I won't say eldritch magic, it's definitely dark magic because whenever it's applied you think your team have been fucked meanwhile other team has the exactly same thought.
Ain't nobody got time do that kind of math lol, everyone just accepts it. It may not be 100% fair but its fair enough tbh if you have a basic understanding of how it works.
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The greatest difference is that the pitch plays a huge part in cricket. You can have fast dry bouncy pitches and damp slow surfaces that take spin and everything in between.
I don't know anything about Baseball but the basic rules are easy it is only in professional setting that it can be come really complicated and it is a very skill based sport .
@@willrichardson1809 As someone who has played both sports quite a bit and do enjoy watching both of them when things get to the playoffs, I have to say that the skill and atheleticism required for baseball is no joke. Running to first base, hitting the ball clean of the infield, and hell if you're a pitcher or catcher - all of these are extremely difficult. Try stealing a base. Look at some of the extremely well taken catches on astroturf. Or throwing from "the wall" straight to home plate. Just because two sports are played with some kind of a bat that strikes a ball, it is incredibly stupid to compare them. Maybe that's the wrong exercise.
One piece of cricket trivia is that it's actually very dangerous because of how hard the ball is. Cricketers wear all sorts of protection including helmets with mouth grills and pads around their arms, legs, and chests. People have been severely injured and even killed playing cricket, a batter named Phil Hughes was killed very recently when a cricket ball tore open an artery in his neck.
Cricket doesn’t have rules, it has laws and there are only 42 of these with quite a number being pretty irrelevant. The real fun of cricket starts when you learn about the nuances and techniques of this wonderful game.
@@JackMcCabeFL-USA well the actual The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States and the Old Bat and Ball became later Cricket
I don't think anyone has mentioned Sir Donald Bradman as yet. Averaged 99.94 runs every time he went out to bat, the next closest great test batsmen average about 60. And these are legends of the game
Those stats are highly misleading tho. The bowlers during Bradman's time were nowhere near as fast as they are now, and he only ever played against England. He played just 52 matches and all of them against England. He didn't play any games in Africa, Caribbean or Asia. He's still probably the greatest player of all time, but the stats are very skewed
@@atharvadeshpande6907 You might want to check some of your statements. The Don did play most of his test against England (37/52), he also played against India (5), South Africa (5)and the West Indies(5). These matches were played over a 20 year period from 1928 to 1948 with matches suspended during WW2. Also the quality of bowlers isn’t all about pace. The ability of the bowlers to use the pitch condition, especially in the time before pitches were covered made it particularly harder for the batters. Not to mention England’s tactics during the Bodyline series in 1932-33. Their fast leg side theory aiming deliveries short and fast at batters bodies before helmets and other modern protection, leaving at least one player with a fractured skull. This was devised to limit Bradmans scoring and led to a change in the laws of cricket. Bradman was in a different class, it’s hard to compare him to modern players the game has evolved so much in the last 20 years let alone 70 years since he stopped playing.
I have learned a bit baseball with some of my American friends but as an Indian I grew up with cricket. So, from my perspective, I found the core rules and mechanics of cricket to be much more simple and intuitive. That doesn't mean cricket has no complexity. The complexity comes as you go deep while baseball, it starts straight from the beginning
@00kaustav your comment shows that you have never actually played or even watched high level cricket. Baseball is way way simpler at every aspect than cricket.
@@vivekiyer9062 Disagree. Even @jomboy who covers baseball and makes videos and recently started watching cricket has said that the basic gameplay is much simpler in cricket than baseball.
Cricket is way easier to start playing, because the basic rules are really simple to explain. Once you explain LBW all of the rules are really simple to understand. It’s once the gameplay starts that the actual strategy gets complicated. There are usually many more options on what to do at any given moment in Cricket than in Baseball.
Currently Top national teams in Cricket is India, England and Australia. In 70s and in 80s West Indies was the top team. Eden Gardens, Lords and Melbourne Cricket Ground are the famous fields for this sport. Sachin Tendulkar is called The G.O.A.T. , Sir Donald Bradman is the Famous Legendary Batsman Of all time, Shane Warne _ Muthaya Murlitharan_ James Anderson _ Wasim Akram are legendary Bowlers, Jaques Kallis_ Kapil Dev are legendary all Rounders, Ricky Pointing is the most successful Captain till now across the Formats. Test Cricket is the real game, main Format and it's the Hardest, toughest Format to perform. Test cricketers need patience alongside skills and talents to perform with fitness. Indian Premier League is the most viewed League.
I think that cricket is harder than baseball because once I searched about baseball, it wasn't that hard. Whereas cricket is more dangerous and that is obvious, just search the Phill Huges and Sean Abbott incident(the saddest incident!)IDK any kind of ball type in baseball but cricket... hummmmmmm has a bouncer delivery which is horrifying and the beamer is illegal! That all I want to say 👍
@@IGE656 yeah it is way more complicated, this guy has barely scratched the surface on cricket, wake me up when he explains why bowlers run down the wicket on their follow through and why they are warned not to or why one or two players will start if it has been raining and the wicket is green and a different one or two if it is hot and dry. Did he even explain LBW's? Can the batsman be out if it hits him outside leg? Of course a yes and no answer so he would have to explain that too. So many little things in cricket that even people that follow the game for a long time might not know.
I still couldn't figure out how the fuck they score runs and keep the strike rotating , why batter must retire after home run ... It's way too complicated on the other hand cricket is very logical . .... Playing chess with physical skills ....
Unlike most games, in Cricket captaincy is not just an honour, the captain has to make many important decisions, so they have to have a good cricket brain. Which bowler to use, fielding positions, whether to bat first or second, when to declare an innings closed, and others. Captains often seem to get declarations wrong!
And being able to read the pitch’s behavior throughout the 5 days of the match, when to take the new balls, when to change the bowling, who to bring from which end..😊
@@aussiegoonerno way that's true, cricket isn't that popular in Australia for captain to be called like that, or is it? I thought cricket was dying in Australia Eng and New Zealand
One big point, which i believe is effectively the biggest differentiator between cricket and baseball, and the one which makes cricket so much unpredictable and interesting is the simple fact that you bounce the ball on the ground. What does this do? It brings a whole set of factors into play adding to the unpredictability and challenges. And this is linked to why we don't arbitrarily replace the ball in cricket with a new one. It is also linked to why we have 2 main types of bowlers - fast bowlers and spin bowlers. You see, every country has a different type of soil, and every ground in the country has a different type of soil. pitch made from different type of soil, behaves differently and you need to groom different skills over the years to exploit this. Now due to this, the local players are groomed specifically to exploit these advantages to make the life of batsmen difficult - on these local conditions. So it's difficult for foreign players who were groomed with different set of skills (needed to bat on their pitches) to perform well on these pitches. This means the team need to select players (both batsmen and bowlers) who perform well in those unfamiliar pitches. Even then each ground pitch for the day is curated and made differently for the day, and both the teams need to carefully select the playing 11 on that particular day and ground based on that particular pitch. E.g. If a pitch is flat, smooth and shiny, it will not play too many games with the batsman and they can trust the bounce and deviation as it will be predictable, so you can expect a high score. If the pitch had greenery, it will help fast bowlers more, so expect a low score, select good batsmen to play. If the pitch is rough, it will help spinners as the ball will grip and deviate more. So you will have to select more spinners to play the game. The moisture in pitch, atmospheric conditions, sunny vs overcast, whether it rained before match and how the pitch curator created the pitch all play their part in how the pitch will behave and the ball will deviate in air and after the bounce. The toss also plays a big role as the winner of toss can decide whether to bat first or bowl, since the pitch behaves differently in first innings of 4 hours vs second, more so if it's a day and night match. The other aspect is the in game deterioration of the ball and the pitch - reason why the ball isn't casually replaced with a new one. At the start of the innings, a brand new shiny ball is used, it swings in air and has a good bounce. This is advantageous to fast bowlers and they often get wickets in bunches. The batting team's innings can collapse, simply due to this. So you need to have specialist batsmen to handle this - called as openers. Once the ball bounces and is hit, it slowly deteriorates, and so does the pitch. The ball gets rough and starts gripping the ground this is where your spinners come into play, later in the game the spinners are able to deviate the ball after bounce and trick the batsman. Before the mid 2000s, in one day games, they used to change the ball if it deteriorated too much, usually this used to happen after 30-35 overs, so it was replaced by a similar ball. Later on i believe they mandated ball change after 35 overs and now 2 separate balls are used from either ends so they both get played for 25 overs each. In a 5 day test match, the ball is changed after 80 overs iirc. This is an important moment in game as the change often triggers the fall of wickets as the deteriorated ball till the change wasn't swinging as much but was spinning and after the change it's suddenly now in the hands of fast bowlers swinging it. Also after 3 days the pitch deterioration makes it a minefield and is Christmas time for spinners. Expect low scores, wickets tumbling chaos in the batting side. E.g. currently there is world test championship final going on between India and Australia in England and today it's the 4th day. The pitch was green at start so both teams chose more fast bowlers, india even left their World no 1 bowler - R Ashwin out of playing 11, and went wih only 1 spinner. Now in day 3, the ball on the pitch was turning and helped the spinner get wickets. The Australians who have better skilled fast bowlers exploited the pitch more than indian fast bowlers, and india with only 1 spinner is struggling, and everyone is blaming the management for bad team selection.!! --------- All this i believe simply doesn't exist in baseball, for the simple fact that the ball is never bounced on ground !!!😅😅 Phew, that was long, like a test match.🤣
A note on the new ball in Test matches. You're right that the ball can be replaced after 80 overs, but it is optional. Yes, most captains take the new ball as soon as its available, but if your spinners are having a particularly good time, why would you want to stop that?
@@vpvijayprakash3the fuckin dew factor. This shit makes me so mad. It can change a pitch so deep into an innings that if you don't get wickets early, you're nearly at an advantage when chasing.
Connecting a couple different cricket points made here - the umpires having a box of game worn balls in case the ball goes missing, and the different types of bowlers. Here goes: a brand new cricket ball is a deadly weapon. At the start of an innings a new ball is given to the fielding team. It is shiny, the stitching is thick. The fast bowlers, the ones who full on run towards the crease, take advantage of this, getting the ball to break left or right by bouncing it right on the stitching (seam bowler) or by keeping one side shinier than the other, getting the ball to curve in the air (swing bowler). Deadly fast and moving unpredictably, the batting team need their best batsmen to 'open the batting' and face these deliveries. Then, as the inning goes on and the ball wears, those fast bowlers become less effective. This is where spin bowlers and other types of bowlers come into play. So, back to the first point: if the ball gets lost over the fence or whatever, the umpire does their best to pick a replacement that matches the wear on the ball so as not to give either team an easier or harder time than they were having with the previous ball.
