Bowling and trowing is two different things and any one in world can throw ... and hitting full toss will be cake walk for batsman if they know every ball is full toss
@@anveshchoubey46so that’s slower from what a pitcher throws. The average speed for mlb pitchers is 95 mph and a lot of them could throw 100 mph and the fastest pitch ever thrown is 106 mph but that not all they throw since there more than 5 different pitches like a curve, change up, etc… they don’t just throw straight.
"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.
@@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.
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😂....
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.
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
@@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.
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
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😂....
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.
@@azul_6.5-cf7dm It's about the framing of the video; they say "can bowl at over 90 mph", and then show a significantly slower bowler (perhaps due to the lack of room for a proper run up) who's not doing anything with the ball - no spin, no swing, no nothing. A cricket fan can recognise that that occurred, a baseball fan probably wouldn't be able to as they're not familiar with how the ball flies when bowled as opposed to pitched. Now, were the pitches at 80mph? I don't know, I'm not familiar enough with baseball to be able to tell. But the whole thing's suspect due to that deception - I'd also note that baseball in America is played to a very high standard, whereas cricket is not (their recent performance in the T20 world cup is one of those "from out of nowhere" performances, historically they've been one of the worst teams in the world, we'll have to wait and see if they can maintain it), and they got a pro US baseball player and a US cricketer; that doesn't make the cricketer bad, but we are talking different standards of play.
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! 😂
@@acidhandnot 100% but probably like 75%. You could kinda see which ones would be out because of height mainly. Plus some would of gone straight to the bowler.
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.
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.
I am pretty sure with that comment the level of your play if only thing you care about is blocking the ball and of course with astroturf pitches and "bowler" bowling it at speed of 60mph it should be easy to block even for you.
@@pratikroy227 You have obviously grown up watching 20/20 cricket and think mindlessly throwing the bat at everything from the first ball is how to bat. Just because you block a few to get your eye in doesn't mean you're not trying to score runs. Even attacking batsmen like Viv Richards waited for the right delivery before smashing the bowler out of the ground.
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.
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???
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
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.
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.
The bullshit lol. Didn’t the US just beat Pakistan at the t20 World Cup? Pretty sure the team is ranked in the top 20 in ODI, obviously the gap isn’t THAT far off. Not to mention it’s just patently obvious baseball is harder to hit, the balls come in ALOT faster, are thrown closer, the bat is significantly smaller, and it’s just obvious by how many swings and misses there are in baseball by comparison.
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 😂
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
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
I guarantee against a top bowler he would not stick around to face more than one ball. He's not even wearing protection. He'd be getting one of those life-changing medical bills for his stay in the hospital. That was more than a little silly.
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 RUclips.) 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?
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.
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.
Yeah man it was set up to show Baseball is superior to cricket while not going into the nuance of why Cricket is difficult to play or the complexity of it for both batsman and bowler. That astroturf is detrimental to cricket as it doesn't favor Bowlers at all while a Baseball pitcher has no problems since he won't land on turf just pitch at full length with however speed he wants to generate while a bowler wants to extract spin or bounce or swing or seem from the pitch which there is none. And let's not talk about that bowler won't even get into any state team of any major cricket playing nation and he is up against a pro of MLB that's how much fair this comparison is.
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
In baseball yous get three strike. In cricket just one. A cricket ball changes trajectory in the midair from right to left or left to right. A cricket ball comes toward you with high bounce, another with very low bounce. It’s obviously way harder. You accept the ball to come fast but when you swing your bat you see it came slow. Then there are things like yourker.
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 "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.
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
In cricket, the first piece of equipment you put on is a cup to protect the family jewels. It's perfectly legal to get hit in the nuts..and hilarity to ensue amongst the opponents.
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...
