test and ODI you can pretty much block until you are gifted a freebie

[@sumanbag9609]

It's not about hiting percentage it's all about after hitting controlling the ball.

[@upendrabatna7960]

normal jofra archer bouncer delivery can kill a baseball hitter😂

[@mrgyani]

So in conclusion, cricket was harder than baseball, right? 😜 This was fun 😆

[@Snoopydad]

Full toss is like a baseball pitch - it doesn't hit the ground and is supposedly easier to hit.

[@101steel4]

Rounders or baseball as Americans call it, originated in England and is a game girls play.

[@ffotograffydd]

And boys. But not usually adults. 😂

[@Isleofskye]

How lucky that they found only 1 of the 12 people in The States who know what a cricket bat even looks like:)

[@vtbn53]

LOL it was quite obvious as soon as the narrator started talking that the video was going to be manipulated to force a narrative, and it surely was.

[@gmdhargreaves]

If that baseball player was up against a professional cricket bowler he would be out every time in all honesty the conditions of the wicket the weather the ball stitching all make it harder than baseball

[@lovesgucci1]

I’m not saying it’s easy for a baseball player to hit off a professional cricket player - because I’m sure it’s not - but it is harder to hit a baseball off a bat. A small round ball (that also has stitches that make the ball go in different directions) against a skinny round bat is just harder to do. For major league baseball players, hitting 3 out of 10, is really good. I’m a fan of baseball, know nothing about Cricket (other than what I’ve been trying to learn on KZbin.) I’m definitely not saying one sport is better or more difficult than the other but I do know that one piece of data. Also, the way that cricket guy held the baseball bat, I can assume he’s not American., maybe?

[@gmdhargreaves]

@@lovesgucci1 agreed hitting a swerving baseball is harder than hitting a cricket ball

[@lovesgucci1]

@@gmdhargreaves That’s all the video was attempting to prove. Not which sport is more fun, which sport has more fans or which is harder to play.

[@nigelclinning2448]

Good luck waiting for the ball to bounce when you get a Yorker

[@stephenlee5929]

I think the basic premise here is strange. In baseball, the pitcher would be very happy for the batsman to not be able to contact with the ball. In cricket the bowler is trying to get the batsman to miss hit the ball, a swing and miss is generally not useful (OK it is in limited overs but not in Test or First Class. So pleased Ryan knew it was silly, even if he did not know why. Maybe just looking at the runs scored in games: I did a quick google of Latest Baseball scores results and latest cricket results. in baseball on Sept 1, 2023 I saw scores of 1-4, 3-7, 7-0 and 4-3 In cricket ICC Sept 1, 2023 , I saw 179 for 6 bet 130 (limited overs (T20)) and 131 lost to 133 for 2 (limited overs (T20)) There is a different expectation of scoring in the 2 games. Note in this T20 is the shortest international (and thus generally the lowest scoring) form of cricket. I think both of these examples were on the low side for scores but they still illustrate that scoring runs is easier in one than the other. I think a similar comparison could be done, with the same level of aptness by looking a scoring in US Football and Basket Ball or maybe Ice Hockey and either.

[@fayazcharms]

yorker is a ball that is trough at your feet and also alot of fielders will be there that most of your shots will be caught

[@seriouslyepicparanormal]

So he predicts where the ball will be, and makes the adjustment. So in the indoor arena, with the bowler not varying his length, using swing, spin or cutter. Not one yorker was bowled, a bowl bouncing at about the batsmen toes. Many of the shots played were through the air and would of headed directly to where the fielders' were placed. if you want a proper test, use a decent cricket batsman, a baseball hitter and a few different pitchers and bowlers, with fieldsmen.

[@stgc6348]

i will bowl better than that cricket guy in video

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

This was a fun video, but the comparative complexities of baseball and cricket aren't defined only by which ball is the harder to hit. The shape of the field/pitch, whether or not there are foul lines, the lengths of the game in playing time, and the fact that only the "catcher" in cricket has gloves, are among other significant factors.

[@saladin6233]

To be a bit more precise, Cricket is what baseball wants to be when it grows up.

[@varuntnindia]

10-year-olds in India can hit those cricket balls. Clearly, show is meant to please the pride of the Americans

[@andrewtwinam8528]

One, the idea of cricket is that the ball needs to be played across the ground. I can guarantee that he would be out 1st ball hitting in the air.

[@Euler2705]

to be fair it didnt look like the bowler put anything inline with the batsman , i reckon that and some spin or swing would have messed up the baseball player

[@lovesgucci1]

It was a dumb scientific experiment. I’m a baseball fan and got absolutely nothing from this, just like the guy who reacted to it said.

[@gyanendrakumar2350]

Circket is not just hitting the ball . You have to hit the ball between fields .

[@80sOGRE]

It's a no brainer that a Cricket bat is easier to hit in a forward direction with. BUT the 2 games have a completely different scoring emphasis. A cricket batsmen is not in play for only several pitches, he can be out there for a whole day on occasion, with a personal score of over 200. The 2 games have a completely different flow and so hitting the ball with the bat also has a different emphasis.

