This newzealand baseballer has played cricket earlier in his life but well done by the cricketer , he grasped baseball quickly and easily. In the end both were awesome.
Ian Erin Lol in baseball if you are getting bases on 1/3 of balls (.33 average), you are doing what some of the very best could do. This cricketer is a bowler and did pretty damn well for someone never exposed to baseball. I shudder to think what the likes of David Warner (who actually was approached by the MLB) or Chris Gayle would do. Balls that don't bounce in cricket are considered to be the easiest balls to hit
Chris Harris was one of my favorite players especially around the 1996 WC timeframe: handy medium paceman plus swashbuckling batter plus gun fielder=3D! Would have enjoyed the T20 game!
@@atharvam4913 very true and cricket is the most lethal non fighting sports anyone can die in cricket though there are many protections but still you can die but imagine cricket in 70's and 80's when there was no protection it was much more lethal there was 50% chance for a batsman of getting killed still legends like sunil gavaskar and viv richards went and dominated the bowlers that's why we should respect them immensely and also cricket is ten times more lethal than baseball
Tt Boy please don’t spoil the happiness of us indians, as we are finally good at one sport or match international performance in entire world of sports and athletics. we know that it is a “drug” game, which by overdose made us useless to real sports.
I think it's so cool that New Zealand have such a great sporting background with such a small population and that's coming from someone who lives in England 👍👏
MrHoodytube The best sporting country in the world. This year they played cricket world cup final, in 2010 they played FIFA world cup and remain unbeaten, they are the world's best in rugby and now got some amazing baseball players. Of course england is behind every thing but I think except Andy Murray they didn't win any thing in recent years, though he is a scottish. :)
Yes, they are also a very good sporting nation, but when you will bring the population ratio, Kiwis are little ahead I think. Aussies can be compared with South Africans by playing cricket, football, rugby and field hockey. Though Australia is all time best in cricket and have some good hockey records. You might find the Dutch are most physically superior nation in world now. They are also trying to adopt different sports. But Kiwis always amaze me by their population and position. You must agree, being situated at the end of the world it's not easy to be in all those things.
A Baseball pitcher is someone who we in Cricket call a 'Pie Chucker'. XD Edit: I want to correct the mistake I made in my above comment. The term 'Pie Chucker' refers to a bad bowler in Cricket and and not the pitching action used in baseball. I know it's 5 years late but it's never too late to admit that you were wrong. I'm not deleting the comment because it has got 1.1k likes and that doesn't happen too often for me. XD
+MegaRazzzz; Um, no. Anyone who bowled as fast as a pitcher pitches would not be bowling "pies". If you actually mean a "chucker", i.e. someone who throws rather than bowls, then that would be more accurate. A pitcher generates much of their speed by flexing their elbow and it's that that's not allowed in cricket. Bending the elbow while bowling is perfectly legal, as long as the angle of the bend doesn't change by more then 15 degrees during the delivery. A bowler must use his momentum and shoulder to impart speed to the ball.
You are splitting the term 'Pie Chucker' and using the two parts in two very different contexts. 'Pie Chucker' is not a technical term and is used loosely for any action which resembles the chucking of an actual pie. The Baseball pitcher's action is like that of someone chucking a pie and is nothing like the round arm bowling action used in Cricket. Unlike the pitcher, the elbow is not used by bowlers to generate pace because it is highly inefficient and moreover, illegal. The pace is generated through a run-up and the round arm action. The 15 degree bend rule is solely exploited by *some* spin bowlers whose unique bowling action allows them to use that bend of arm to create extra spin.
I wonder what David Warner, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting will do if Aroldis Chapman hit them in the head with a 105 mph fastball you fucking shit.
Paul Francisco that’s six runs mate because they’d punish a full toss even at that pace plus from what I know only a few pitchers crakes 100 and also your just a bunch of wusses catching a softer ball with a glove enough said
DiDan Do you think that the greatest batsman of all time in cricket can play baseball? Playing with a stick rather than a paddle is so much harder. Hitting a 95 mph pitch in baseball is so fucking hard. The glove is not just for protection it helps a fielder to field ground balls or catching fly balls. Catching fly balls still fucking hurts but just a little. There are so many pitcher who can throw 100 mph its Justin Verlander, Aroldis Chapman, Dellin Betances, Noah Syndergaard, Yordano Ventura, Jose Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi and much more. Nolan Ryan can throw 108 mph. Fuck you
It's not just a few pitchers. Nowadays most of them hit consistently around 98 to 100. And they do it without any run up. Quit shitting on a sport you obviously don't know shit about. Neither sport is better. They're completely different sports with different goals.
I'm not going to highlight the weaknesses in this example but the fact that Riki, who is a pitcher, did so well at the batting challenge is a credit to his ability and professionalism.
practicing with bowling machine is very different from facing real life bowlers. becoz machines cannot swing or spin the balls. machines are actually for baseball players, not cricket
As a baseball player, I can understand what you are saying. I hit really good in the cage but not nearly as well in games lol. Im a pitcher though so it doesn't matter haha.
Actually, many baseball pitching machines are able to create a spin on the ball, allowing the machines to simulate curves, cutters, sliders, etc. wouldn't be surprised if many bowling machines had this as well
Akash1000anant A good baseball pitcher can also curve and spin the baseball, make them slide and a whole host of tricks. No pitcher throws a straight down the middle strike every play, not if they want to be successful in the sport.
He's going on about the baseball leaving it and blocking it straight away, when he already said that he had played cricket before so he knew somewhat how to play and he's probably seen people play cricket before, so it isn't that impressive that he left it!
Baseball player Riki Paewai is batting like a true T-20 cricketer........his skills he could very well inherit the position of Martin Guptill as New Zealand Cricket Team's opener.
Lol, I like how the baseball player got to hit very easy balls from the machine while the pitcher threw somewhat harder balls at the cricket player.... If the cricket bowler even bowled at 75% pace with swing and cutters, I doubt the baseball player would have hit half of them.
