American reacts to: Is Cricket harder than Baseball??
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Love to see this guy up against Mitch Starc in full flight. 145km/hr, swinging, then moving off the seam. Good luck with that.
And the prospect of serious pain if things come unstuck too!
Brett Lee at 160km/hr.
yeah, starc, bumrah etc
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.
Whatch an over from Brett Lee. 150km. Tryn hit that after it swings and cuts.
Underarm bowling is illegal
The cricketer isn't even a professional player. Crazy test.
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😂....
What
When the cricket ball swings and turns and yorks...the fun begins. 😁
😂 yeah what will happen when he will face starc ,bumrah,lee
"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!
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.
Baseball+brains+chess=cricket
@@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
@@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.
@@stephenlee5929 on a proper pitch not a concrete road with a true bounce and easy turn
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.
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
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.
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
Exactly, like most American "sports" not many outside of America play them. English sports, however, are played by millions all around the world.
To be fair, India is carrying a lot of that on its own. Vast population.
@@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.
Baseball+brains+chess=cricket
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
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! 😂
He would have been bowled or caught 1st ball.
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.
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
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😂....
He didn't bowl in 90mph he bowls 90kmph😂
Wasnt even that. Close to 60km, too much loop and bounce, no skidding like the Warnie flipper,
In cricket,bowlers are NOT allowed to Throw the ball,which is what they do in base ball .
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.
Have we heard of him no.
I don’t think the guy ever played cricket in his life, my Nan could bowl faster than him😂
@@gmdhargreavesI agree, this guy has never played major cricket..
इस इंटरनेशनल क्रिकेटर से अच्छी बॉलिंग तो हमारी गली के लड़के कर लेते हैं
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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.
Not just the pace bowlers, reckon any decent spin bowler would have had the baseball player swatting at thin air.
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.
Baseball has only one swing,but cricket has many shots
English sports are popular all around the world.
American sports are popular in err, America.
Baseball is popular in central/south america and many asian countries
@@rayquaza1245 I'll look forward to the world Cup.
@@rayquaza1245 just had a quick search and cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, after football.
@@101steel4 I never said cricket wasn't popular. Was just pointing out you were incorrect
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
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.
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.
"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.
Or aim directly at certain parts of The Barsmen. Other than that .....
No baseball is equivalent to rounders
Yes it is even the field is diamond shaped and the bats are shorter we all played it at school well mostly girls 😊
Baseball+brains+chess=cricket
Pacific island cricket is more like baseball well the bat anyway but it's more square than round
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.
Brilliant comment man. 👍
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
Bit generous, maybe under 15s or 3rd grade seniors at best😂
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.
Jesus your giving him a rap arnt you. Be lucky to make a 4th grade side from what I seen.
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.
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???
Only if there bowling lollipops. This fella struggle to make a 4th grade country side.
To be a bit more precise, Cricket is what baseball wants to be when it grows up.
Baseball is also an English sport. First referenced in 1744.
Yeah an English sport that’s not played in Britain. Amazing
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 😂
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
A cricket ball is basically a lump of hard wood covered in leather - you know if it hits you!
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
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 UA-cam.) 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?
@@lovesgucci1 agreed hitting a swerving baseball is harder than hitting a cricket ball
@@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.
There is no comparison between cricket and baseball apart from the fact they both use a ball and a bat...
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.
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.
the cricket guy is bowling cream puffs 😂
Fairy Floss, even.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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...
"have" not "gave"..
The cracking sound when the baseball player toed it with the cricket bat 💀💀💀
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.
I think u underestimate how many people from India can get mad at this, just imagine 125.2 million people collectively dissing the video
normal jofra archer bouncer delivery can kill a baseball hitter😂
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
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.
So in conclusion, cricket was harder than baseball, right? 😜
This was fun 😆
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.