[@williamwilkes9873]

Baseball was invented in England..................

[@lovedabluesrocknroll]

Hi from Brisbane!!! Friday night 🇦🇺

[@pieman2656]

Random cricket guy from the US cricket team, I didnt even know they had a team??? Must admit Ive never seen USA in an international and if they were it's because they probably had an entry by default from the America's (North / South) so no talent there?? The bowler looked as bad as a high school level bowler or low level club cricket there is no comparison to national or international cricket in this test.

[@matthewmcclure5218]

American cricket batsman and bowler 😂 maaaattte get aussies Brett Lee for bowling and Andrew Simmons for batsman for the test. It will differ greatly

[@benwooster4299]

And afterwards Symonds would drink the yank under the table.

[@reghardtsmit6317]

if that bowler was boling at 90kph i would be supried. its like puting a under 15 crkiekt player against a majour leag basball player.

[@jaswindersinghnarula2867]

In cricket Runs are frequent and outs are rare. In baseball Outs are frequent and runs are rare. Major difference.

[@AjEzqa]

No need to give justifications to Americans. We all know he was saying this isn’t a fair comparison before and started singing praises as soon as baseball player hit 70%. So that gives.

[@syedhasan1477]

What a joke cricket bowler is a spin bowler but can't even spin am not a professional cricketer but i can bowl faster than him with good lines lol

[@thebeardlesslad]

“Predicts where the ball will bounce” yeah right 😂 Good luck taking your eye off the ball when it’s coming at your head at 150Kmph

[@aplund]

Well, if you bowl half trackers like that, what can you expect. Why not bowl at the toes?

[@rocketrabble6737]

Visual "accommodation" is obviously essential in cricket (and baseball) but the surface the ball bounces on doesn't always start with a consistent bounce or consistent lateral movement, let alone retain it as the surface (and the ball) degenerates with wear during a game. The fact is they are two different games requiring different skill sets and thought processes.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Cricket! Oh! ❤️🥰👍 We all played a variety of sports at school, even baseball, but it was cricket at lunchtime and AFL Saturday's! 😁 Cricket is more complicated and the multiple variations with the bat, ball, fielding skills are extremely interesting and intense! 😃 Ouch, NO! He's not even wearing a helmet, and that's pitching not bowling, unfair! 😳 Bring on Brett Lee, Nathan Lyon or Mitchell Starc! Ha! 😄 He would not have "seen" Shane's googlys! 😉

[@Isleofskye]

I am still cursing that Manchester incessant rain that saved you losing The Ashes in England recently after you were 2/0 up:)

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Isleofskye It's was not unexpected, it rains in Australia too, but not to that extent! Its just friendly sport, but we have the healthiest team and we never ever quit! 😄

[@Isleofskye]

@@jenniferharrison8915 Friendly Sport, Jennifer? Friendly Sport? The Aussies,quite rightly want to slaughter us with a whitewash,if possible and we are the same,in reverse. Then we will biy them a pint after,but mot "Fosters" as it is not so popular in Oz. Is that right?

[@Isleofskye]

@@jenniferharrison8915 By The Way, My Grammar School from the ages of 11 to 17 overlooked The Fosters Oval formerly Kennington Oval or Kia Oval and that is where the 5th and final test match is always played:)

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Isleofskye Low cost viewing platform then, how exciting and inspiring! 😀

[@zisanmahmud4335]

Cricket is way way harder than baseball. People gets seriously injured and dies. If you get hit by a cricket ball you are done for. People wears headgear with metal feces, wears protective gloves, protective pad, armguard, chestguard yet dies.

[@PrateekParihar]

A yorker could have crushed his toe, or bouncer could have hit him on the head which could have scared him for life to hold the bat. Even women cricketer bowl faster than this man.

[@janedwards6726]

He wouldn’t hit a ball from an international cricket bowler.

[@Someloke8895]

They should have done it properly and got Brett Lee or Jimmy Anderson to do the bowling.

[@MrAdriaxe]

Considering the record for the highest score by a batsman in first class cricket is 501* I think it's pretty obvious that it's harder to hit a baseball.

[@chandreshmohan1378]

The Baseball player from the best baseball team in the world,while the so called Cricketer from an unknown alien cricket national team..That cricketer plays like an American tourist who come to England or India and take the ball and bat for fun,or like an amateur highschool boy who tries his part in any local inter school competition. This Baseball player has his own wikipedia page,which means he is famous,while the so called Cricketer dont even have a wiki page,since he doesn't contribute anything for cricket...

[@AbleLawrence]

Unlike baseball, cricket is about control and placement, not about power. Bowling is more complex with greater variations and the batsman’s possible responses also vary much more.

[@kramdoogs]

Our Australian selectors are boarding a plane as we speak to sign Mark up.

[@pawan.01]

Disclaimer This Video sponsored by Baseball ⚾

[@manojdixit5075]

its not about making contact with the cricket bat , but its about the contrl of the bat and placement without getting out in various ways , plus the cricket bat is heavier and its about administrating a hit based on the feilding position that changes based on the batters history and the kind of bowler he is facing , who is out to out wit the batsman wit his bowling skills . so this video is a basic to give an idea to a non cricket fan , but the fun is in the details .