Zach Z 90 MPH pitches that don't bounce and are at shoulder height away from body? That's called a full toss in cricket and is considered the easiest ball to hit for 6. Most of the time when it is thrown, it's when the ball accidentally slips out of the hand of the bowler. They never do it on purpose because it's so easy to hit. Even the fastest bowlers in cricket (95-99 MPH) have been hit for easy 6's off full tosses
Cyrushanleonee lol I like how they're called bowlers Baseball players can play cricket and cricket players can eventually get the hang of baseball since the bats smaller and ball harder to hit
Zach Z Baseball batters will struggle against cricket bowling. In cricket, you can bowl anywhere and even hit the batsman in the head legally. I don't see a batter surviving an over against an aggressive fast bowler without being stretchered off the field. Most cricket batsman will struggle to hit a baseball IF they are swinging with all their might (not because the bat is smaller, but because baseball bats are rounded instead of flat like a cricket bat). However, cricket players would be able to survive baseball because they would be experts in bunting and placing the ball exactly between two fielders. When it comes to fielding, cricket players have a huge edge on catching (heavier/harder ball and without gloves) while baseball players are way superior in sheer athleticism on the field. I am American, so I've had quite a bit of exposure to baseball and picked up cricket in my college days
Pavan Kumar I’m guessing that a slog is a pull hit in baseball. Is it hitting the ball to the left if you are a righty? and no, we do not just pull hit the ball. It’s just easier to get more power hitting the ball that way.
Bunting and tapping the ball foul is the easiest thing to do in baseball and they have a game about it... lol. See you arrogant prick it goes both ways
@@philmccracken179 although I respect baseball a lot, But have you ever tried dilever a ball with acceptable action in the exact line and length, while maintaining your speed, balance, game sense and going for your speciality?
@@xoraxus4393 cricket is great and difficult in its own way I agree, I was just replying to you baseball take. If cricket players hit “sixes” everytime with fulltoss that proves cricket is easier cuz in baseball there is maybe 1 homerun every 140 pitches. Think about it
@@philmccracken179 😂😂 Baseball came way after cricket so it doesn't apply to cricket. As full toss were already there in cricket before there was baseball which is very easy to hit
EVERY BALL IN BASEBALL IS A FULL TOSS. MAN IF CRICKETERS LIKE STEVE SMITH BRENDON MCCULUM OR VIRAT KOLHI WOULD GET TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH A CRICKET BAT THEN IT IS OUT OF THE PARK!
Teton Kites not true. there are many types of pitches in baseball. fastball, curveball, change up, screw ball, slider, knuckle ball, two seam fastball, 4 seam fastball, circle change, knuckle curve, split finger fastball,
He had a nice footwork and that was the key of his batting!!!! He was keeping a proper batting stance of cricket!! No one can at random play like this !!!he was used to with cricket too only pretending like he is new to this game!!!!
As a baseball fan I just want to clear up a few misconceptions that cricket fans seem to have about baseball. First the pitch it not thrown at the same location (or height or speed). A pitcher will constantly be trying to change from high to low, from inside to outside. To that he will add change of speed, sometimes using the same arm motion and location to fool the batter, but throw at least 10mph slower than his fastball (and sometimes more). This gets the batter "out in front," meaning he has swung too early. These kinds of pitches are called change of pace. Next, with the exception of the pitcher's fastest fastball ( a four seam fastball), his other pitches will move or break as they approach the strike zone all coming from the same arm slot. (In other words as he delivers the pitches will look the same until it is too late.) There are a variety of breaking pitches; a slider, sinker, curve, forkball, cut fast ball, knuckle ball, two-seam fastball, etc. No pitcher in baseball can get away with just throwing his fastball. He must mix up his pitches to fool the batter. So a pitcher, like Arroldis Chapman can come at you with a 100mph plus fastball up in the strike zone, and then when you're all cranked up to hit it, he will "pull the string'" on the ball and go down to 85mph. Or his next pitch could break toward the lower outside part of the plate (strike zone). The whole art of pitching is to keep the batter off balance.
Most important is that you get just one shot as a batsman in cricket per game unlike baseball where you get three strikes per innings and 9 innings in total if not more. It’s very important to have and difficult to master a good technique in cricket instead of just swinging through the line every ball/pitch
Why are people so inconsiderate to the sport other than there preference. Both are fun and different and you can't compare them. Baseball pitchers throw 90mph+ all times while cricket bowlers have spin. Respect each others sport cause no one cares if your gonna be rude!
BRENDON MCCULUM probably would have made major league level, he had such a great eye. Baseball in the off season is so good for your cricket, all players should be doin it.
@Visakh R I play cricket as well. 100mph is way to fast in cricket there have been only 1 or 2 balls that have reached that speed in cricket, baseball on the other hand is countless. I like cricket more than baseball but you to have to admit that's too fast in cricket, they are 2 different sports and cricket isn't adapted to it
Cricket is just an extension of baseball... a cricket player can easily learn baseball, but a baseball player would definitely initially struggle with cricket.