The classic great of the game is Sir Donald Bradman (AUS). A legendary batsman who statistically scored nearly a hundred runs every time he batted. One player who did a lot to popularise the game for the modern age was W.G. Grace (ENG). A classic innovator of the game is Colin Bland (A Rhodesian who played for South Africa); who practically invented a new, streamlined and aggressive way of fielding that is now the norm. He did this in the sixties. Some of the most feared pace bowlers were Dennis Lillee (AUS), Alan Donald (SAF) and Glen McGrath(AUS). In the 80's the West Indies had a four man pace attack that was absolutely feared on the pitch. Chief among them was Michael Holding. A man so fast and skilled he had the nickname 'Whispering Death'. When cricket fans talk of great spin bowlers, Shane Warne(AUS) is probably the most common name brought up. For good reason. Batting greats in the more recent game are names like Brian Lara (WI) and Sachin Tendulkar (IND). Any talk about great all rounders (players in their side for both batting and bowling) has to include Jacques Kallis (SAF). Historically you can look at names such as Ian Botham (ENG), Richard Hadlee (NZ) and Imran Kahn (PAK). There have been many great keepers over the years, but my personal favorite is Rod Marsh (AUS). He played the game with a great deal of skill and athleticism. Influential captains in terms of their innovation and skill in the art of captaincy are people like Douglas Jardine (ENG), Stephen Fleming (NZ) and Ricky Ponting (AUS). Debbie Hockley (NZ) is a pioneer of the modern women's game. She is currently the president of New Zealand Cricket. That's a small snapshot of great players throughout the history of the game. I've left out current players because there are many who are right up there and worthy of a mention. Too many to name.
I am British but I am in awe of some of greats from afar. One man, though, put everything into perspective. Keith Miller, an Australian all rounder meaning that he was skilled at all aspects of the game, and who was a RAAF pilot in WW2, was once asked how he coped with the pressure in cricket. His response is legendary: ""Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not".
eith Millerwasonceaskedhow difficult wastest cricket and was he ever worried He replied thus" I was worried when I had a Bf109 up my arse. This cricket is a breeze"
In cricket, you strategize around the wear on the ball. In beginning of the innings, its a new ball, but near the end it is not. So you select your bowlers and bowling style accordingly. This is why selecting the ball with the same wear is so important. Duckworth Lewis is a statistical method based on past game data and is patented by a company. You have use only that company's software. But it is not some arbitrary method, it is statistically sound.
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in short is a formula originally made by two men and then modified by the third named person. Based on previously existing data It takes into account how many resources you have (balls left, wickets left) and runs still needed to get, bearing in mind that teams might play more aggressively at certain points in the game and it is easier to pace yourself with how risky you need to play when you know what the target score is. This creates a 'par' score for any given game state, that is the score you should be on at that moment in time in order to exactly just about win, so that it can be estimated whether the chasing team is above par and winning, or not.
Is the same logic used for that win prediction we see in broadcasting? Would a team with 50% chance of winning also mean that it is on par score as per Duckworth-Lewis?
@@nikhilreddy8550 no its not, duckworth lewis adjusts the target score when overs are lost in a match, resulting in the 2 teams playing a different number of overs. In a game with an equal number of overs you know your target and you know the run rate you need because you are playing the same number of overs as your opponent. the win predictor is simply a statistical model based on a dataset of match results, which factors in aspects of the match like the pitch, weather, etc, but it does not factor in the game state or the players in any way. it assumes both teams are perfectly average.
The major difference that nobody seems to explain ever is that the pitcher in cricket called the bowler cause you aren't allowed to bend your elbow while throwing the ball. Your elbow needs to be straight and you need to gather pace from your run up.
@@anshumanabhishek5177 well sir, I'm not here to argue. Last I checked spinners are bowlers. I wrote this comment since this is an cricket explanatory video and you seem to be teaching something to newbies i don't want them to learn anything wrong. You said that bowlers aren't allowed to bend elbows which is untrue, there are restrictions on degree of bend but bending is allowed. Even if a fast bowler for some reason decides to bend his elbow within allowed limits, his action is completely legal.
@@montysaini8602 first of all the point I wanted to make was that throwing was different than bowling. That's disregarding the effort people put to learn round arm. But you wanted to nitpick and missed to say for spinners the rule different which also was implemented after 2000s because of Muralitharan saga. If you want to go into details then be thorough.
no. this is absolutely false. this theory ONLY exists for those people (usually Indians/Pakis) who - 1. Are unfamiliar with history. 2. Only think of the words Pitching (and Bowling) in a comparative Baseball v Cricket sense, and not in and of themselves in the English language. Bowling in Cricket comes from the times when it used to be UNDERARM... Bowling, like the sport of Bowls/Bowling. "Pitching" in English also means to throw. Todays overarm 'bowling', while more complex than the word 'pitch' implies, is still more close to the meaning of the word Pitching, than to the original meaning of the word 'Bowling'. If cricket were invented in its current form, the chances the term would be called Pitching is much higher than the word Bowling.
Being an Indian where Cricket is everything while growing up, Baseball seemed quite confusing at first... But now I know both sports and I even watch Baseball which is very uncommon in our country
I used to watch live MLB games early in the morning while getting ready for school. I had rudimentary knowledge of the game but I found the whole atmosphere fascinating and the superior telecast was pleasing on the eye. I had this habit of watching unfamiliar sports and try to make sense of what is happening.
One thing not mentioned in these videos is that there are a lot more fielding positions than there are fielders in cricket (e.g. long off, long on, point, cover, extra cover, deep cover, square leg, mid-off, silly mid-off, mid-on, silly mid-on, long leg, fine leg, mid-wicket, deep mid-wicket, third man and many more. It is the responsibility of the captain of the fielding side to determine where to place his or her fielders, based on prior knowledge of the bowler and batter. A slight change in fielding positions may indicate a change in bowling style or in the batter’s batting style. Batters have defined types of shots. Off the front foot: cover drive, straight drive, square drive, sweep, reverse sweep, forward defence, front foot leg glance. Off the back foot: Back foot drive, back foot defence, pull hook, square cut, back foot leg glance. Miscellaneous: slog sweep, uppercut, switch hit.
Hi, as a Brit and brought up in a cricket culture may I say thanks for the respect for the game you have in these videos. I know only the basics about baseball so if you plan to do a "Explaining baseball for cricket fans" I'll look forward to it! I'd like to add a comment, though, about tactics involving the physics of the ball itself (it's possible it's been mentioned before). You noted that the stitching of the cricket ball is equatorial rather than the looping stitch of the baseball. This has an aerodynamic effect. At the start, the ball will be shiny on both hemispheres, but as the game proceeds it will become scuffed. The bowling side is allowed to "polish" the ball, but can use only clothing (you may see the bowlers rubbing the ball on their trousers) and sweat - you'll often see them rubbing their forehead and then the ball. (They used to be able to use saliva but that was banned.) You can't use Mr Sheen or anything like that! The point is, the bowlers will polish one side while letting the other side scuff naturally. After a few overs there will be a definite difference in drag on the two sides, resulting in the possibility of extra swing for the fast bowlers. Eventually even the shiny side will deteriorate, of course. I should also mention that the bowlers aren't allowed to enhance the deterioration of the other side. There was a scandal a few years ago, when the Aussies used a piece of sandpaper to scuff the ball. Two of their players were suspended from international cricket for a year.
A difference which stumped me whilst first playing baseball, after 14 yrs at school playing cricket, was that one doesn't carry one's bat while running bases. This took me ages to remember. As for which is the more complicated, I think one-day and T20 cricket are simpler, but first-class and test cricket are technically far more demanding, especially in terms of match strategy determined by the captains.
@@thedisabledwelshman9266 First class cricket is a cricket match that has no end until everyone on the batting team gets out, on each team. Test matches go over 5 days with bowling overs of 6 balls each, with 4 innings for each team. First class cricket has no bowling overs, and no innings. Those matches go over 7 days, minimum, depending on how good both teams are at playing. These matches are very rare, because of the game structure, and noone can afford to host them.
All Test Matches are First Class cricket games which have 5 days and are played between international teams. Domestic First Class games can have 3 or 4 days as well. These games have 2 innings a side.
@Cricket Explained Test Matches are a subset of First Class matches. Ranji Trophy and others are Domestic First Class cricket matches. Test matches are International First Class matches between Test Nations.
@@Dumpy332 My grandfather used to play a form of cricket that predated the bowling overs and innings precisely as I described. In fact, he gained an achievement over the final season in that form that still stands, because the Test Cricket format was introduced the following season. An achievement that he said would have been beaten the very next match if that form had continued.
I think that cricket is very subtle and intricate. Something like pitch preparation is known only really in depth by the groundstaff who prepare them. Yet it plays a huge role.Different countries have different pitch characteristics. The pitch and outfield also plays a role in determining how long the shine on the ball lasts and hence the bowling strategies and team selection. Then there's something like wind direction and altitude. On the same pitch, a certain win direction makes batting easier and the opposite wind makes batting much tougher. The humidity and cloud cover make a big difference as well. Catches are dropped in cricket since the fielders do not wear gloves and the best slip fielding teams(catching fielders next to rhe wicketkeeper ) have around an 80%, success rate. The ball plays a big role. The ball in England swings more than the one in Australia for instance.Some balls scuff more easily and might ",reverse swing" as the match develops. There's also the issue of wear and tear on the pitch in longer versions of the game as batting tends to get progressively tougher. All these things make cricket really unique and very differemt from any other sport.
The current world champions in the three formats of cricket are: T20: England ODI: England Test Match: New Zealand However, the final of the World Test Championship is currently underway in London between India and Australia. ( now in its third day of five) . Australia are favourites to win and are currently on top in the contest. Historically all of the main Cricket playing nations have had their time in the sun. These are Australia, England, India and the West Indies. Pakistan and New Zealand have also had their moments.
South Africa has to easily be one of the best teams to ever play the sport of cricket to never win any major trophy. The amount of heartbreak I've had to endure over the last 30 years..
@@prabhureubenthomas6052 yea, sadly all the Indian cricketers don't care about playing international cricket, while the Indian cricketers were busy playing IPL, Most Australians were working on their test matches
Funny how when a baseball player fields the ball with their bare hand it’s the most magnificent thing the announcer has ever seen, but for cricketers it’s completely normal
To be fair just about every time a baseball player does it it's the equivalent of a 1 handed reflex catch or diving catch. We marvel at cricketers doing that too.