[@MICOhive]

I think u underestimate how many people from India can get mad at this, just imagine 125.2 million people collectively dissing the video

[@dennissanvicente1576]

In baseball the highest velocity is at the release point and losses about 8-10% its velocity by the time it hits the catcher's glove. Aroldis Chapman threw an officially recorded baseball pitch @ 105.1 mph or 170 km/h or requiring 375 milliseconds human reaction time to hit it. But in cricket even the fastest 100 mph bowled ball at the release, it loses 30% in its post-bounce velocity so the batsman can 'see' a slower 70 mph cricket ball and hit it!

[@jackdin777schannel-wj8or]

Yes, Baseball players can play tennis better that anyone as they have bigger bat area to hit the ball.

[@dennissanvicente1576]

@@jackdin777schannel-wj8or A baseball 2.6" dia bat cylinder has only a 32 degree/.72 inch sweet spot/section of the bat cylinder for a clean hit. Above it is a pop fly, below it is a grounder. A cricket bat's flat face/sweet spot is 4.25" wide!

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

When I saw the baseball player bat, I thought, “USA Cricket needs to hire him.”

[@subhamdas2559]

Cricket is way more tough... Come on the ground we'll show you

[@ShyamlalSaroj-ni5wg]

The worst bowler ever seen 90% of people in comments can bowl fast than that 😂😂😂

[@janneroz-photographyonabudget]

As you said near the start, hardly a fair test. Imagine a dry wicket, all cut up, rigged, ribbed, fast leg theory bowling, aiming for the head, that'd be a fair test, lol. Or, imagine the GOAT in his heyday , may he rest in piece, Warne doing his magic. I think that player would be spinning on the spot.

[@KkkKhxn]

In cricket the ball is very hard and sometime when the balls swings towards the batter main part(..) and when it hit this place then the batter cannot even swallow.

[@xspinmubeat2412]

Once i bowled over 125 kmph and seen ppl go over 160 kmph. And remember , u have to hit out of boundary. Also, there r variations of bowling like yorker, bouncer , off spin, leg spin etc. So clearly the picture wasnot clear enough

[@aninp5908]

"Tennis is easy". Obviously they have never even held a tennis racket in their hands

[@whattiler5102]

This is pointless. They are different games with different requirements. All games are hard because the great athletes who choose any sport push the requirements for that sport outwards and upwards; the other players have to try to play up to that standard. A baseball bat, presumably, is designed for the swing and hit that fails most times but if successful once, goes towards winning a game. The baseball guy, according to the narrator, has "crushed the ball". Watching as a cricketer I would say he does not know how to use a cricket bat, and he has 'toe-ended' it and will be lucky if he is not caught well inside the boundary. At the same time the cricketer is also trying to come to grips with a bat he is not familiar with, against a 'thrown' ball delivered as what would be a 'beamer' in cricket (an illegal ball, for which a bowler would be penalised). I would say the bowler is a 'medium-pacer' so not hard to hit but you've still got to keep it on the ground and avoid the fielders waiting for straightforward catches. A couple of lucky hits and then out is not going to win any games. A cricket bat is designed to be used as a combined attacking and defending implement. To make a significant contribution in a cricket match the batter/batsman has got to stay in for an extended period, block (or 'leave') the best balls, protect himself/herself from the short bouncing balls that are likely to hit the body (or head), pick up ones and twos off the good ones and then hit the looser balls, consistently to the boundary for 4s and, when he can, hit the ball clear over the boundary for six. All that is done in a full 360 degrees of the playing area.

[@Sofasurfa]

What an excellent description, I was trying to think of a way to point out some of the nuances without getting over complicated. But you nailed it😊

[@DemonRegid-vl9yw]

Even a 9year old kid can smash that ball to six and that's how slow that ball. he was throwing like a baby😂

[@gwaptiva]

So, a guy with hand-eye coordination can hit a ball lobbed up. No surprise there. Batting in cricket is, as you guessed, a lot more than just putting bat on ball. Now get someone to bowl at Mark Reynolds at 85mph with his body on the line. A cricket ball is well harder than a baseball.

[@losfp]

It's a silly comparison. They're different games with different skills required. Put old mate into a test match against any test team and he might face 10 balls, hit a lucky 4 or 6, and then get cleaned up. A baseball batter might get 4-5 at bats a game, but a cricket batter might only get a single innings.

[@jackdin777schannel-wj8or]

Objective of cricket and baseball is completely different. Cricket needs the batsman to consistently hit the ball and survive for a long period. In baseball it is a matter of connecting the right ball. There is a psychological pressure too. In baseball you probably get more than one chance in a game through multiple innings but in cricket, shorter versions you have only one chance. You need to prove your worth as a batsman in that one chance. This is a comment from a cricketer who has some hits in baseball batting cage. Yes, it is comparatively difficult to hit with a baseball bat but that is not the objective of the game of cricket. When we consider the bounce, swing and the area where the ball that can be delivered it will make it harder to consistently hit for a long time in cricket. One should know the rules of cricket to understand this.