@@jamalcolorado4260 How? It's just straight facts. What do the two sports have in common from a skills perspective? 1. Some form of batting 2. Some form of bowling / pitching 3. Fielding Now let's deconstruct each element of the sport and see where the commonalities and differences lie. 1. BATTING: -> Baseball (why it's harder than cricket): * Pitch comes from a slightly smaller distance * Bat surface area is significantly smaller than a cricket bat * Pitcher can deliver all kinds of variations which will alter the ball's trajectory throughout the air. * The region where a hit ball is 'good' is significantly less compared to where it is 'foul'. -> Baseball (why it's easier than cricket): * The ball comes on the full, in a specific striking area directly over the plate, meaning the batter does not have to account for a change in pace or direction (if a spinner is bowling) after it makes contact with the ground (this can reduce the ball's speed by up to 30% in some circumstances). * The batter basically plays the same shot every single pitch (unless it is a bunt) because the strike zone is so limited for the pitcher. In cricket, batsmen are not only required to counteract changes in the ball's direction, but they are permitted to hit the ball anywhere on the ground (i.e. there is no foul region). Therefore, the skills set, strategy and handeye coordination required is significantly higher than a baseball batter. * Fear factor - I know a baseball pitch comes hella fast, and the amount of protection worn is significantly less, but there is a reason for that. In baseball, it's never in the interest of the pitcher to hit the batter (it never gains you anything in the game, and it makes you look like a dickhead). In cricket, you are permitted to hit the batsmen. So the likelihood of being hit is a lot higher. 2. BOWLING / PITCHING (It's pretty even in this regard... variations in baseball like a perfect knuckleball are almost impossible to execute without years of practice, but once again, cricket has far more variety - off spinners, leg spinners, medium pace and fast bowlers who swing the ball). Bowlers bowl bouncers and yorkers at batsmen which baseballer batters would have no real answer to (as they are only used to everything coming on the full - i.e. anything that involves a bounce at high speed requires years of practice to overcome, hence why cricket is an extension of baseball skills). 3. FIELDING Requirements: - a good throwing arm (cricketers can do this just like a baseballer) - a pair of hands to catch (cricketers don't use a glove to protect their precious hands). Enough said. I know this is overkill, but it is hopefully informative... cheers
@@samuelatienzo4627 Look, I’m a fan of both sports, I just think that players from both sports would struggle if they switched sports. I think the main reason for this is that cricket batting is meant to be more defensive while in baseball batting is more offensive. I think a baseball player would struggle to hit balls on the balance and I also think that a cricket player would struggle to hit faster pitching with a round bat. Thank you for your assessment though.
I've watched a few of these comparison videos. It goes both ways. The baseball pitcher throwing a few curveballs is actually the most I've seen anyone try to challenge any of the cricket players
Erm, you can most definitely guide the ball with a swing. Home run hitting players are the ones that swing with full force and don't care about hitting it the other way, through the hole, getting a sac fly, laying down a bunt either up the first or third base line, etc. Don't get me wrong, cricket's hard to play but baseball also has its own nuisances.
fox tech if you hit the ball as hard as you can you're just going to pop out because the pitcher won't give you anything you can hit out of the park if you show thats all you can do
+Abhijit Mehta I played cricket for three years and baseball for thirteen. The only thing more challenging about cricket is you don't field or catch with a glove. props to the players for that but for everything else baseball is more difficult.
This guy said he has played cricket before and that actually seems correct. Obviously he is not playing like a professional batsmen but what do you expect from a person who has not played much cricket. His drives actually showed that he has played cricket for quiet a good time, a newbie would take months to get on that stance
I used to play baseball as a child in England, it was called rounders. Then during the war American servicemen saw it and took it back to the USA and so baseball was born.
He could be a very good batsman but it would take a lot of coaching. Like all beginners he has no off-side game. There are some good signs there though.
Yes Brandon McCullum was the best hitter I ever saw , if he would have did what he did in the whole tournament, on the final match day against England, he would have won easily the world cup!
Riki can be a valuable T20 player for the kiwis. For him hitting the ball with a cricket willow is far easier than with a lean baseball bat....I really loved his stance in the crease.
+Adam130694 he is comparing his stance to Cricket stance. He would be out in the first delivery he faced in any domestic Cricket with that stance forget international Cricket.
Cricket is ofcourse a super complex game compared to cricket. There are so many bowling variations, batting shots etc. In basebowl, every shot looks like a pull shot.
Shafay Qaiser “barely” in other countries?Wtf? Have you ever heard of Nippon Pro Baseball and other big leagues? Baseball is played in north america,australia,japan,s.korea and many more.
Shafay Qaiser hey bro first of all its just opinion.I watch both cricket and baseball,I just love that crazy atmosphere in the IPL and also those great moments in the MLB and NPB.. I not from west so I don’t have hatred for any of these sports.Both are great sports.Cricket isn’t relevant than baseball and vice versa. My previous comment was just to inform that baseball is also a worldwide sport like cricket.There is no need to prove any sort of supremacy.
Bigger bat, slower ball, further distance, no mound and they get to hit into a field with bigger gaps and shorter boundaries. It’s literally easier by every metric
@@stealerknob3658 no cricket is slower. Cricket spin bowlers bowl 50-60 mph which never happens in baseball except for 8 year olds. The average fastball in slower in cricket and the fastest ball ever in cricket 100 mph happens all the time in baseball with the top being 105 mph
@@philmccracken179 ur wrong the average speed is 89-91mph in baseball and thats spin bowling mate fast bowlers like mitch starc used to average 150 kmh plus or shaun tait,Mitchell Johnson,shoab akhtar,wasim akrim,brett lee,jeff thomson averaged over 155kmh
Everyone saying cricket is better or harder are just mad that the 2 Indian pitchers from Million Dollar Arm washed out from the MLB. They cant throw a baseball for shit
anyone notice the australian flag on his outfit i know it is supposed to be the the new zealand flag but you can obviously see that stars are white not red
Its doesn't work if the "baseball player" is from a cricket country. He of course has played cricket before, watched cricket before, and is entirely familiar with every aspect of the game.
What is with all the insolent cricket players/watchers? We get it, cricket has been around longer. But baseball is JUST AS GOOD of a sport as cricket. The best athletes in cricket are equivalent to the best athletes in baseball. If cricket players were so much better at everything than baseball players, they would start playing baseball so they could dominate (which, for your information, has never happened (and vice versa)). Case closed.
obsCuber everything you say is true my friend only problem is Cricket is not older than what we call baseball the original game we called baseball was around well before cricket one version of it another may even predate the country it's coming from the game we call baseball thing in many forms called Rounders the game of rounders is older than cricket and baseball is more related to rounders than cricket that is all
obsCuber in fact I often chuckle at this conversation the games have little similarities Cricket in baseball outside of a club in a ball being used beyond that they're not even related so it is very silly now the reason they want to say cricket is superior is because well baseball's associated with America LOL it's more politics than reality... I'm going to lay it down baseball did not come from cricket they are not related baseball came from Rounders
He said he played cricket for school and at home, yet the guy then proceeded to tell him what the stumps are
He explained it with the perspective of the viewers.