One of the biggest differences that nobody seems to mention is the approach to the game. Typically in baseball very few runs are scored versus the amount of outs. Whereas in cricket far more runs are scored versus the amount of outs. In baseball you are swinging for the fences or maybe trying to get the ball far enough away from certain bases to allow runners to make their ground, with little regard for whether you are getting out or not. You'll come back in a later innings and try again. Whereas in cricket, depending on the format, you only get one chance as a batter. If you get out, you are out. While a batsman is typically looking to score runs, it does not have to happen every ball. The emphasis on protecting your wicket/not getting out is far more important in cricket
I've played and watched a great deal of both games. It depends how you want to define complicated. Baseball rules are much more convoluted and that impacts on many things a player might need to do in the field. Batting in cricket is more technical and therefore perhaps you would say more complicated in that way. It involves reacting to the variables of velocity and movement through the air much like baseball but adds in things like variability in bounce and movement off the pitch as well. So you really need to be technically sound to have success or prevent yourself from eating leather.
@@garrymcdonald5456 in baseball the ball is nearly always in play. batters can nearly always run when the ball is all sorts of weird places and are forced to run on a hit. They can run after a catch is taken but if they run before they have to go back and then run again if they wish. The ways they get run out varies a lot depending on which base had players on it and where they're running to.
The extended use of just one ball as it continues to wear plays a very sophisticated role in some bowlers' techniques as they let one side of the seam stay dirty and get rougher whilst furiously polishing the other side, trying to maintain a shine. After a while, and taking into account the bowler's skill, the ball's flight through the air will be affected causing it to swing more in the air and off the pitch. You will find bowlers hiding how they are holding the ball as they run up so that the batsman cannot see and can get less insight into how the ball will behave. I don't know if it applies in baseball but the declaration is interestng too 🙂
yeah Jasprit Bumrah + Lasith Malinga always looks like they're about to throw the ball directly to to 3rd slip, but then they get it really on-target with all sorts of crazy angles. It's amazing to see [el'sda2].
the way the balls get old is a key part of the game. the ball travels differently through the air, bounces different, spins (gribs the pitch) differently. also. the duckworth lewis system determines then winner based on a mix of how many runs have been score, how many wickets have been taken (ie how many batsmen are available to still bat), how many overs have been bowled (because more runs are scored when there are fewer overs left and you are less worried about your batsmen being all out before the overs have been used up).
Standing there for hours in blazing sun facing a rock hard ball coming at you at over a hundred miles an hour from someone who wants to hurt you. No contest.
And also saying that Cricket ballers ball at the speed 95 miles per hr/ 145 km per hour and the spin bowlers bowl pretty slow realtively around 90 km per hour but spin the bowl after it bounces which is art in it's true manner. Even while fielding close to the batsman, people have a reaction time of around 1 second to catch a much harder ball. And the stump out you saw in ur previous video, the world record for it is 0.2 seconds by an Indian Legend, MS Dhoni.
3:50 One other aspect about a cricket ball in play of a cricket match, is that as it get older within a game, it becomes an effective weapon in the hands of a skilled bowler.. A skillful bowler can make it reverse-swing.. Or make it swing late, as it hurtles towards the batsmen.. So, the ball gets scuffed on the one side and smooth on the other.. It is therefore necessary for the spectators to return the ball to the fielding side after a six had been hit...
Normally in Cricket, pacer that can swing (move ball in air) and/or seamer (movement of ball after pitching in ground) starts early with new ball, followed by spinner (off and leg) along with medium pacers , followed by pacer to finish.
Ive caught a cricket ball while playing cricket. With a ball made from leather cork rubber and having a wooden centre to it a cricket ball is increadibly hard especially when traveling at soeed. A cricket ball really hurts when caught wring. The idea is to judge the speed of the ball and then move your hands towards your chest at roughly the same speed thus causing less pain in the players hands but believe me it still hurts a lot. A massive difference between Baseball andCricket is the fact that baseball was a spin off of the traditional Girls school physical Education game Rounders where as Cricket is a organised championship game in the uk
In Britain baseball/rounders are basically just different names for the same game which was recorded back in the 1600's during Elizabeth's reign and probably goes back further, it was played by both girls and boys and men and women, a Prince of Wales is recorded in a team list of players in a game in the 17'00s. The British colonists took the games with to the Americas the first recorded match was in the 1800's in Canada with the first recorded match in the USA about 10 years later.
I love your cricket videos. There's something truly touching about watching an American discover civilisation. Just kidding! These vids are terrific because I love the comparisons between the two sports. Long ago, my dad's work took us to America for a few years when I was little, so I was exposed to baseball for a while (and have loved it ever since). When we eventually moved back to the UK, I took up cricket and became pretty good at it. They're both wonderful sports (to play and watch!).
One thing about cricket that gets forgotten is the psychological aspect. The two batters are in the middle of the field surrounded by the other team, totally out numbered. It can be an intimidating place to be and when things start to go wrong they can go down hill quickly. Sledging as it is known in cricket (which is the fielders winding the batters up, mocking them etc) can be a big part of the game.
Whst always freaked me out was when a slower spin bowler is trying to tske me out, all the field player automatically moved closer and felt like i was being caged in and usually lost. The reason they came closer is cause a SPIN bowler can bowl so well take when you hit the ball it might spin or touch the edge of the bat and a nearby fielder can then catch it.
Fun fact: there was an Australian national baseball team which toured America in the late 19th century whose players were noted for not wearing gloves, like cricketers.
The wear and tear on the ball is an important factor - as the ball loses that hard shiny coat it becomes harder for the pace bowlers to bowl at their fastest pace, which can even exceed 100 miles per hour. But as the ball gets more scuffed up it is more prone to being able to swing in the air. This is called swing bowling, and bowlers will attempt to polish one side of the ball but not the other. Many of the swing bowlers bowl in the 85-95 mph zone. The rough side versus the smooth side generates movement, much like the shape of an aeroplane's wing generates lift. This can make the ball curve significantly in flight, making it harder for the batsman to defend against, and harder for them to get a clean strike of the ball, meaning more likelihood of being caught out from a mishit. As it wears further, particularly on the seam of the ball, it will deviate from when it hits the pitch much more. This will aid the moderately fast bowlers (usually around 80 miles per hour) known as seamers who use the differences in the movement when the seam of the ball hits the ground to cause sudden movement. Greater roughness of the ball in general also helps spin bowlers (slowest bowlers, often only around 60 miles per hour) both with increased spin off the pitch but also other flight dynamics changes mid air. Bowling faster often has a substantial detraction to a spin bowler's craft. Thus keeping an older ball in play longer gives different advantages to different types of bowlers, and different types of batsmen as well. Most teams have at least 4, but usually 5 bowlers in their lineup, and a few players who are not full time bowlers but still capable bowling players. It isn't just about not being wasteful. Different balls are chosen by the host nations as well, which creates different wearing characteristics, aiding certain types of bowling. In test match cricket it is normal for a new ball to be available after 80 overs, although the bowling team if it is getting more advantage out of the old ball can continue to use it beyond this point.
Cricket is absolutely more difficult and I would argue it isn't even close. Baseball has much less factors involved. Every pitch and ground in cricket is different. The ball moves differently and you will have shorter/longer boundaries. Also got to add in the fact with cricket you had so many more ways of getting out. LBW, Run Out, Caught, Bowled, Stumped and others. As the game goes on the ball reacts different and so does the pitch so you need to keep adjusting the technique used. A test match is absolutely the hardest aspect of the game and nothing in baseball can even come close to how difficult a Test match is.
The pitch has a great bearing on the cricket game. In combination with humidity and temperature. Whether the ball swings in the air or seams off the pitch. Similar with spin bowlers - whether the ball dips and drifts in the air, grips and spins. Side spin and top spin have differing effects. Spin can be off spin, or finger spin, or orthodox - spin into a right hand batter from a right hand bowler. The opposite is leg spin, or wrist spin - spin away from a right hand batter from a right hand bowler. However leg spinners have the wrong 'un that spins the other way, and the flipper that uses top spin to dip in the air and speed up after bounce, hopefully go straight and trap the batter LBW. Fast bowlers can swing the ball in, or out, or cut/ seam in or out. They can bowl short (aim for head), good length (aim for top of stump) or full (yorker, sandshoe crusher). They generally bowl tight to the off stump, or on the stumps, sometimes tight down legside hoping for a catch.
I agree, cricket is the easier game for a beginner to pick up and play but I feel that cricket has more depth in strategy due to the nature of using the same ball as long as possible (which slightly affects different aspects), being able to bounce the ball (which affects the type of deliveries and fielding), and also the environment (dew, heat, wind, rain, pitch dimensions, etc. which all affect things)
That plus the game lasts longer in the ODIs and Test formats, so there’s more time for different strategies to play out an allow for punches and counter punches over the whole course of the day.
with cricket it is the pitch that changes, in test cricket (5 day marathons) it changes so much and it comes down to the team that deals with the changing conditions the best... you dont get those flutuations in baseball, first session will bring the quick bowlers in, they fire bullets at over 100 miles an hr. then cracks will start to appear in the wicket (the ball needs to bounce before being hit, the bounce is deremined by the bowler and how the wicket is), and as the ball gets older and softer they will bowl spinners (its more compicated than that but basic cricket 101) its a great game, but i understand its had to get into unless you are indian/australian/english
It has probably been said by someone, but the interesting thing about the ball is that there is deliberate advantages in the deterioration of the ball. The ball is worked on (especially in longer forms of the game - and hopefully not illegally to Australia’s shame) to develop a shiny and a rough side. This will help as the ball deteriorates to improve swing, reverse swing and to make the ball more difficult to play. So, especially in test matches, the ball deteriorating becomes to the fielding team’s advantage
Pitches in cricket can shape the entire flow of the game, even the tactical approach from both sides in basically every format (especially first class). Truly fascinating stuff.
If you want to watch the highest form of cricket, test cricket the oldest test match starts on June 16th, The Ashes. This test match between England and Australia is 150 years old. The Ashes refers to the bails which were burned and placed in a small urn by a child. She gave the urn to the English players when they traveled to Australia for the rematch. Telling themto bring home the Ashes with a victory. This urn is thus handed over to the victor.
I also want to add, there is a way to get out without scoring and facing a ball, called a "diamond duck" where the batter before you gets out at the bowlers end or crossing after getting caught. You come out at the bowlers end and you get run out without facing a ball, which is why it's called a "diamond" duck a "golden" duck is when you get out on the first ball that you face without scoring and a "duck" is if you get out without scoring a run.