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
😂 Maximum speed of ball being pitched is almost similar for both baseball and cricket, around 100 mph. However, baseball balls are lighter and comes straight or with some swing and curve. Cricket balls can legally be bowled straight at you below waist height or be bounced up from the pitch in front. And the ball can be directed at any part of your body or even above your head. Most of the times, all the batsman can do is just defend and hope to get the ball on the bat. So, I think hitting a cricket ball is much harder.
Rounders or baseball as Americans call it, originated in England and is a game girls play.
And boys. But not usually adults. 😂
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
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.
Well you have to score runs as well. Im sure your team would require you to
Baseball was invented in England..................
Good luck waiting for the ball to bounce when you get a Yorker
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.
They should have done it properly and got Brett Lee or Jimmy Anderson to do the bowling.
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.
You can hit a ball in cricket but you can't score runs because you need to accurately judge the ball which way it comes after bouncing and presume what kind of ball the bowler is gonna bowl. Any small mistake in hitting the ball may lead to caught out.
It's not about hiting percentage it's all about after hitting controlling the ball.
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! 😉
I am still cursing that Manchester incessant rain that saved you losing The Ashes in England recently after you were 2/0 up:)
@@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! 😄
@@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?
@@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:)
@@Isleofskye Low cost viewing platform then, how exciting and inspiring! 😀
In cricket Runs are frequent and outs are rare. In baseball Outs are frequent and runs are rare. Major difference.
In cricket you have different spin bowlers. Fast bowlers . Medium bowlers also where you place the ball
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.
Wow! Pitch, the most important factor in cricket was totally ignored. And ohh! An average cricketer can even hit the ball with stumps. Sometimes they even practice with it. A baseball bat is nothing compared to that.
You know this from playing baseball?
@@lovesgucci1 Yes. I have played baseball at national level for 8 years
@@vikasbhattacharya9194
That’s awesome. Which position did you play? Or just practiced using the bat?
As the person that reacted to this video said, it’s a dumb ‘scientific’ test. Just because you can make contact, doesn’t mean the hit was good. Also, both were amateurs and it wasn’t during a game. It is harder to hit a baseball off a baseball bat, just due the the shape, but that doesn’t mean one sport is harder than the other. Both are different and both are difficult in their own right.
@@lovesgucci1 Short Stop and 2nd base
Full toss is like a baseball pitch - it doesn't hit the ground and is supposedly easier to hit.
the bowler is bowling to him like we bowl to a 2 year old when he first holds his cricket bat. Make him play a fast bowler and the true picture will reveal.
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 .
How lucky that they found only 1 of the 12 people in The States who know what a cricket bat even looks like:)
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..
10-year-olds in India can hit those cricket balls. Clearly, show is meant to please the pride of the Americans
The "accomodation" technique that they brag about would only be effective against slow/medium paced length bowling. It would be totalling ineffective against fast, spin or swing bowling nor would it be any use against short or full-length deliveries. This method will only work against dollies from a Sunday league bowler (the US national team would lose to most decent Sunday league teams). The "experiment" was conceptually flawed from the outset.
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.
It's interesting isn't it.
The test is one that only people who do not know cricket could set up.
:)
In cricket you have to use mind in baseball just raw power.
In cricket captain have to set the field ,every player, bowler decide which next ball will be, pitch start to behave differently depending on various factors so every time both teams get more challenges, one ball, one midfield, one run can change the game etc etc etc
Cricket is the toughest game out there
Baseball players don’t use their mind? Baseball expert, I see?
“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
carried A few points;
1) So you have a MLB player representing baseball and in effect second or third tier cricketer representing cricket, seems like a like for like comparison - NOT. There are plenty of very good first class cricketers just off the US coast in the Caribbean, if you're doing a scientific experiment would it not have made sense to maybe bring in one of the West Indian fast bowlers to do a like for like?
2) The fact that the MLB player is not wearing any of the correct equipment that is needed for protection kind of hints that the guy bowling is not really a good bowler.
3) They are playing on artificial turf and not grass which plays very differently.
4) The experiment is carried out indoors which takes away the ability to get the cricket ball to swing, in or out.