This newzealand baseballer has played cricket earlier in his life but well done by the cricketer , he grasped baseball quickly and easily.
In the end both were awesome.
Tbh he kinda didn't do that well. That baseball player wasn't about to tell him that though
The baseballer's stance was so perfect and hit with the full face of the bat. Harris also did well.
Ian Erin Lol in baseball if you are getting bases on 1/3 of balls (.33 average), you are doing what some of the very best could do. This cricketer is a bowler and did pretty damn well for someone never exposed to baseball. I shudder to think what the likes of David Warner (who actually was approached by the MLB) or Chris Gayle would do. Balls that don't bounce in cricket are considered to be the easiest balls to hit
sanket mhatre he’s literally playing at a above average high school varsity team New Zealand baseball is terrible
sanket mhatre video acha tha lekin!!
Chris Harris was one of my favorite players especially around the 1996 WC timeframe: handy medium paceman plus swashbuckling batter plus gun fielder=3D! Would have enjoyed the T20 game!
Brett lee should bowl to him with a real cricket ball in just one ball he will have immense respect for cricket
@@atharvam4913 very true and cricket is the most lethal non fighting sports anyone can die in cricket though there are many protections but still you can die but imagine cricket in 70's and 80's when there was no protection it was much more lethal there was 50% chance for a batsman of getting killed still legends like sunil gavaskar and viv richards went and dominated the bowlers that's why we should respect them immensely and also cricket is ten times more lethal than baseball
@Tt Boy U catch with gloves on.
He died in the hospital
The fastest ball in baseball is more than the cricket one
Give him a 90mph bouncher by his head see what happens then
Tt Boy please don’t spoil the happiness of us indians, as we are finally good at one sport or match international performance in entire world of sports and athletics. we know that it is a “drug” game, which by overdose made us useless to real sports.
I think it's so cool that New Zealand have such a great sporting background with such a small population and that's coming from someone who lives in England 👍👏
MrHoodytube The best sporting country in the world. This year they played cricket world cup final, in 2010 they played FIFA world cup and remain unbeaten, they are the world's best in rugby and now got some amazing baseball players.
Of course england is behind every thing but I think except Andy Murray they didn't win any thing in recent years, though he is a scottish. :)
Yes, they are also a very good sporting nation, but when you will bring the population ratio, Kiwis are little ahead I think. Aussies can be compared with South Africans by playing cricket, football, rugby and field hockey. Though Australia is all time best in cricket and have some good hockey records.
You might find the Dutch are most physically superior nation in world now. They are also trying to adopt different sports. But Kiwis always amaze me by their population and position. You must agree, being situated at the end of the world it's not easy to be in all those things.
+easin mahmood New Zealand and Australia would be pretty close in terms of best sporting nation.
easin mahmood aussies have a great record in hockey. They have won 4 worldcups, just 1 behind Pakistan:5 worldcups
I think the same for both kiwis and Australians. Respect from India.
The single most disappointing thing I learnt from this video is that there are folks in NZ who play baseball instead of cricket.
Exactly ! 😅
Well said
nobody really cares much about cricket except for South Asian countries, it's not even in the top 3 most popular sports in Australia or New Zealand.
Aniket Rudraksha , lolz, true.
+Aniket Rudraksha not the the top 3 in Australia? How high are you?
he's not even hitting real cricket balls, or even proper bowling machine balls!! those are softer balls that are used for kids under 10!!
Alex Lawson he wasnt hitting real baseballs either
that's right !! They are kids again !
Or upto 16 years xD
But it's also a pitcher trying to hit. PITCHERS DON'T HIT!!
They're indoor balls
A Baseball pitcher is someone who we in Cricket call a 'Pie Chucker'. XD
Edit: I want to correct the mistake I made in my above comment. The term 'Pie Chucker' refers to a bad bowler in Cricket and and not the pitching action used in baseball. I know it's 5 years late but it's never too late to admit that you were wrong.
I'm not deleting the comment because it has got 1.1k likes and that doesn't happen too often for me. XD
You mean Lasith Malinga's action? No that is a legitimate slinging style of bowling. I remember Flintoff once called Yuvraj a Pie Chucker.
+MegaRazzzz I thought it was Pietersen who called him that
Nathan Dunkley Could be. Don't remember now.
+MegaRazzzz; Um, no. Anyone who bowled as fast as a pitcher pitches would not be bowling "pies". If you actually mean a "chucker", i.e. someone who throws rather than bowls, then that would be more accurate. A pitcher generates much of their speed by flexing their elbow and it's that that's not allowed in cricket. Bending the elbow while bowling is perfectly legal, as long as the angle of the bend doesn't change by more then 15 degrees during the delivery. A bowler must use his momentum and shoulder to impart speed to the ball.
You are splitting the term 'Pie Chucker' and using the two parts in two very different contexts. 'Pie Chucker' is not a technical term and is used loosely for any action which resembles the chucking of an actual pie. The Baseball pitcher's action is like that of someone chucking a pie and is nothing like the round arm bowling action used in Cricket. Unlike the pitcher, the elbow is not used by bowlers to generate pace because it is highly inefficient and moreover, illegal. The pace is generated through a run-up and the round arm action. The 15 degree bend rule is solely exploited by *some* spin bowlers whose unique bowling action allows them to use that bend of arm to create extra spin.