I think the way to describe it is that cricket has more nuance to it. So it is simple to learn it at a casual level but the higher you go the deeper you get. Things like field placement of the fielders being a very important part of the bowling side's decisions.
In cricket, the ball is not replaced during the course of the game, and its behavior varies depending on its age and condition. New Ball: At the start of the game, a new ball is used. During this phase, the ball tends to swing more in the air. The swing can be either conventional swing, where the ball moves in the direction of the shiny side due to differential air pressure, or reverse swing, where the ball moves opposite to the shiny side due to the wear and tear on the rough side. The condition of the ball and the skills of the bowlers play a crucial role in achieving swing. Middle Overs: As the game progresses and the ball gets older, it loses its shine and hardness. During the middle overs, the ball generally does not swing as much as it did when it was new. The bowlers rely more on variations in pace, spin, and seam movement to deceive the batsmen and take wickets. The ball may start to scuff up and accumulate some wear and tear, making it difficult to generate significant swing. End Overs: Towards the end of an innings, especially in limited-overs formats like One Day Internationals (ODIs) or Twenty20 (T20) matches, the ball can exhibit reverse swing. The deterioration of the ball's surface, combined with the roughness on one side, allows the bowlers to generate movement in the opposite direction to the shiny side. This reverse swing can be challenging for batsmen to deal with as it can lead to unexpected changes in direction. It's important to note that the decision to replace the ball in cricket is typically made when it becomes excessively damaged, loses its shape, or is no longer fit for play. Umpires closely monitor the condition of the ball and may opt for a replacement if necessary. However, in general, the ball is not replaced during the game to maintain consistency and preserve the challenges posed by its changing behavior.
In Test cricket, the ball IS (or can be- it's not compulsory) replaced every 80 overs, in an innings. Many of these videos overlook the highest form of cricket in favour of the pyjama game.(Which is good fun in its own right, I suppose).
Australia recently won World test Championship. Where top ten ranked test player countries take part. This tournament continues for 2 years. The Final was between India and Australia.
You don't need to know about about the mathamatics or those formulas, it happens rarely. Just enjoy the normal play and understand those things later as you get to know cricket. 😊
There are some interesting strategies involving the two batters runscoring in cricket. If there is one batter who is better than the other(or at least more effective than the bowler currently engaging), they can choose to run if they make it back to their starting positions, scoring two runs. This ensures the better one faces the next delivery. If skillful enough they can choose to score runs using boundaries alone. In the last delivery of each over the better batter would score one run as the positions of batters are reversed following each over. The batting reversal might sound confusing but the ball bouncing at around the same region of the pitch all the time can damage the soil. Run outs are determined by the distance of the two batters from the wickets which have been hit with the ball by the fielder. The batter who is closer of the two will be given out. This leads to situations where if the more skillful batter is at jeopardy the other one can run towards them so the two can cross each other before the wicket is taken. Leading to the less skilfull one getting out in a sacrificial attempt.
Played Cricket for 35 years and Baseball for 20. If you take out all the signals etc & just talk about the actual skills part at an entry level, Baseball is way easier to learn. You only have to hit one direction, the ball doesn't bounce & every fielder gets to wear a glove. However add in all the signals & tactics for every ball, then it becomes complex. Cricket has tactics to a certain extent, but it's more a tactic employed over a long period. I am purely talking about the amateur level.
Just wanna give my 2cents with the glove thing. The exit velocities in baseball are MUCH higher, where a glove is frequently NEEDED to prevent broken bones, in cricket i rarely see the line drives we see in baseball, iv seen a few, but overall, baseballs are hit much harder, in general.
@@donny_clevOH42o like I said mate, I was talking about amateur level & what is easier to learn. When you get the elite level, a baseball hitting velocity on average is slightly higher, but negated by the fact that a cricket ball is heavier & harder. I can assure you that a cricket ball would hurt much more if the 2 balls were hit at the same speed. As for seeing "line drives", I guess you haven't watched enough cricket to see them.
@@mervstash3692 lol oops i didnt mean that in a way to start an argument or bash cricket. And i think you missed some of what i wrote, when i mentioned the weight and velocities, i was taking that into account, baseballs are a tad softer, but when hit at extreme high velocities which happen many times in a game, is different from the AVERAGE cricket hit which comes off the bat slower, but yes the ball is harder so its gonna hurt. And when i say line drives, i mean lasers, iv seen several extremely hard hit balls i was hella impressed with these dudes snagging it, but they are not as common and not as fast, both fast though. And when it comes to amateur baseball, mostly metal bats are used, and even little league the exit velocity can get near 100mph, and in the majors, up to 120mph coming off the bat. Again this isnt a competition against baseball and cricket, just noting differences. If cricket was hitting the ball at 120+mph with a cricket ball, would be a whole other story. It hurts even with a baseball glove, if you catch it toward the palm with the glove. Id imagine, even at a tad lower speeds, cricket balls hurt like crazy at times.
Batting harder in Baseball, although cricket is more of a focus over a long time and more physical bravery as you get hit pretty regularly. Bowling harder than pitching, you need to think your opponent out a bit more. Also bigger workload. Fielding a bit harder in cricket especially in slips and you probably field more balls over a day if you're in front of the wicket.
Only being allowed to hit in one direction makes it harder - I fouled every ball I hit when I did softball for 6 weeks at school aged 15, and probably about 60% of the hits made by my class were fouls (and mostly by small margins of less than 10 degrees) - it was so tedious to play due to the constant foul balls and we all complained, suggesting rounders (which we'd all played for years - including in that slot in previous years) would mean we got more exercise. But we were big boys now and needed to play the game with the big bat, big ball and big gloves instead of rounders.
Cricket balls are used for longer times because of the characteristics of the ball . As the ball gets older it starts to grip more with ground which makes it easier for spinners (slow bowlers) to spin the ball and fast bowlers to reverse swing.
The part of this video talking about 'Super Overs' in cricket, used footage from what is arguably one of the greatest 'One Day International (50 Over)' matches, ever. It was the 2019 World Cup Final between England & New Zealand.
I think that’s a big difference between American sports, more so football and baseball, and European sports is that in the latter much more decision making is made by on-field players - there’s also less specialisation so you have much smaller rosters and much a smaller support / coaching staff
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 the Netherlands also plays cricket (and have featured in t20 world cups as well) and i have heard of a German team and Polish team playing, though not at as high a level as even the Netherlands. But do aggree it is not really a European sport when compared to Football, hockey, volleyball. The original poster is also correct in that most non-US centric sports tend to place more responsibility on the captains playing in the the teams, than on the manager on the sidelines. Though one could argue football is more of a 50/50 split between manager and captain.
@@stanedgie5910 I saw a game between Japan and Korea in cricket literally more Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Indians were on both teams than ethnic Koreans and Japanese. The few Japanese players were basically former baseball players who could no longer find a spot on a baseball team roster, so in thier mid-late 30s they are making a transition to cricket. The Korean team had even less native ethnic on their team, it seemed like similar case for Korea too. I wonder if the Polish and German team is full of names like Rahjits, and Ahmeds. If you have a lot of Indian or Pakistani migrants in your country, your country just created a cricket team lol.
Not sure if someone’s already mentioned this but the cricket ball is a very important part of the game. If you shine one side of the ball and keep the other scuffed, it will create swing that aids the bowlers. However if the ball rips or becomes misshaped, the umpires will provide a replacement which is a used ball with roughly the same amount of wear.
The basics of cricket are pretty simple, but the complexities of, for instance, how a batsman can be out are bewildering. Even one form of getting the batsman out, leg before wicket will depend on where the ball bounces, what the batsman does and how far forward the batsman has come when it hits. At the highest level there are TV umpires who can help adjudicate but even this isn't always cut and dried, some marginal decisions remaining as (on field) umpires call, essentially sticking with whatever the original decision (out or not out) is. Each sport has its own complexity which can be infuriating to those new to the sport, and each has it's own variety. In cricket, the bowler is allowed to hit the batter, providing the ball has bounced or it hits below the waist, in baseball the pitcher cannot do this. In cricket, there is no doubt as to whether the batter is clean bowled, as there are bits of wood flying in all directions, in baseball there will always be arguments as to whether a strike has been fairly called. The complexities infuriate the new fan but are the things more avid fans love.
Also, Bowler actually is not allowed to intentionally hit the batter. Baseball if a hitter is hit he isnt automatically ejected unless its shown its intentional. Cricket most hit are done really low, while baseball is much higher.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 well, bouncers that are below the shoulder and head are perfectly legal, and is seen as an intimidation tool by the bowlers. Yes, full tosses above the waist are not allowed, though only really get a no ball one run penalty, initially, though repeated use can lead to warnings/fines and eventual removal from the bowling lineup, but not from the game itself.
You can be caught in Cricket but not given out. Both Sports are fantastic I used to enjoy watching the occasional Baseball game but there is nothing like sitting on a villlage green on a summers day for 4-5 hours watching a game of Village cricket. Total relaxation. Sadly I justt dont have the time anymore.
I'll preface this by saying I've never watched baseball before, I know the basic rules, appreciate the skill involved and enjoy those funky 'Best moment!' highlight, but I've never been compelled to watch a full game. In terms of which is more complicated, with Cricket; I've played it at times throughout my life, but only occasionally as a laugh. I've been to a few test matches and 20twenties, and watched our local team at the local cricket team a lot as a child, and even did the scoring once! I think with cricket the basic understanding on how to play is easier to pick up and understand, but the depth of the rules, match types and little intricacies in the game are much deeper. It's not that it's hard to understand, just that there's A LOT to understand. From how bowlers use wear on the ball to their advantage to the states of the bowling surfaces, to even the rules. You'll see cricket on TV now and I have no idea what the rules are in relation to the incident, and just rely on the that index finger to tell me if the batsman is out or not. I'm not sure whether that happens with Baseball at all as well, it's possible it does and they are both as deep and complicated as each other, but I've been casually interested in Cricket for over 30 years and still get stumped by things I'm not aware of sometimes.
That was the thing to me - the examples the person used for complexities in the game were situational nuances which I could think of equivalents in cricket. There is no baseball equivalent of the Duckworth-Lewis method! At least initially though, I'd say baseball was much harder to adjudicate. The strike zone is an imaginary area above the plate between the height of the batter's knees and their shoulders, which is harder to see than when a wicket is hit. I'd also say it is hard to tell if a player is touched by a ball so maybe that justifies why cricket seems simpler to a novice perspective
I think a clear sign cricket is simpler is how easy it is to play anywhere. It's played in the streets of India and on beaches in Australia. Just need a few sticks and a ball
As young kids we played cricket in the street with only one batsman and a wicket chalked upon a wall. The bowlers mark was a sweater on the ground and the ball used was a tennis ball but it provided the basics. We graduated to the proper game with a leather ball when we reached 8 years old under adult supervision at school.