It seems that the experiment was designed to make it look like a cricket ball is easier to hit than a baseball.
As a baseball fan, this video didn’t shape any opinion that I have. As the person who reacted to this said, this “scientific” test is dumb.
Also, I have no clue who that baseball kid is, most likely he’s in the minor leagues. The cricket guy is probably equal in their sport. If not, doesn’t matter because it was a dumb study.
@@lovesgucci1 I stand corrected as the US cricket team doesn't get a ranking in Crickets Test rankings, is only 18th in the ODI rankings (behind Nepal) and 23 in the T20 rankings so he is not even third tier. Would probably rank as a village cricketer in England at best.
Babe Ruth tried Cricket when he visited Britain an allegedly hit some of the longest balls that his Cricket coach had seen. He thought with some coaching the Babe could be a premier Cricket batsman. When Babe heard that his pay would be about $3000 a year for Crickett, vs the $100,000 a year he was getting withthe Yankees, he decided to stick to baseball.
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...
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
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.
Hi from Brisbane!!! Friday night 🇦🇺
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.
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
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.
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.
The reason this does not work is because it’s missing the fielding. If a cricketer just kept knocking the ball for six he’d be at a very high risk of being caught or run out. Cricket especially Test Cricket can be played very tactically between the bowler and the batter. I found it funny that he thought a lot of Europeans would care about cricket which is mainly a UK sport in Europe. Asia and Australia might get mildly annoyed but most people who enjoy cricket would enjoy the other British invented bat based game. Earlier versions of Baseball are play in British schools like Rounders.
I remember 'softball' too.
I think that there are three ways to get out in baseball? Strike out, run out and caught out. If you miss once you get another two attempts. There are five common ways to get out in cricket plus another five less common ways, and one miss could mean out bowled, making it very hard to spend enough time at the wicket to build a big score. Baseball requires concentration only for a few pitches. Cricket requires concentration for hours, often in sweltering conditions. One “home run” is nowhere near good enough in cricket. You have to be able to bat for hours. And believe me, swinging a four pound bat for hours and running between the wickets hundreds of times is fatiguing. Fatigue is a major factor in cricket. Check out Dean Jones being violently ill scoring a double century in India or Glenn Maxwells World Cup double century when he could barely stand and run.
I would argue that cricket is also more intimidating. Facing a 90mph bouncer directed at your upper body and head is seriously frightening stuff, even for the very best batsmen. Bowlers work out pretty quickly when the batsman is uncomfortable with short pitched bowling and target them relentlessly. Check out videos of Brett Lee, Mitchel Johnson, or Jeff Thomson destroying some of the worlds best batsmen with sheer pace and intimidation.
Cricket also requires more stamina. Standing out in the field on a hot day for six hours, chasing leather round the park and covering 20 km or more in the day is seriously draining stuff and a big factor in performance.
Both sports require excellent eye-hand coordination. But although they are both bat and ball sports, they are worlds apart in reality. Could a MLB player excel at cricket? Probably, but it would require years of experience. It may be easier for a cricketer to adapt to baseball and many actually do play baseball to keep fit in the off season. No doubt for a cricketer to play baseball at the highest level would also require lots of practice and experience. Other than both sports being bat and ball games, they are chalk and cheese.
You should check out "Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans". This is an American baseball fan trying to explain Cricket, use Baseball terminology.
He wouldn’t hit a ball from an international cricket bowler.
All his hits would have been caught
Cricket is way more tough... Come on the ground we'll show you
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.
Cricket requires more skills than baseball and there is no debate on it
How much baseball have you watched?? They’re completely different sports.
You’re comment is delusional
@@lovesgucci1 oh really.how many cricket matches have you watched?Baseball is basically created from cricket Just like other Americans sports 😂 . Ok let's talk pitcher requires more skills or a bowler . A batsman requires more skills or the man who swings the baseball bat 😂 or the fielders with gloves 😁 baseball is not even a sports according to a cricket fan Just like American football is not a sports rugby is a real sport
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I don’t know anything about cricket and because of that, I can’t make bizarre assumptions about it; unlike what you’re saying about baseball. Cricket is very popular - which Cricket fans love to say - so why are you guys so threatened about baseball to make stuff up? It’s totally delusional.