02:45 almost a perfect nut shot.. 😂😂
😂😂😂 awesome eyes
It hit the thighs budd
Why cant people just agree that baseball and cricket are similar and both take more skill in different ways
because their fans (overproud indian and arrogant american) is f*cking moron! i learned about that. both are exiting game and i respect it
because we like to feel unfoundedly superior.
Because it's not true. Cricket takes much more skill
Yeah life's more fun that way
@@falihsaukhan5365 make sense , both is harder in a way but both tries to prove that they are better
Nice work, but i wonder how he would do when dale styne is running in and bowling 95 miles per hour heading towards his throat
I wonder what David Warner, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting will do if Aroldis Chapman hit them in the head with a 105 mph fastball you fucking shit.
Paul Francisco that’s six runs mate because they’d punish a full toss even at that pace plus from what I know only a few pitchers crakes 100 and also your just a bunch of wusses catching a softer ball with a glove enough said
DiDan Do you think that the greatest batsman of all time in cricket can play baseball? Playing with a stick rather than a paddle is so much harder. Hitting a 95 mph pitch in baseball is so fucking hard. The glove is not just for protection it helps a fielder to field ground balls or catching fly balls. Catching fly balls still fucking hurts but just a little. There are so many pitcher who can throw 100 mph its Justin Verlander, Aroldis Chapman, Dellin Betances, Noah Syndergaard, Yordano Ventura, Jose Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi and much more. Nolan Ryan can throw 108 mph. Fuck you
wayne browne he's a baseballer not a cricketer and even cricketers can miss when steyn at his best is bowling 95 mph at their throats
It's not just a few pitchers. Nowadays most of them hit consistently around 98 to 100. And they do it without any run up. Quit shitting on a sport you obviously don't know shit about. Neither sport is better. They're completely different sports with different goals.
I'm not going to highlight the weaknesses in this example but the fact that Riki, who is a pitcher, did so well at the batting challenge is a credit to his ability and professionalism.
If Base-ball Pitcher Tried Cricket, they can be a great Spinner or can Bowl Perfect Yorker Length.
practicing with bowling machine is very different from facing real life bowlers. becoz machines cannot swing or spin the balls. machines are actually for baseball players, not cricket
As a baseball player, I can understand what you are saying. I hit really good in the cage but not nearly as well in games lol. Im a pitcher though so it doesn't matter haha.
Actually, many baseball pitching machines are able to create a spin on the ball, allowing the machines to simulate curves, cutters, sliders, etc. wouldn't be surprised if many bowling machines had this as well
Ian Erin They do
Akash1000anant they can swing and spin. The paceman pro (the one their using) can produce spin and swing
Akash1000anant A good baseball pitcher can also curve and spin the baseball, make them slide and a whole host of tricks. No pitcher throws a straight down the middle strike every play, not if they want to be successful in the sport.
I miss those days when I used to cheer for u Chris Harris !! U were the best all rounder to me !
He's going on about the baseball leaving it and blocking it straight away, when he already said that he had played cricket before so he knew somewhat how to play and he's probably seen people play cricket before, so it isn't that impressive that he left it!
but not everyone watching this video may know cricket
Baseball player Riki Paewai is batting like a true T-20 cricketer........his skills he could very well inherit the position of Martin Guptill as New Zealand Cricket Team's opener.
Why would u get a baseball pitcher to hit? LMAO
This! Lol.
Because all baseball players have to hit.
+MachampionEX what I'm saying is why would u choose a pitcher to see if they can hit a cricket ball? They can't even hit a baseball..
because if he can do it, it follows that a real hitter can do even better.
*****
but why wouldn't you just get a hitter....?
Did anyone else see the guy get hammered in the background?
+Oliver Paschal In the nutts!!!
that nut shot at 2:46 !! haha wow good stuff
He plays it of like it did not happen
might be a ken doll since there was no reaction
'Yeah good'
Mike Johnson
Martin Harvancik yea
May be when the people in comments section stop fighting, we can have a friendly match between Cricketers and Baseballers playing both the games :)
nobody wants that mate.
@@MrRimo90 I for one would love to see it
@@MrRimo90 how do you know?
Lol, I like how the baseball player got to hit very easy balls from the machine while the pitcher threw somewhat harder balls at the cricket player.... If the cricket bowler even bowled at 75% pace with swing and cutters, I doubt the baseball player would have hit half of them.
R u serious, no offense but if he can hit >70 mph baseball pitches he can hit cricket pitches
Zach Z 90 MPH pitches that don't bounce and are at shoulder height away from body? That's called a full toss in cricket and is considered the easiest ball to hit for 6. Most of the time when it is thrown, it's when the ball accidentally slips out of the hand of the bowler. They never do it on purpose because it's so easy to hit. Even the fastest bowlers in cricket (95-99 MPH) have been hit for easy 6's off full tosses
Cyrushanleonee lol I like how they're called bowlers
Baseball players can play cricket and cricket players can eventually get the hang of baseball since the bats smaller and ball harder to hit
Zach Z Baseball batters will struggle against cricket bowling. In cricket, you can bowl anywhere and even hit the batsman in the head legally. I don't see a batter surviving an over against an aggressive fast bowler without being stretchered off the field. Most cricket batsman will struggle to hit a baseball IF they are swinging with all their might (not because the bat is smaller, but because baseball bats are rounded instead of flat like a cricket bat). However, cricket players would be able to survive baseball because they would be experts in bunting and placing the ball exactly between two fielders. When it comes to fielding, cricket players have a huge edge on catching (heavier/harder ball and without gloves) while baseball players are way superior in sheer athleticism on the field. I am American, so I've had quite a bit of exposure to baseball and picked up cricket in my college days
Cyrushanleonee I will take your word for it. You seem to have experience in both, thank you for enlightening me
Next try a CRICKET BALL instead of TENNIS BOWL
That swing!!! Actually baseball players can be great addition to T20 with bit of practice. They have natural swing !!!
Lol no they can't because they won't generate swing when they would have bowl overarm
@@mtk3755 lol I am talking about bat swing!!