Cricket is more easier for someone who is watching but more complicated for someone who is playing the game. In both videos he only covered more or less 70% of cricket. It's not that you can hit the ball anywhere you can, a lot of technicality and decision making goes into that, as well as the bowler have to know where to place the ball, so that the batsman could only hit the ball in that direction only and either a fielder (opposition player) could catch it or save the ball from scoring a 4 or a 6. Similarly, a batsman has to find a loophole in order to score. First he has to identify which type of ball is it and where it is going to land after it bounces, then hit the ball with a specific region of the bat and from a specific position on the crease (one of the line on the pitch), so that the ball goes through a specific position through the field (like, silly point, fine leg, Mid-on, Mid-off, square leg, sleep, long on, long off, and many more) & there are numerous shots a batsman can play, of which every one of them has got a specific name like square cut, cover drive, etc. etc. A technical batsman can score a 6 or a 4, just with a flick of a wrist without using much power, this type of play is more prevalent in the "Test" format. There is many more things to know about cricket.
When he says you can hit it anywhere, he means the ball will be in play in whichever direction it is hit. There is no foul ball territory like in baseball.
@@loganleroy8622 But there are 10 fielders all around and even if you hit it you might find a fielder and you're gone. At international level they will bowl to you in a way that will make you play certain shots and the field will be set accordingly.
@@mangshu21 Of course, but that's also why you almost never see a 6 in a Test match. How many times do you see a batter score a boundary when they mess up? More often than times where you see them make them pay for it. The number of times I've seen a tail ender turn a thick edge into a boundary because the WK isn't ready is astounding. Not to mention the number of times a test match highlight will involve a dropped ball by the fielding team at 45 runs, only to see the batter make a century. Miss-hits are not runs in baseball, they just become a foul ball and play resets. It is harder to bat in Baseball and it is harder to field in Cricket. Both sports are the exact opposite when considering which side has the advantage when it comes to batting and fielding.
The reason they keep a cricket ball in play is because as it ages it gets different behaviour. This can be feom the weather like moisture softening it for eg. Or the bowlers polishing the ball on one side. Polishing reduces the wear on one side of the ball effecting swing in the air, bounce on the ground or the ability to spin it. A new ball is hard all over and is fast and bounces quickly great for pace bowlers. Swing bowlers can make the most of it as it ages a bit and gets dull and softer on one side and when it's quite worn the spinners can make their magic now it has grippy texture.
Shane Warne also has a couple of videos where he discusses the arcane art, of leg spin bowling. Generally he is a slower bowler, but his skill was devilish. The first short shots of spin bowling was Shane Warne. We may never see another like him. RIP Warnie.
The beauty of cricket is that you can play it anywhere, with however many players. You can modify the rules and even create new ones to suit your needs. 3 to 4 kids can play an enjoyable game of cricket with modified rules without the need of any umpire or anyone else. You don't even need any fancy gear. A bat and a ball will do. You can play with a tennis ball. Better yet put tape on it. That's the beauty of cricket and that's how we all grew up playing it. Have a standard-ish game if you have the bodies, play a modified version if you don't.
Always be careful by what people mean when they say a sport is growing - if 100 people play a game, and then 5 more people join them, the game has grown, but it means nothing in a population of 320m! It has a chance though with about 7m people in US of a South Asian heritage, and maybe 13m of a Caribbean heritage, two populations who may have a cultural connection to the game. The thinking behind the Duckworth-Lewis Method is that the run rate tends to vary at points in a one day game. If you have spare wickets in hand, you can play much more aggressively in the final overs for example, but say a team got 220 runs in their 50 overs, and rain interrupts the second innings causing 20 overs to be lost, if you just bring that score down to 3/5s to 132, that's an easier chase for the second team because they can gamble more knowing they could lose 8 wickets getting to that total. You'd have to find someone much more involved with the game to describe it in detail, but I hope I get the basic idea across. As for what is more complicated, I'd say the Duckworth-Lewis Method puts Cricket ahead! I'm not a baseball fan beyond having watched a few world series games on TV as a kid, but all of his examples were very situational, and to me it sounds like he isn't familiar enough with cricket to know those equivalents. If you look at the massive variation in positions for the fielding teams for cricket for example, there is barely any equivalence in baseball. While he looked at baseball pitchers as openers, closers etc, he didn't bring up that you get something similar in cricket. You have opening bowlers, who are typically ones who bowl with outright speed. As the ball develops wear and tear, and the conditions of the pitch change, then you start to bring in other types of bowlers. Spin for example tends to be more effective later on as the rougher ball can grip more when it hits the parts of the pitch worn down by the feet of the batter. Some forms of swing bowling come about because the bowlers only shine up one side of the ball, so they need the game to have played for a bit. Bowlers are as situational, and even more specialised. His part about knowing when to run feels very similar to cricket, particularly when you get to a situation where you want to control who is on strike in the next over. The batting line-up in cricket is mostly in order of quality, with the exception of the 3rd and maybe 4th batter being better than the top 2. This is because you want the best players to be around for as long as you can in the match, but you also may not want the best batter to face the new ball which can be harder to deal with. The openers are still very good players (they may be people who deal with fast bowling much better than spin for example), but generally the best batter comes in 3rd. What this can lead to though is some very odd partnerships between say a number 4 batter, and a number 9 batter (who is typically a bowler who is not very good with the bat), so you'll get situations across an over where the fielding team is inviting the better player to score a single so they can bowl at the weaker player, but then switch to defending the single in the last ball or two as the better player tries to get a single to be on strike when the bowlers change ends. Both sports have a lot of situational nuances, but it sounded like to me that he is just not as aware of the ones in cricket, maybe because some of it becomes much more prevalent in test matches. Baseball may be a much harder sport to adjudicate. You can tell a wicket has been hit, but a strike zone is variable between players, and it's not easy to tell if a player has been touched. Even the LBW law seems easier to tell than a strike zone, and that only happens once in a while, not on every pitch. I'd say that was one reason why it'd be easier to explain to kid, at least the most basic atoms of play. The flipside though is that it's easier to read the situation in a baseball game from the score - you're typically looking at how many home runs a team needs to score, it doesn't feel as tense as watching a run rate required tick upwards or downwards. If the idea of the players not using gloves excites you, I think the first videos you should check out are compilations of great catches! Then I'd maybe suggest looking for videos that break down the different types of cricket delivery. Did you say you were a tennis fan or player at one point? I highly recommend looking at videos of the great spin bowlers as you'll be familiar with that kind of surface interaction (and maybe have some sympathy for the batters on the other end!)
I once wanted to learn about baseball, i have watched some videos read about baseball and now I'm more confused than i was before 😂 only thing I learned about baseball is that only Americans and Japanese plays baseball seriously, so in a world championship only japan and usa will be playing finals every time
I also tried to learn baseball through RUclips videos but it didn't help at all. So I played a mobile game called Baseball 9. I completely understood after 4-5 matches. Also it's easier than cricket and only takes 15-20 minutes for a game
When I was in primary school we played 'cricket' at lunch time. We used the rubbish bins (trash cans) attached to the wall as a wicket, bowled tennis balls underarm and just swatted it with our hands rather than a bat. Super easy to understand for 7 year olds, a bare minimum of equipment, and a fun introduction to cricket-like games.
As someone who has no idea about baseball it looks like every ball(pitch) is about hitting the ball as far as possible whereas cricket has intricacies like defending and the very diverse range of shot. I do believe there probably is some variation in different hits but they are pretty similar and not as diverse as cricket.
I grew up playing tee-ball and baseball but am a cricket fan. I think one thing that wasn't mentioned was around fielding positions. Baseball has 9 players and 9 positions (pitcher, catcher, 1st, 2nd and 3rd base, centre, left and right field and short stop. Cricket has 11 players and with the exception of bowler and wicket keeper, no position is mandatory. A field is set based on the strategy required with the bowler. You could have 4 slips and 2 gullies or you could have none of those, you could have players in deep positions such as square leg, mid on or point, or you could have an aggressive field with bat pad, silly mid-on, etc. I think the names of the fielding positions, along with some of the bowling terminology (doosra, yorker or googly for the uninitiated?) are where people unfamiliar with the game get most confused.
I just thought I'd try to explain the different types of bowlers for you. For this, I'm gonna be referring to it in terms of a right-handed bowler and right-handed batsman as it is easier for directions. I'm going to go into detail about different types of bowlers, what and how they bowl, conditions that might affect it etc. There are two main types of bowlers: Pace and Spin. These can also be divided into sub-categories as well. Pace: Pace bowlers focus (like in the name) on bowling quick. They bowl the ball quickly and rely mainly on pace to get the batsman out. Pace bowlers generally fit into two categories: Fast and Medium. This is based on how quick they bowl the ball. Fast Bowlers generally rely only on pure fast bowling. Whereas medium bowlers still bowl quick, but also focus on movement of the ball in the air (swing) and slight movement on the ground. Pace bowlers tend to bowl the ball while holding their fingers in line with the seam. The different types of deliveries of pace bowlers: -> Standard - A straight non-moving ball. -> In swing - A ball that swings (moves in the air) towards the batsman (so from left to right). This often aims to bowl the batsman in between the bat and pad. -> Out Swing - A ball that swings away from the batsman (so from right to left). This often aims to make the batsman edge the ball to the wicketkeeper. -> Off Cutter - A ball that cuts (moves when it touches the ground - this is not as much as a spin bowler and only moves slightly, due to them focusing on pace) from left to right (towards the batsman). -> Leg Cutter - A ball that cuts from right to left (away from the batsman). -> Slower Ball - In the name. A disguised slower delivery that can cause the batsman to swing too early. -> Reverse Swing - Usually, a ball swings from the shiny side towards the rough side. However, as a ball becomes very old (with one side being very worn compared to the otherside, due to the players working on the ball and shining one side), skilled bowlers can swing the ball he other direction which can lead to the batsman being confused. -> Cross Seam - A bowler can bowl a cross seam delivery by holding the ball with their fingers along the smooth side instead of along the seam. This will make the ball either land on the smooth side (less friction so skids a bit) or on the seam (slows done and bounces up more due to friction), compared to just landing with the seam straight on. -> Wobble Seam - I don't know how to bowl this but the bowler releases the ball so that the seam seems to "wobble" in the air going from side to side, which can cause unpredictability in the bounce. -> Knuckleball - Similar to baseball, and similar to a slower ball, except is held with the knuckles. These are all different types of deliveries a pace bowler can bowl. It takes lots of practice and skill to perfect each one of these, and most bowlers can only bowl a few. It also requires shining of the ball to swing it (where players will often wet one side of the ball with sweat and rub it on their clothes to shine/ polish it). What they decide to bowl can also depend on situation and what they want, what they've bowled previously etc. Also, the ball can vary depending on where you pitch (bounce) the ball instead of what you do with it: -> Bouncer/ Short Length - When the ball is bowled very short so bounces up high on the batsman and can catch them off guard and scare them sometimes (as having a piece flying at your head at high speeds can be scary, even with a helmet). This can also be smacked when seen early though as the batsman can go back and almost play a baseball shot at it. -> Standard Length - This is typically the perfect length aimed for for most balls, as it is sort of the midpoint where the batsman doesn't know whether to go forward or back, and often can't hit big on it. -> Full Length - This is usually bouncing the ball close to the batsman so that they come forward onto their front foot to play a shot, but not quite bouncing at their toes. -> Yorker - This is when a ball bounces right at the toes of the batsman, and can be very hard to play as batsman have to get their bats right down to the ground. -> Beamer/ Full toss - This is where the ball doesn't bounce at all. You typically do not want to do this, as if it is too high on the batsman, it is a no ball, and if it is lower than that without bouncing, it is very easy to smack. !!! PART 1 - TOO LONG FOR ONE COMMENT !!!