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
This bloke worked really hard at an unfair comparison 🙄🙄🙄. Perhaps try a champion batter like Virat Kholi from India or Steve Smith from Australia. Then get the base baller to face an in swinger from Pat Cummins OMFG
My first thought was “why the fuck is this guy not wearing pads” until I realised the bowler was bowling 10mph . I reckon but they were too lazy to get a bowler that they used the batsman to bowl to him instead. Show us some real science
This is hardly comparable. You have a Major League player, against a guy who plays American Cricket. Lets bring out a Aussie Professional Cricketer against the American Major League player. I think that would be fairer!
No need bro. They can just go over to WI and get one of their bowlers. I understand WI hasn't been in contention for a while, but it's not like they were forgotten. Plus it's overkill to use an Aussie bowler against that Major league player. And it seems like WI might be making a comeback to world 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
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.
These comments are crazy!!! I’m a baseball fan but curious about Cricket. It’s so off putting reading the delusional & ignorant comments about baseball; as if they were in competition with each other. They a two totally different sports! This was a dumb study that only tested what was easier to hit a ball from, a baseball bat or cricket bat. That’s it. Not what sport is more fun, what sport has more fans or what sport is harder to play. Maybe some of you should learn a little bit more about baseball (or any other sport you don’t know about) before making statements that are so outrageously wrong 😂
Im 16, in highschool, and I know atleast 5 classmates (myself included), who could bowl way better than this. And literally no one knows who that cricket guy was...
Baseball is just adult rounders with a longer bat, softer ball and thick padded gloves so they don't break their nails. Add to that, most can't bat and only one or two pitch. In cricket you also have to run a lot, need to dive, wear no gloves and play over 5 days with hard balls. No contest.
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.
Cricket! Oh! ❤️🥰👍 We all played a variety of sports at school, even baseball, but it was cricket at lunchtime and AFL Saturday's! 😁 Cricket is more complicated and the multiple variations with the bat, ball, fielding skills are extremely interesting and intense! 😃 Ouch, NO! He's not even wearing a helmet, and that's pitching not bowling, unfair! 😳 Bring on Brett Lee, Nathan Lyon or Mitchell Starc! Ha! 😄 He would not have "seen" Shane's googlys! 😉
@@Isleofskye 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:)
😂 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.
This cricketer is, no doubt, a very estimable chap but looks about good enough to play for my village's second team. A genuine first class quickie would have this baseball player in hospital very rapidly, if he wanted to.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
In baseball you know basically where the ball is going to be. Cricket can hit you toes or your head. But really cricket is a game of concentration and sense, not just to hit the ball as hard as you can once. Also there is no variation off the pitch (none inside on a rubber mat!). And then there is everything everyone else said.
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
He has seen 180km/hr
Bowling and trowing is two different things and any one in world can throw ... and hitting full toss will be cake walk for batsman if they know every ball is full toss
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
Underarm is illegal
And many bowler bowls 149 150+ km + there is swing
@@anveshchoubey46so that’s slower from what a pitcher throws. The average speed for mlb pitchers is 95 mph and a lot of them could throw 100 mph and the fastest pitch ever thrown is 106 mph but that not all they throw since there more than 5 different pitches like a curve, change up, etc… they don’t just throw straight.
When the cricket ball swings and turns and yorks...the fun begins. 😁
😂 yeah what will happen when he will face starc ,bumrah,lee
@rahulsharma1660 shoib
"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
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
Standard American Elitism tbh.
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
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😂....
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.
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,
And he didn’t pitch 95mph so what’s your point? You cricket fans are delusional.
@@azul_6.5-cf7dm It's about the framing of the video; they say "can bowl at over 90 mph", and then show a significantly slower bowler (perhaps due to the lack of room for a proper run up) who's not doing anything with the ball - no spin, no swing, no nothing. A cricket fan can recognise that that occurred, a baseball fan probably wouldn't be able to as they're not familiar with how the ball flies when bowled as opposed to pitched.
Now, were the pitches at 80mph? I don't know, I'm not familiar enough with baseball to be able to tell. But the whole thing's suspect due to that deception - I'd also note that baseball in America is played to a very high standard, whereas cricket is not (their recent performance in the T20 world cup is one of those "from out of nowhere" performances, historically they've been one of the worst teams in the world, we'll have to wait and see if they can maintain it), and they got a pro US baseball player and a US cricketer; that doesn't make the cricketer bad, but we are talking different standards of play.