Do me a favour...
Give him some slow Yorkers and wide Yorkers....
To be fair.. It is his first time.. It take years to be a cricket expert
Pavan Kumar I’m guessing that a slog is a pull hit in baseball. Is it hitting the ball to the left if you are a righty? and no, we do not just pull hit the ball. It’s just easier to get more power hitting the ball that way.
@@nileshgoel8076 decades*
He got a natural form and he's also so steady
Full toss the most easiest delivery and they have a game on it...bravo
Bunting and tapping the ball foul is the easiest thing to do in baseball and they have a game about it... lol. See you arrogant prick it goes both ways
@@philmccracken179 although I respect baseball a lot,
But have you ever tried dilever a ball with acceptable action in the exact line and length, while maintaining your speed, balance, game sense and going for your speciality?
@@xoraxus4393 cricket is great and difficult in its own way I agree, I was just replying to you baseball take. If cricket players hit “sixes” everytime with fulltoss that proves cricket is easier cuz in baseball there is maybe 1 homerun every 140 pitches. Think about it
A knuckleball would also be considered a full toss to you. But see what it is and youll know how wrong you are.
@@philmccracken179 😂😂 Baseball came way after cricket so it doesn't apply to cricket. As full toss were already there in cricket before there was baseball which is very easy to hit
This was really impressive, both guys hit very well
If Base-ball Pitcher Tried Cricket, they can be a great Spinner or can Bowl Great Yorker.
This guy is natural 😍 he should have been in NZ Cricket Team.
EVERY BALL IN BASEBALL IS A FULL TOSS. MAN IF CRICKETERS LIKE STEVE SMITH BRENDON MCCULUM OR VIRAT KOLHI WOULD GET TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH A CRICKET BAT THEN IT IS OUT OF THE PARK!
Not sure about that, because pitches tend to seam quite a lot.
Teton Kites not true. there are many types of pitches in baseball. fastball, curveball, change up, screw ball, slider, knuckle ball, two seam fastball, 4 seam fastball, circle change, knuckle curve, split finger fastball,
and they all are types of full tosses.....
Teton Kites I never said there wasn't. I was just correcting your incorrect statement.
okay dude. no more fight. it is our choise what we wanna do. we are not living in north korea or pakistan.
Even we play baseball here at school.
One person hits the ball and everyone on the ground starts running!
He had a nice footwork and that was the key of his batting!!!!
He was keeping a proper batting stance of cricket!! No one can at random play like this !!!he was used to with cricket too only pretending like he is new to this game!!!!
As a baseball fan I just want to clear up a few misconceptions that cricket fans seem to have about baseball. First the pitch it not thrown at the same location (or height or speed). A pitcher will constantly be trying to change from high to low, from inside to outside. To that he will add change of speed, sometimes using the same arm motion and location to fool the batter, but throw at least 10mph slower than his fastball (and sometimes more). This gets the batter "out in front," meaning he has swung too early. These kinds of pitches are called change of pace. Next, with the exception of the pitcher's fastest fastball ( a four seam fastball), his other pitches will move or break as they approach the strike zone all coming from the same arm slot. (In other words as he delivers the pitches will look the same until it is too late.) There are a variety of breaking pitches; a slider, sinker, curve, forkball, cut fast ball, knuckle ball, two-seam fastball, etc. No pitcher in baseball can get away with just throwing his fastball. He must mix up his pitches to fool the batter. So a pitcher, like Arroldis Chapman can come at you with a 100mph plus fastball up in the strike zone, and then when you're all cranked up to hit it, he will "pull the string'" on the ball and go down to 85mph. Or his next pitch could break toward the lower outside part of the plate (strike zone). The whole art of pitching is to keep the batter off balance.
Harris got a good humour and a beautiful voice. We need him in a commentator box.
Why do foreigners feel so threatened by American sports?
Chris Harris, my childhood! love from Sri Lanka
He is hitting pull, hook, stroke, defence.. did he really never played before?
he said he played in school
Most important is that you get just one shot as a batsman in cricket per game unlike baseball where you get three strikes per innings and 9 innings in total if not more. It’s very important to have and difficult to master a good technique in cricket instead of just swinging through the line every ball/pitch
Oh thanks UA-cam to recommend me after 4 years 👏
Why are people so inconsiderate to the sport other than there preference. Both are fun and different and you can't compare them. Baseball pitchers throw 90mph+ all times while cricket bowlers have spin. Respect each others sport cause no one cares if your gonna be rude!
Am here because New Zealand is in the finals for cricket world cup 2019 give me a like and who else is here in 2019?
BRENDON MCCULUM probably would have made major league level, he had such a great eye. Baseball in the off season is so good for your cricket, all players should be doin it.
probably guy had good reaction time and agility
I'm here to see how a base ball player face, full pace, in swing bouncer delivery.. I am disappointed..!!
Who else felt the same..?
Harry didn't look like he could do it. Nice stroke, with some power. Kudos, sir.
Imagine if all the pitcher were bowler in cricket. Every ball would be no ball
Even if not no ball then full toss for sure. And the rest will be history.
@@mohammedislam1831 at 90mph+
Or full toss
@Visakh R quick as a blink, I doubt
@Visakh R I play cricket as well. 100mph is way to fast in cricket there have been only 1 or 2 balls that have reached that speed in cricket, baseball on the other hand is countless.
I like cricket more than baseball but you to have to admit that's too fast in cricket, they are 2 different sports and cricket isn't adapted to it
Cricket is just an extension of baseball... a cricket player can easily learn baseball, but a baseball player would definitely initially struggle with cricket.
You are clearly delusional
@@jamalcolorado4260 How? It's just straight facts.
What do the two sports have in common from a skills perspective?
1. Some form of batting
2. Some form of bowling / pitching
3. Fielding
Now let's deconstruct each element of the sport and see where the commonalities and differences lie.