Spin: Spin bowlers focus on spinning the ball when it touches the ground. They bowl the ball much slower, and make the ball turn a lot when it hits the ground. There are two types of spin bowlers: Wrist Spin and Finger Spin. Unlike pace bowlers with fast and medium, all spin bowlers don't bowl from the same arsenal. There tend to be specific deliveries to wrist spin and finger spin. Wrist spinners may also be referred to as leg spinners, and finger spinners as off spinners. Being a leg spinner myself, I know much more about the ins and outs of spin. With spin, there are two factors to think about beforehand that I'll mention. The first is Pace. With a spin delivery, you aim to get the ball above the eyeline of the batsman so that it comes down quickly and turns in or away. If you bowl the ball too quickly, the ball will stay flat. This means it stays within the batters eyeline, so they can see it the entire way and judge it far better. If you bowl it too slowly however, firstly it'll be much more loopy. This will allow the batsman to get to the ball before it hits the ground and turns, or sit back and wait for it. It basically removes the effect of the spin. Also, bowling too slowly can mean the ball doesn't have as much power (revs) and wont turn as much. That's why the typical pro spin bowler bowls between 50 and 60mph. The second factor is pitch. If the ball pitches too full (close to the batsman), the batsman can get to the pitch and hit it before it spins. If it is too short, the batsman can sit back, wait for the spin and have plenty of time to play a shot. Therefore, unlike pace bowling, a spinner wants to pitch the ball in the perfect length every time to make the spin effective. What line they bowl the ball on though (how far left or right of the batsman), like in pace, is up to them and how they're spinning it. Alright, now to the actual spin deliveries. I'm going to start with different types of wrist spin: -> Leg Break - This is the stock delivery of a wrist spinner. They spin the ball from right to left, away from the batsman. -> Googly/ Wrong-un - This is where the spinner moves their wrist more so that the ball comes out of the back of the hand instead of the front, and therefore spins the other way, towards the batsman. -> Top Spin - This is where the bowler moves their wrist even more than a wrong-un, so that the ball doesn't just come out the back of the hand but is spinning over the top of the ball (top spin). This makes the ball often bounce more than expected and drop out the air quicker. -> Flipper - Potentially the hardest ball to master, that results in the ball skidding along and not bouncing nearly as much as the batter expects. -> Slider - This looks almost identical to a leg break, however instead of turning, it just goes straight on and can catch the batsman out. Now, different types of finger spin deliveries: Off Break - The Stock delivery of an off spinner, spinning the ball from left to right (towards the batsman). In wrist spin, the wrist is typically bent forward and flicked to get most the spin, which is why it has the name wrist spin. It also uses a bit of movement from the fingers coming around as well though. In finger spin however, the ball is bowled with the wrist bent backwards, and while it does come forward slightly, it is mainly the flicking of the fingers that gets the spin which is why it is finger spin. Doosra - The Doosra looks like a standard off break, however spins the other way - I don't know how this is bowled, it is possibly due to the direction the arm moves during delivery. Top Spin (for off spinner) - The top spinner for a finger spinner is the same as for a wrist spinner, in terms of the direction of the spin and seam, and how the ball bounces, however is bowled slightly differently. Instead of the ball facing the batsman as it does in an off break, it is side on and the seam faces the batsman so when it is released the ball is spinning over the top of the seam rather than sideways. Arm Ball - The arm ball is like a slower ball for a pacer. It is when an off spinner bowls a much quicker ball disguised as a spin ball. They are not attempting to spin the ball but rather beat the batsman with unexpected pace. Carrom Ball - This is a very difficult ball to master. This is where the ball isn't held tightly and is then squeezed out of the grip so it can be used to spin in any direction causing the batsman confusion. Teesra - This is similar to the slider, where the bowler doesn't use their fingers and simply rolls the wrist on release so it creates an illusion that it'll spin but barely turns. Spinners may use certain delivery types from different categories however tend to stay within the realms of wrist spin and finger spin. For example, I bowl wrist spin but then also bowl an arm ball and sometimes even a disguised off spinner as I struggle to bowl googlies. Also, many bowlers don't have any variations and tend to stick to their stock delivery. That is all the different types of bowling. This was much longer than I expected, and hopefully I managed to give you an insight into the world of bowling and the different types of deliveries bowlers employ to try and get the batsman out. There are so many different factors that come into bowling, such as weather, wind, pitch conditions, the batsman and their abilities, where people are fielding (if there are many on the off side, the bowler might bowl it on the off side to avoid runs being scored), game situation, the ball etc. that you get to know better as you become more experienced in the game. This is just a look at the different types of deliveries. What bowlers decide to do and where they pitch it, how fast they bowl it etc. is up to them in the end but there is so much to take into account when bowling in cricket. !!! PART 2 - TOO LONG FOR TWO COMMENTS !!!
As a final thing, I've decided to go into detail about legal deliveries and illegal deliveries, to pretty much round up bowling as a whole (without going into detail about outside factors that may affect bowling): A bowler must bowl the ball overarm, with a straight arm (doesn't move by 15 degrees). The arm must come from horizontally behind them and around as well, and the actual bowling of the ball is from horizontal to the release of the ball. During this time, they cannot bend their arm more than 15 degrees. The bowlers front foot must fall behind the popping crease (on the line is not considered behind). Their back foot must also be within the return crease (not too wide). The bowler must not hit the wicket with any part of their body during the run-up, unless they are trying to run the batsman out during their runup (a mankad, which is considered very unsportsmanlike and frowned upon in outdoor cricket). The ball must pitch on the strip and must not bounce more than once before reaching the batsmans crease, and must also not go above the waist height of the batsman without bouncing. The ball must not be intercepted by a fielder before it goes behind the wicket, and the wicketkeeper must not have any part of the body in front of the wicket until the ball passes the wicket, have any part of the body outside of the white lines when the ball is released. If any of the following conditions aren't met, it results in a no ball. A no ball means the batting side get an extra run and the ball is rebowled. The batsman also cannot get out on a no ball unless they are run out, obstruct the fielders, or hit the ball twice. If the ball is not a no ball, but is too wide, it is a wide. This occurs when the ball goes outside the wide lines, or above the wide line and is ultimately the umpire's call. A wide can only occur if the batsman doesn't hit the ball, and results in one extra run and the ball rebowled. So that is the difference between a legal delivery and an illegal delivery and the ins and outs of bowling in cricket :) !!! PART 3 !!!
I grew up in Australia with cricket, and then lived in the US and Canada for nearly 20 years in my 40s and 50s. To me cricket is far and away the more complex sport, and the more difficult to describe to someone who's new to it. I may never have learned all the vagaries of the sport, but overall, I had little trouble understanding baseball when I moved to North America. Having said that, really the principles of both are quite similar.
As an Indian, a country with a lot of love for cricket, I tried learning baseball and surprisingly I found it is easier to understand baseball than cricket. I figured all the things in baseball in 3-4 weeks. Whereas it needed me 8-10 years to know at least 90% of cricket, especially when it is the fact of LBW. And the DLs method, I still don't understand it. Also, there are so many things that are illegal only in cricket. Illegal bowling action is one of them. One spinner from Sri Lanka was in controversies for his bowling action and wasn't allowed to play and he needed to prove his action wasn't illegal to continue playing. So, ultimately what I feel, as I know both the game pretty much though I never played baseball, but it feels slightly easier to understand than cricket.
I went to my first ever baseball game last week. Cardinals v Cubs in London and it was great. One big difference is the number of shots a batter can play compared to baseball. Baseball only seems to have two ways to bat, smash the ball out of the park and the bunt. Whereas a cricketer has a dozen or more ways to hit the ball.
I'd like to see a breakdown of the differences between the casual versions of the game. I grew up in a cricket country and played plenty of schoolyard/backyard cricket growing up, but I hated playing in a league. There are certain rulesets we use for causal cricket that I don't know how you'd get around in casual baseball. For example casual cricket is basically never played with two teams. Usually there's one or two batters who stay batting until they get out, at which point the player who caught/bowled/etc the batter out is now the batter. Sometimes running is forced, usually called tippanys where I'm from. Often the one-hand one-bounce rule is played, where a catch after a bounce is still an out if only one hand is used. There are some versions where after the ball is fielded, if not caught on the full, the batter must put their bat in a certain position (dependant on where it is fielded). If the fielder can hit the bat from where the ball is fielded they are out. This is usually called bat down where I'm from, as the furtherest range requires you to lay the bat down perpindicular to the angle of the fielder (giving the fielder a full bat length to hit, although laid on the ground so bouncing is bad). Often hitting the ball past the field's limits is an automatic out (sometimes still worth 6 if scores are counted, sometimes not) and the batter has to retrieve the ball. I feel like in baseball it'd be impossible to keep any kind of score without having teams, which would increase the minimum required players. Sure, we didn't usually keep score in BYC, but you could if you wanted to. So what were the rulesets you'd play causal baseball by?