I do know this, baseball has absolutely no connections to cricket, other than both deriving from Britain. Baseball, in it format, started in the US but the idea came from the game Rounders. But if baseball did come from cricket - which it definitely did not - I would think that was awesome, too.
@@jitendrameghwal0832 Also, Americans, myself included, love football 🏈 & basketball 🏀, too, but the US is literally saturated with sports, unlike Cricket only countries.
Kids in grade school play at least a couple of sports: 🏈🏀⚾⚽ track, lacrosse, tennis, softball, volleyball, swimming, dance (drill teams), cheerleading, gymnastics, wrestling, field hockey… Some schools even offer golf, fencing, rowing 🚣♀, badminton, water polo, hockey..
One bouncer from me and his head is gone off and then he will never play cricket again and if he tries , he will be very scared
Not a great comparison
1. They used a slow bowler (spin bowler) who bowls at about 55 mph (90 kph). He probably won't make top club sides in cricket playing countries
2. The artificial pitch gives steady bounce, something you don't get on a cricket pitch, and probably don't react to spin as well either.
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.
It's like you said a daft experiment, for a start this cricketer would be considered amateur anywhere else in the world, and he's hindered by the fact he has no run up, some professionals run in from 30 yards, and hitting the ball is pointless if you're smacking it straight to a fielder.
Poor comparison
Ive learnt nowt
What sport apart from American football has the usa come up with ?
Who cares.
Mate... a couple of things to consider when you compare the sports.
Firstly a cricket ball is 156 grams...not sure what your baseball is but consider a handgrenade being hit at you.
Now you will notice the seam on the ball..those 6 lines...they will have a huge impact on what the ball will do in the air and after it pitches...ie..bounces.
We use the same ball so it's properties will change as it gets older.
Then because the ball pitches..the pitch itself impacts the game..different cities have different properties in the pitch and then cricket is played all over the world..
Pitches are drastically different as are things like field dimensions.. i could go on.
Now you mentioned the strike rate of a batter in baseball. In cricket you bat until you get out. So in test cricket which may last 5 days..a batter in form may be batting for 10 hours. In that time he faces fast bowling..swing bowling..bouncers at the head or yorkers at the toes. Medium pacers who have tricks and then finally the spinners.. go look up Shane Warne..
And if the batter makes one mistake he's out.
Cricketers also need to be excellent fielders and many can both bat and bowl.
In the short form of the game..like T20s a batsman's strike rate could average 150 plus..so he hits 150 runs per 100 balls...
But the same issues still exists but it's faster...the ball gets old..the pitch can change midgame..the field dimensions change depending which end you are batting from...remember batters change ends.
Finally..when that baseball player said just watch the ball off the pitch and react...he couldn't be more wrong. You watch the ball in the bowler's runup and never lose sight of it.
I hope this has given you some insights which you don't get in best of videos.
You can't pit a regular Joe against a rising superstar (and best home run hitter).
And cricket isn't about making contact with a fast ball.
A baseball player may be able to hit a lot of the balls, but the way he hits them - he would be caught out in no time. And I doubt they would be able to survive some of the tougher balls (swing, seam, spin, yorker, googly, line and length variations).
Cricket is a second watched sports in the world after football Or as per americans soccer .its bcz cricket is a super exicting sport..it has swing turn bouncers yourkers.the fastest delivery is 160 kmph.if u wanna undertand see Indian Premier league (IPL) or World Cup its super exciting
Just adding to other comments here, the baseball player would have been caught out about three times out of four. Getting it in play is not as important in cricket as keeping it on the floor.
A Yorker is a ball bowled to bounce at or near the batman's feet ideally the batsman with try to hit the ball and it sneaks under the bat and be=reaks the wicket = out.