1. BATTING:
-> Baseball (why it's harder than cricket):
* Pitch comes from a slightly smaller distance
* Bat surface area is significantly smaller than a cricket bat
* Pitcher can deliver all kinds of variations which will alter the ball's trajectory throughout the air.
* The region where a hit ball is 'good' is significantly less compared to where it is 'foul'.
-> Baseball (why it's easier than cricket):
* The ball comes on the full, in a specific striking area directly over the plate, meaning the batter does not have to account for a change in pace or direction (if a spinner is bowling) after it makes contact with the ground (this can reduce the ball's speed by up to 30% in some circumstances).
* The batter basically plays the same shot every single pitch (unless it is a bunt) because the strike zone is so limited for the pitcher. In cricket, batsmen are not only required to counteract changes in the ball's direction, but they are permitted to hit the ball anywhere on the ground (i.e. there is no foul region). Therefore, the skills set, strategy and handeye coordination required is significantly higher than a baseball batter.
* Fear factor - I know a baseball pitch comes hella fast, and the amount of protection worn is significantly less, but there is a reason for that. In baseball, it's never in the interest of the pitcher to hit the batter (it never gains you anything in the game, and it makes you look like a dickhead). In cricket, you are permitted to hit the batsmen. So the likelihood of being hit is a lot higher.
2. BOWLING / PITCHING
(It's pretty even in this regard... variations in baseball like a perfect knuckleball are almost impossible to execute without years of practice, but once again, cricket has far more variety - off spinners, leg spinners, medium pace and fast bowlers who swing the ball). Bowlers bowl bouncers and yorkers at batsmen which baseballer batters would have no real answer to (as they are only used to everything coming on the full - i.e. anything that involves a bounce at high speed requires years of practice to overcome, hence why cricket is an extension of baseball skills).
3. FIELDING
Requirements:
- a good throwing arm (cricketers can do this just like a baseballer)
- a pair of hands to catch (cricketers don't use a glove to protect their precious hands). Enough said.
I know this is overkill, but it is hopefully informative... cheers
@@samuelatienzo4627 Look, I’m a fan of both sports, I just think that players from both sports would struggle if they switched sports. I think the main reason for this is that cricket batting is meant to be more defensive while in baseball batting is more offensive. I think a baseball player would struggle to hit balls on the balance and I also think that a cricket player would struggle to hit faster pitching with a round bat. Thank you for your assessment though.
We don't care which is tougher and all that. Baseball is much more fun and that's why we like it. End of story.
@@vishveshtadsare3160 Just a matter of opinion. I like both sports, but cricket is an extension of baseball skill-wise.
Why no one bowls spin when a Baseball Player plays Cricket?
I've watched a few of these comparison videos. It goes both ways. The baseball pitcher throwing a few curveballs is actually the most I've seen anyone try to challenge any of the cricket players
Shorten the length, extract bounce, and get in a spinner. We will see how good this guy is.
Cricket is not only about hard hitting. We have got T20 for that. But you can hit a cricket ball doesn't mean you can play cricket.
Same can be said with baseball too. It's not always about hitting the ball as hard as you can
Erm, you can most definitely guide the ball with a swing. Home run hitting players are the ones that swing with full force and don't care about hitting it the other way, through the hole, getting a sac fly, laying down a bunt either up the first or third base line, etc. Don't get me wrong, cricket's hard to play but baseball also has its own nuisances.
fox tech baseball takes a lot more skill. it has been scientifically proven.
fox tech if you hit the ball as hard as you can you're just going to pop out because the pitcher won't give you anything you can hit out of the park if you show thats all you can do
My God, he has got a great eye and a lot of hitting power. He is hitting that ball with immense power.
2:46 ball touches two balls😂😂😂😁😁
Lmao
man chris harris was favourite player from 90s...you rule man
Baseball is to Cricket, what simple arithmetic is to calculus.
Very true sir. The difference between simple construction and Further Trigonometry.
you obviously haven't ever played baseball or have the basic understanding of its rules.
+Chuck Norris expecting Chuck Norris to understand calculus, is I need a tall order.
+A-A-RON Hattendorf I am pretty sure you have never handle a cricket ball, baseball players would not even stand a chance.
+Abhijit Mehta I played cricket for three years and baseball for thirteen. The only thing more challenging about cricket is you don't field or catch with a glove. props to the players for that but for everything else baseball is more difficult.
That must have been frightening with the bowling machine turned up to 100kmh.
Wants more baseball-cricket collaboration
This guy said he has played cricket before and that actually seems correct. Obviously he is not playing like a professional batsmen but what do you expect from a person who has not played much cricket. His drives actually showed that he has played cricket for quiet a good time, a newbie would take months to get on that stance
At 2:47 guy took a NUT shot and didn’t flinch to much !!! WOW......
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I used to play baseball as a child in England, it was called rounders. Then during the war American servicemen saw it and took it back to the USA and so baseball was born.
Joe DiMaggio served in the army during the war! Although they wouldn't let him fight...
bs, baseball has been around since the early 1800s
Baseballers can really play cricket better than cricketers playing baseball
true
reaction time is less in baseball more agility is required
Obviously
"shot!" should be a new vine trend. It's annoyingly hilarious :D
He could be a very good batsman but it would take a lot of coaching. Like all beginners he has no off-side game. There are some good signs there though.
He can hit the ball. Talented bloke
This guy reminds me of Mccullum, I think he would be an aggressive batsman if he ever were to pursue a career in cricket.
Yes Brandon McCullum was the best hitter I ever saw , if he would have did what he did in the whole tournament, on the final match day against England, he would have won easily the world cup!
one of the best allrounder of NZ Chris harris
Is no one gonna talk about 2:46? Lmao 😂
his nutsac was blown into pieces
Ikr
He got thw footwork right and didnt look like he was playing cricket for the first time
Kill myself everytime he says "Shotttt" or "That's really good"
Believe me 90% of watching this video are we Indians,Bangladeshis,Sri Lankans or Pakistanis ;)
👍🏼👌🏼👑
5:17 made me laugh so hard xD
He Was Literally Playing Baseball With A Cricket Ball
2:46 Oooops that must have hurt! But Harry hid it well.