Even having grown up with cricket all around me, I would still say that it is the more complex sport. The extreme basics may be relatively simple, but as you start delving into different strategies and laws, you realise the sheer complexity of the game and it's history
Americans struggle to understand cricket because they keep viewing through the prism of baseball. Although both sports are nominally bat vs ball, there are few commonalities & it hinders your comprehension to keep going back to baseball for something to compare it to. Baseballs are nothing like cricket balls in construction or use. In cricket they aren't pitched (thrown) they are bowled & the batsman mostly receives the ball on the bounce. 360 deg of the ground is in play. The bats are shaped differently, there are 10 ways to get out, & a batsman has a partner etc. etc. ad infinitum.
Also, bowling changes ends at each over. So, if you're bowling north against batter #1 when you bowl the last ball of your over, the next delivery (i.e. the 1st ball of the following over) will be coming from the other end of the pitch (i.e. southwards towards batter #2).
as a cricket fan i agree with the assesment that it is easier to understand. i watch baseball too but i find the innings and how they work out diffrent things confussing sometimes where cricket seems more intuitive.
Cricket is way more easy to understand and way more easy to play when you are playing for fun at your home. But it’s opposite cricket is way more complicated when you play competitively and way more harder when you play competitive ( way more harder because they have to have way more strategy, and also batting and bowling tricks and Techniques and also more strength )
Just to explain on one of the points he talks about briefly, bowlers are categorised by bowling type because bowling isn't an intuitive action and you need to put a lot of practice into doing it correctly - you're not allowed to bend the elbow beyond a certain point. So training to be able to bowl with multiple actions is very impractical (Though a handful of players do. For Australian players I can think of Andrew Symonds, Colin Miller and Gurinder Sandhu). Broadly there are spinners, who bowl somewhere in the range of 45-60 mph, and pacers, who will often be trying to bowl as quick as they can with the fastest ever being around 100 mph. Spinners try to impart spin on the ball, so that when the seam hits the pitch it will kick off in either direction. They need to bowl so much slower so that the ball is touching the surface long enough for this effect. Generally speaking finger spinners (who get most of their spin by pushing the ball by rotating their fingers) tend to have greater accuracy but less dramatic spin, whereas wrist spinners (who get most of their spin by snapping their wrist forward on release and use their fingers to direct the seam for variations) will be less accurate but can have very variable spin and bounce. I am a wrist spinner myself, so I'd like to apologise if my bias has affected that assessment, so I should add the perception is likely because finger spinners tend to spin the ball towards a right handed batsman, which is regarded as easier to play, and wrist spinners tend to turn the ball away. When he is talking about the different varieties of bowler he is showing footage of Shane Warne, the Australian wrist spinner who you're guaranteed to see in wicket compilations. The most famous finger spinner is Sri Lankan player Muttiah Muralitharan, who is the only bowler in history to take more test wickets than Shane Warne (and the highest wicket taker of all time). Pacers will sometimes be subcategorised into seamers and swing bowlers, but at the top level most pace bowlers will do both to some extent. Broadly speaking, 'seaming' is also known as 'cutting' the ball and is similar to spin - rotating the seam at different angles to try and make the ball change angles in surprising ways after bouncing. The angles will be less dramatic than spin bowling, but because the ball will be moving quicker the batsman has less time to react. I don't really understand swing at all, but somehow it's possible to cause the ball to move through the air BEFORE it pitches through getting enough revs on it and shining one side while the other gets scuffed up. Also, as hitting the batter is legal, just bowling as fast you can towards the batter's chin at a sharp angle can be quite an effective tactic and several quick bowlers have specialised in it. Off the top of my head good current examples of express bowlers would be Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc, for swing bowlers Trent Boult and Jimmy Anderson, and I'm completely struggling for famous seam specialists at the moment aside from Scott Boland. With all of these distinctions, most bowlers ultimately try to do the same thing - try confuse the batter with different angles, movement, variations of pace and bounce, they just use very different ways to get there.
The rules and details are more complicated in cricket, but the game flow itself, is quite straightforward. One person bowls (throws) the ball from one side of the pitch (central strip of playing area), batsman on the other side hits the ball or tries to defend the wickets behind them, and when they deem it valuable, they run to the other side of the pitch, while the partner batsman from the other side of the pitch comes this side. If they reach the opposite side safely before the corresponding getting out (putting the ball into the corresponding wickets), then they get a run. If they hit the ball out of bounds without bouncing the ball, they score 6 runs and if the ball touches the ground before crossing the boundary, it gives 4 runs to the batting team. Bowler has to bowl overarm without bending their elbow, they may not many not bounce the ball on the ground. each bowler throws for 6 consecutive legal deliveries (1 over) before they get swapped for another bowler who bowls the ball from the other side of the pitch to the other batsman. If the batsman blocks the ball with his body before the ball touches the bat and if the ball would've hit the wickets if not blocked, then the batsman is out. If a fielder catches a flyball, it's an out. If the bowler hits the wickets with the ball during a delivery then it's an out. Or if any of the batsmen are not in their respective crease (safe zone) and a fielding player it's the respective wickets it's am out... (It can be stumped out by wicketkeeper or it can be a runout). There are 11 players in each team and all 11 players take to the field while 2 batsmen were required to be on the field at any given time... One on the Striking end and other in nonstriking end of the pitch. These are the basic rules sufficient to understand cricket game even while watching for the first time. And all these are pretty simple and apparently visible while watching a game. In baseball, the rules are not as complicated in details, but the 4 base running, double plays, strategies of different bunting, foul-not foul drama, intentional walks, strick-ball-foul drama, umpire's call being absolute, imaginary strikzone which is harder to visualise when watching on a screen (without graphics), frequent switching of batters, etc etc... Makes baseball look lot more complicated for new audience who know nothing about it. It's harder to pickup the rules as easily. I personally feel the baseball rules are not fully consistent everywhere and there are exceptions all the time. where as in cricket, things are more visible and apparent, straightforward and consistent. -------------------------------------------- Coming to the difficulty of the games itself, In baseball hitting a ball by a batter is lot harder than cricket as the sweet spot is lot smaller. But hitting the ball properly to score or put the ball in play is equally challenging in both the games. As in baseball the ball speeds are higher, and it doesn't bounce so very very less time to react to the ball and put it to play accurately by the batter, which is physically very very hard to react that quickly. And the batter has to guess the trajectory of the ball based on the grip and start swinging immediately or decide whether they want to bunt. But the ball has to be thrown into the strickzone or around it and ball can't hit the batter, and the type of swing is very much similar in baseball, just the trajectory of the bat changes. Whereas, in cricket the ball speeds are lower, the bat is larger, but the ball can be thrown anywhere infront the batsman within one {arm+bat} length, and it can be bounced at any distance from the batsman, or even can be thrown without bouncing it off the ground (full toss), or it can also be bounced near the toes of the batsman, as well. The bowler can throw from either left or right side of the nonstriking wickets and the batsman to adjust to the ball trajectory on the fly as everytime the bowler can release the ball from a different location (sometimes 2,3 feet away or more from their previous location). In cricket the ball is allowed to hit the batsman as well, so the batsman has to physically protect themselves, the wickets behind them as well, all the while trying to score runs. In cricket one a batsman is out their chance is done for the game unlike the batting order rotation in baseball where batter gets multiple chances in a game. When the ball bounces off the ground (which itself is in a very wide area infront it the batsman), the ball trajectory, speed, changes drastically, and the batsman generally guesses the trajectory of the ball, and decides if it bounces or comes full toss, by looking at the bowling action, ball grip, and shift their focus to the ground where they anticipate the ball will bounce and then while considering the ground-soil conditions, ball rotation, location of the bounce, the ball trajectory and speed, the batsman has to anticipate the height, speed, trajectory of the bounce and start necessary legwork (front foot, back foot, sideways, sweep, bend, etc) before the ball reaches, to go to a advantageous location and hit the ball with a specific selective shot (the type of swing depends on the type of the ball bowled, a batsman can swing sideways, bottom-backarm, scoop, sweep, golf swing etc etc...). The difficulty in baseball is mainly because of the incredible ball speeds, small sweet-spot, whereas the difficulty in cricket is mainly because of the complexity of the different shots that can be used, legwork, ball bouncing at any location (or not bouncing), any trajectory, protecting the wickets, body, and at the same time trying to score runs... Etc. In baseball pitching is mostly based on strategies, mindgames, mainly ball speed, variations, different, and less time to react for a batter... And the batter has to stand in batters box and can't step outside... Except switch hitter who can switch batters box side before the ball is released. And it's harder to hit the ball due to small sweet-spot by a batter. The baseball is more advantageous to the pitchers because of these. The main difficulty of a pitcher is ball control at higher speeds, not hitting the batter and since they can only pitch from one location (the pitchers mound it's easier for the batter to get used to them). The bowling is more difficult in cricket, as while all the mindgames, Different ball trajectories, different spins, Different bounce lengths, strategies, ball speed variations, are all present, The bowler has to not bend the elbow while bowling, so they have to run up, and build momentum before releasing the ball. Using different grips, accurately releasing the ball during run-up from a desirable location around the wicket, and accurately bouncing the ball at a specific length and putting sufficient spin on it to do what they intend it to do... And all these while guessing where the batsman will be, as the batsman can stand and move wherever they want to and hit from anywhere all around in any direction, unlike stationary batter in baseball who plans to hit between the foul lines only. The fielding in baseball is difficult because less players has to cover larger area in our field which is compensated by gloves. Where as in Cricket more players are there on the field but the difficulty is to catch the ball without gloves. Both games have different type of challenges and different type of difficulties... And one have some aspects easier and the other have advantages in other aspects.
Cricket has scorers. I don't know if they exist in baseball. We record everything that happens with every ball bowled; the runs scored, the wickets, extras. etc. And we display everything on the big scoreboard. We used to do it on paper in a big book but now we use apps which is easier but less fun! They do calculate Duckworth Lewis automatically though which makes life a lot easier! As a girl growing up in England in the 1980s I wasn't allowed to play cricket at school so scoring or making the tea were the only ways for me to be involved. I love that I'm still part of the game even though I'm not playing and am still a part of the cricket community. 🥰 ( I still make tea because it's not cricket without cake!)
Coming from a cricket background, it’s easy to see how good a batter is based on their average (the average amount of runs they get) but when looking at a bowler you would look at the economy (how many runs are scored off their balls). When looking at baseball you got to look at their on base percentage, their slugging, WAR and a lot more to evaluate a player.