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.
@@acidhandnot 100% but probably like 75%.
You could kinda see which ones would be out because of height mainly. Plus some would of gone straight to the bowler.
plus hes hitting them straight to the fielders
In cricket,bowlers are NOT allowed to Throw the ball,which is what they do in base ball .
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..
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.
normal jofra archer bouncer delivery can kill a baseball hitter😂
The cracking sound when the baseball player toed it with the cricket bat 💀💀💀
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
I am pretty sure with that comment the level of your play if only thing you care about is blocking the ball and of course with astroturf pitches and "bowler" bowling it at speed of 60mph it should be easy to block even for you.
@@pratikroy227 You have obviously grown up watching 20/20 cricket and think mindlessly throwing the bat at everything from the first ball is how to bat.
Just because you block a few to get your eye in doesn't mean you're not trying to score runs.
Even attacking batsmen like Viv Richards waited for the right delivery before smashing the bowler out of the ground.
@@ronhowse9006meh sure but particularly in test and ODI you can pretty much block until you are gifted a freebie
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
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.
Baseball has only one swing,but cricket has many shots
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.
The bullshit lol. Didn’t the US just beat Pakistan at the t20 World Cup? Pretty sure the team is ranked in the top 20 in ODI, obviously the gap isn’t THAT far off. Not to mention it’s just patently obvious baseball is harder to hit, the balls come in ALOT faster, are thrown closer, the bat is significantly smaller, and it’s just obvious by how many swings and misses there are in baseball by comparison.
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 😂
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
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.
😂
Rounders or baseball as Americans call it, originated in England and is a game girls play.
And boys. But not usually adults. 😂
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
There is no comparison between cricket and baseball apart from the fact they both use a ball and a bat...
I guarantee against a top bowler he would not stick around to face more than one ball. He's not even wearing protection. He'd be getting one of those life-changing medical bills for his stay in the hospital. That was more than a little silly.
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 RUclips.) 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.
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.
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. 👍
Yeah man it was set up to show Baseball is superior to cricket while not going into the nuance of why Cricket is difficult to play or the complexity of it for both batsman and bowler. That astroturf is detrimental to cricket as it doesn't favor Bowlers at all while a Baseball pitcher has no problems since he won't land on turf just pitch at full length with however speed he wants to generate while a bowler wants to extract spin or bounce or swing or seem from the pitch which there is none. And let's not talk about that bowler won't even get into any state team of any major cricket playing nation and he is up against a pro of MLB that's how much fair this comparison is.
Baseball is also an English sport. First referenced in 1744.
Yeah an English sport that’s not played in Britain. Amazing
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
the cricket guy is bowling cream puffs 😂
Fairy Floss, even.
In baseball yous get three strike. In cricket just one. A cricket ball changes trajectory in the midair from right to left or left to right. A cricket ball comes toward you with high bounce, another with very low bounce. It’s obviously way harder. You accept the ball to come fast but when you swing your bat you see it came slow. Then there are things like yourker.
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 "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.
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
In cricket, the first piece of equipment you put on is a cup to protect the family jewels. It's perfectly legal to get hit in the nuts..and hilarity to ensue amongst the opponents.
Good luck waiting for the ball to bounce when you get a Yorker
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"..
A cricket ball is basically a lump of hard wood covered in leather - you know if it hits you!
He wouldn’t hit a ball from an international cricket bowler.
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.
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.
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..
Full toss is like free hit to a batter & full toss is similar to baseball throw 😂.
i will bowl better than that cricket guy in video
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.
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.
The cricket player is at best a club player internationally, get someone on an equal playing field.
So in conclusion, cricket was harder than baseball, right? 😜
This was fun 😆
Circket is not just hitting the ball . You have to hit the ball between fields .