They have got pads there
@@saroj3462 Not when you are playing with the tennis ball
Riki can be a valuable T20 player for the kiwis. For him hitting the ball with a cricket willow is far easier than with a lean baseball bat....I really loved his stance in the crease.
His stance was just awful. And the bowling was slow as fuck
You know this is standard bball stance?
+Adam130694 he is comparing his stance to Cricket stance. He would be out in the first delivery he faced in any domestic Cricket with that stance forget international Cricket.
@2:46 u gotta feel for him😂
anyone got the track being played at the start of the video. Shit slaps
Please somebody send him shoaib Akhtar's bouncers video
03:18 Dammam that pull shot was better than Rohit Sharma, shane Watson , ricky ponting's pull shot on the front foot !!!
He can be a good batsman
Cricket is ofcourse a super complex game compared to cricket. There are so many bowling variations, batting shots etc. In basebowl, every shot looks like a pull shot.
nice job proving yourself wrong idiot
baseball players can really play well...they should try 20/20
Abhishek Nambiar Ya I have even seen cricketers playing baseball and they always prefer playing helicopter shot
Against South Africa they will score 200+
Baseball players are used to hitting with a thin bat, that is why they can effortlessly middle the ball in cricket
this is exactly why? CRICKET is more popular than baseball
Sourav Agarwal obviously, baseball is mainly only plaid in America barely in others
Shafay Qaiser “barely” in other countries?Wtf? Have you ever heard of Nippon Pro Baseball and other big leagues? Baseball is played in north america,australia,japan,s.korea and many more.
Resp4wn4ble what I’m tryna say is cricket is way more relevant and popular than baseball
Shafay Qaiser hey bro first of all its just opinion.I watch both cricket and baseball,I just love that crazy atmosphere in the IPL and also those great moments in the MLB and NPB.. I not from west so I don’t have hatred for any of these sports.Both are great sports.Cricket isn’t relevant than baseball and vice versa. My previous comment was just to inform that baseball is also a worldwide sport like cricket.There is no need to prove any sort of supremacy.
lol....did any one notice that nut shot at 2:46😂😂😂😂
He had played cricket most of his life.. So it is not like a person who has never played the game before...
He said he played it a bit back in (primary?) school mostly and ANZAC day. That's not most of your life.
***** I forgot how to play rounders and we played that almost religiously at my primary school.
Isnt it easier for baseball players to play cricket because cricket bat is a lot more thicker,it should be easy for them
Yes
Bigger bat, slower ball, further distance, no mound and they get to hit into a field with bigger gaps and shorter boundaries. It’s literally easier by every metric
@@philmccracken179 slower ball is debatable
@@stealerknob3658 no cricket is slower. Cricket spin bowlers bowl 50-60 mph which never happens in baseball except for 8 year olds. The average fastball in slower in cricket and the fastest ball ever in cricket 100 mph happens all the time in baseball with the top being 105 mph
@@philmccracken179 ur wrong the average speed is 89-91mph in baseball and thats spin bowling mate fast bowlers like mitch starc used to average 150 kmh plus or shaun tait,Mitchell Johnson,shoab akhtar,wasim akrim,brett lee,jeff thomson averaged over 155kmh
cricket - meaning= Baseball
I think Chris Lyun was a baseball player before coming to cricket.
Shoaib Akhtar vs this guy :D
RIP
I'm waiting outside in a standby ambulance
Lokey sign this guy up to the blackcaps
Everyone saying cricket is better or harder are just mad that the 2 Indian pitchers from Million Dollar Arm washed out from the MLB. They cant throw a baseball for shit
These Indian bowlers were college kids facing professional baseball players. Dont even compare fringe boring sport like baseball to Cricket.
Man he hits BIG!!
He is better than pakistani batsmen :P
That machine spins bowls better then the Indians 😏
And that machine is a better bowler than Indian bowlers 😂
+Salar Khan lol
+Salar Khan Hahahahahhahahaahahhahahaha now this is what we call a good sense of humour from both sides without any fight
+shazlfc ronaldo yes but that machine made by an indian bowler actually :)
anyone notice the australian flag on his outfit i know it is supposed to be the the new zealand flag but you can obviously see that stars are white not red
cricket rules baseball is a part of cricket
+Rajat Gupta cricket comes with lots of varieties of course , no comparison with bball
I want chris harris to coach hardik pandya in test matches...
Cricket is better
Worse*
Its doesn't work if the "baseball player" is from a cricket country. He of course has played cricket before, watched cricket before, and is entirely familiar with every aspect of the game.
What is with all the insolent cricket players/watchers? We get it, cricket has been around longer. But baseball is JUST AS GOOD of a sport as cricket. The best athletes in cricket are equivalent to the best athletes in baseball. If cricket players were so much better at everything than baseball players, they would start playing baseball so they could dominate (which, for your information, has never happened (and vice versa)). Case closed.
obsCuber everything you say is true my friend only problem is Cricket is not older than what we call baseball the original game we called baseball was around well before cricket one version of it another may even predate the country it's coming from the game we call baseball thing in many forms called Rounders the game of rounders is older than cricket and baseball is more related to rounders than cricket that is all
obsCuber in fact I often chuckle at this conversation the games have little similarities Cricket in baseball outside of a club in a ball being used beyond that they're not even related so it is very silly now the reason they want to say cricket is superior is because well baseball's associated with America LOL it's more politics than reality... I'm going to lay it down baseball did not come from cricket they are not related baseball came from Rounders
The ball hit that guy in the bits and he didn't even budge
Vladimir Guerrero could make any pro cricket player look trash at their own sport.
Incredible! mid 80s is topps please tell me you still like to play?
Did you take up a positional spot!?