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.
if they choose a cricket player from usa they should use a baseball player from bangladesh
Full toss is like a baseball pitch - it doesn't hit the ground and is supposedly easier to hit.
Cricket is way more tough... Come on the ground we'll show you
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.
It’s not about hitting most of this shots can’t reach more than 30 yard circle
They should have done it properly and got Brett Lee or Jimmy Anderson to do the bowling.
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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.
This bloke worked really hard at an unfair comparison 🙄🙄🙄. Perhaps try a champion batter like Virat Kholi from India or Steve Smith from Australia. Then get the base baller to face an in swinger from Pat Cummins OMFG
Yeah
My first thought was “why the fuck is this guy not wearing pads” until I realised the bowler was bowling 10mph . I reckon but they were too lazy to get a bowler that they used the batsman to bowl to him instead. Show us some real science
Baseball was invented in England..................
How lucky that they found only 1 of the 12 people in The States who know what a cricket bat even looks like:)
This is hardly comparable. You have a Major League player, against a guy who plays American Cricket. Lets bring out a Aussie Professional Cricketer against the American Major League player. I think that would be fairer!
No need bro. They can just go over to WI and get one of their bowlers.
I understand WI hasn't been in contention for a while, but it's not like they were forgotten.
Plus it's overkill to use an Aussie bowler against that Major league player.
And it seems like WI might be making a comeback to world cricket.
cricket is a lot harder believe me it is no were close to the thing that is shown in this video
To be fair, the all rounder that represented cricket won't be as good at batting or bowling as someone who specialises in one of the 2
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.
It's not about hiting percentage it's all about after hitting controlling the ball.
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.
These comments are crazy!!!
I’m a baseball fan but curious about Cricket. It’s so off putting reading the delusional & ignorant comments about baseball; as if they were in competition with each other. They a two totally different sports!
This was a dumb study that only tested what was easier to hit a ball from, a baseball bat or cricket bat. That’s it. Not what sport is more fun, what sport has more fans or what sport is harder to play.
Maybe some of you should learn a little bit more about baseball (or any other sport you don’t know about) before making statements that are so outrageously wrong 😂
Im 16, in highschool, and I know atleast 5 classmates (myself included), who could bowl way better than this. And literally no one knows who that cricket guy was...
Ok that's enough child's play. Call Shoaib Akhtar. And fly them all to Waca.
Baseball is just adult rounders with a longer bat, softer ball and thick padded gloves so they don't break their nails. Add to that, most can't bat and only one or two pitch. In cricket you also have to run a lot, need to dive, wear no gloves and play over 5 days with hard balls. No contest.
if that bowler was boling at 90kph i would be supried. its like puting a under 15 crkiekt player against a majour leag basball player.
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.
In cricket Runs are frequent and outs are rare. In baseball Outs are frequent and runs are rare. Major difference.
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! 😀
The worst bowler ever seen 90% of people in comments can bowl fast than that 😂😂😂
What a joke cricket bowler is a spin bowler but can't even spin am not a professional cricketer but i can bowl faster than him with good lines lol
Cricket is like baseball with brain
Hi from Brisbane!!! Friday night 🇦🇺
taking an american cricketer for the test lmao great test
😂 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.
This cricketer is, no doubt, a very estimable chap but looks about good enough to play for my village's second team. A genuine first class quickie would have this baseball player in hospital very rapidly, if he wanted to.
😂😂. Your village must really suck at cricket if you think that all rounder is good enough for your village second team.
brother didn't even know how to ball
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
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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.
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No, just different. Same hand eye, simlar equipment, same objective just different method. Love them both.
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.
The bowler was a mug.
It was all fake
The bowler has no Speed and can't even spin it.
He won't even make it to my college team.
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
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.
All his hits would have been caught
In baseball you know basically where the ball is going to be. Cricket can hit you toes or your head. But really cricket is a game of concentration and sense, not just to hit the ball as hard as you can once. Also there is no variation off the pitch (none inside on a rubber mat!). And then there is everything everyone else said.