The technique and variety of shots with the flat bat are more elegant part of Cricket. Once you understand the basics, the real excitement is watching shots like straight/cover drive, cut, pull, hook etc. That's where cricket gets addictive.
In cricket, how much the ball is worn out plays a crucial role in deciding who is going to bowl at what time. The reason is that a ball that is worn out less swings more and carries more pace due to lower air resistance and therefore a newer ball is usually used by a bowler who bowls faster balls (a pacer or fast bowler). On the other hand, since a worn out ball spins a lot more due to increased friction with the ground when the ball bounces, a worn out ball is typically used by someone trying to spin the ball (a spinner). Accordingly, it doesn't make much sense for a single bowler in a single over to bowl both broad types of balls so bowlers in cricket tend to deviate into separate categories.
Two 'classes' of bowlers? There's a few more than two. Spin: off-spin. Leg spin. Slow. Medium pacer. Fast. By the time I'd stopped playing (began at 8, stopped at 20) I was something of a blend of Ewen Chatfield / Dipak Patel. Started out as a Number 10 peaked at 7. Best score was 48 (paying for college/High school team). So many fricking times I got 23.
The nice part about cricket is that there are no judgment calls. With run outs of the umpire isn’t sure he just sends it straight to review rather than guessing and hoping for the best
There are always judgment calls. Reviews at the top level are a recent phenomenon and don't apply to wides still. Lbw is still partly based on the umpires decision even after review.
You may not see this, but rn the Ashes is on. This is a 5 test match series (25 days) between England and Australia which goes back to the 1870s. This happens every two years in each country and is seen as the biggest rivalry (definitely in the top 2 rivalries) by many fans. They’re currently playing at Lords in London
As a cricket fan, no one knows what Duckworth Lewis is or what eldritch magic it uses. We just accept it as it is.
I won't say eldritch magic, it's definitely dark magic because whenever it's applied you think your team have been fucked meanwhile other team has the exactly same thought.
@@AmanVerma-iy6rv but we all agree when our team loses it is crap and unfair
Ain't nobody got time do that kind of math lol, everyone just accepts it. It may not be 100% fair but its fair enough tbh if you have a basic understanding of how it works.
@@AmanVerma-iy6rv no one could have explained it better 🤣🤣🤣
@@jeffcarroll6553but when we win it is undeniably undoubtedly no further question the period the closer the one to end all the one which cant be wrong impossible to be false the one which will take everything in and produce a completely fair and honest outcome which would hv ended anyway……….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………………….………The one that is the norm and alwas true
Then they recheck and you loose ****** shut this is wrong***** paid refs ***********the numbers are wrong*******oof you***
The greatest difference is that the pitch plays a huge part in cricket. You can have fast dry bouncy pitches and damp slow surfaces that take spin and everything in between.
Yep that is one of the mejor differences between cricket and baseball which he forgot to point out
Don't forget swinging pitches!
and the weather conditions. I see Cricket as the most complexly skilled game in the world and ultimately Test Cricket really brings this out.
I don't know anything about Baseball but the basic rules are easy it is only in professional setting that it can be come really complicated and it is a very skill based sport .
@@willrichardson1809 As someone who has played both sports quite a bit and do enjoy watching both of them when things get to the playoffs, I have to say that the skill and atheleticism required for baseball is no joke. Running to first base, hitting the ball clean of the infield, and hell if you're a pitcher or catcher - all of these are extremely difficult.
Try stealing a base. Look at some of the extremely well taken catches on astroturf. Or throwing from "the wall" straight to home plate.
Just because two sports are played with some kind of a bat that strikes a ball, it is incredibly stupid to compare them. Maybe that's the wrong exercise.
One piece of cricket trivia is that it's actually very dangerous because of how hard the ball is. Cricketers wear all sorts of protection including helmets with mouth grills and pads around their arms, legs, and chests. People have been severely injured and even killed playing cricket, a batter named Phil Hughes was killed very recently when a cricket ball tore open an artery in his neck.
Cricket doesn’t have rules, it has laws and there are only 42 of these with quite a number being pretty irrelevant. The real fun of cricket starts when you learn about the nuances and techniques of this wonderful game.
Baseball' is cricket copy
@@rachoudhury7459 Doubtful. Very different sports. Baseball might be derived from Rounders, though.
@@JackMcCabeFL-USA well the actual The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States and the Old Bat and Ball became later Cricket
@@wannaknowwho25 no
@@JackMcCabeFL-USAthe person who wrote the rules of baseball was a cricket player himself.
I don't think anyone has mentioned Sir Donald Bradman as yet.
Averaged 99.94 runs every time he went out to bat, the next closest great test batsmen average about 60. And these are legends of the game
His average would have been over 100 if he hadn't be bowled ouf for a duck on his last Test inning. He only needed 4 more runs.
Uh, "every time he went out to bat" isnt really right.
He averaged 99.94 every time he got out. You dont always get out each time you bat.
@@jamesahibbardhaha, pedantically accurate. I love it
Those stats are highly misleading tho. The bowlers during Bradman's time were nowhere near as fast as they are now, and he only ever played against England. He played just 52 matches and all of them against England. He didn't play any games in Africa, Caribbean or Asia. He's still probably the greatest player of all time, but the stats are very skewed
@@atharvadeshpande6907 You might want to check some of your statements. The Don did play most of his test against England (37/52), he also played against India (5), South Africa (5)and the West Indies(5). These matches were played over a 20 year period from 1928 to 1948 with matches suspended during WW2. Also the quality of bowlers isn’t all about pace. The ability of the bowlers to use the pitch condition, especially in the time before pitches were covered made it particularly harder for the batters. Not to mention England’s tactics during the Bodyline series in 1932-33. Their fast leg side theory aiming deliveries short and fast at batters bodies before helmets and other modern protection, leaving at least one player with a fractured skull. This was devised to limit Bradmans scoring and led to a change in the laws of cricket. Bradman was in a different class, it’s hard to compare him to modern players the game has evolved so much in the last 20 years let alone 70 years since he stopped playing.
Cricket balls are harder - when young I once broke my thumb catching one.
And I still carry around the pain of the broken thumb and big toe both right sided
And i have broken elbow ☠️😢
My fingers are out of shape due to so much catching
And with tennis ball
Eye got
Black ☠️
Broke my nose. The bowler bowled a beamer while I was checking my crease, I looked up and instantly received one on the nose. 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸
I have learned a bit baseball with some of my American friends but as an Indian I grew up with cricket.
So, from my perspective, I found the core rules and mechanics of cricket to be much more simple and intuitive. That doesn't mean cricket has no complexity.
The complexity comes as you go deep while baseball, it starts straight from the beginning
@00kaustav your comment shows that you have never actually played or even watched high level cricket. Baseball is way way simpler at every aspect than cricket.
@@vivekiyer9062 oh no. I have been watching baseball for two years. Still confusing
@@vivekiyer9062 Disagree. Even @jomboy who covers baseball and makes videos and recently started watching cricket has said that the basic gameplay is much simpler in cricket than baseball.
Cricket is way easier to start playing, because the basic rules are really simple to explain. Once you explain LBW all of the rules are really simple to understand. It’s once the gameplay starts that the actual strategy gets complicated. There are usually many more options on what to do at any given moment in Cricket than in Baseball.
Currently Top national teams in Cricket is India, England and Australia. In 70s and in 80s West Indies was the top team.
Eden Gardens, Lords and Melbourne Cricket Ground are the famous fields for this sport.
Sachin Tendulkar is called The G.O.A.T. , Sir Donald Bradman is the Famous Legendary Batsman Of all time, Shane Warne _ Muthaya Murlitharan_ James Anderson _ Wasim Akram are legendary Bowlers, Jaques Kallis_ Kapil Dev are legendary all Rounders, Ricky Pointing is the most successful Captain till now across the Formats.
Test Cricket is the real game, main Format and it's the Hardest, toughest Format to perform. Test cricketers need patience alongside skills and talents to perform with fitness.
Indian Premier League is the most viewed League.
Cricket rules are easy to understand but it is more strategy game. Longer the game more strategic it is. Test cricket being the most strategic.
No rules: Laws!
I think that cricket is harder than baseball because once I searched about baseball, it wasn't that hard. Whereas cricket is more dangerous and that is obvious, just search the Phill Huges and Sean Abbott incident(the saddest incident!)IDK any kind of ball type in baseball but cricket... hummmmmmm has a bouncer delivery which is horrifying and the beamer is illegal! That all I want to say 👍
@@IGE656 yeah it is way more complicated, this guy has barely scratched the surface on cricket, wake me up when he explains why bowlers run down the wicket on their follow through and why they are warned not to or why one or two players will start if it has been raining and the wicket is green and a different one or two if it is hot and dry. Did he even explain LBW's? Can the batsman be out if it hits him outside leg? Of course a yes and no answer so he would have to explain that too. So many little things in cricket that even people that follow the game for a long time might not know.
I still couldn't figure out how the fuck they score runs and keep the strike rotating , why batter must retire after home run ... It's way too complicated on the other hand cricket is very logical . .... Playing chess with physical skills ....
@@garrymcdonald5456Damn it! Baseball guys don't even understand the main laws of cricket 😂🗿
Unlike most games, in Cricket captaincy is not just an honour, the captain has to make many important decisions, so they have to have a good cricket brain. Which bowler to use, fielding positions, whether to bat first or second, when to declare an innings closed, and others. Captains often seem to get declarations wrong!
...and constantly make adjustments on the fly
It's no joke when people say the captain of the Australian cricket team is the second most important person in the country.
And being able to read the pitch’s behavior throughout the 5 days of the match, when to take the new balls, when to change the bowling, who to bring from which end..😊
@@aussiegoonerno way that's true, cricket isn't that popular in Australia for captain to be called like that, or is it? I thought cricket was dying in Australia Eng and New Zealand
@@Playerone1287 cricket ain't dying in those countries, although the second most important position statement might be a hyperbole.
One big point, which i believe is effectively the biggest differentiator between cricket and baseball, and the one which makes cricket so much unpredictable and interesting is the simple fact that you bounce the ball on the ground.
What does this do? It brings a whole set of factors into play adding to the unpredictability and challenges. And this is linked to why we don't arbitrarily replace the ball in cricket with a new one. It is also linked to why we have 2 main types of bowlers - fast bowlers and spin bowlers.
You see, every country has a different type of soil, and every ground in the country has a different type of soil. pitch made from different type of soil, behaves differently and you need to groom different skills over the years to exploit this. Now due to this, the local players are groomed specifically to exploit these advantages to make the life of batsmen difficult - on these local conditions. So it's difficult for foreign players who were groomed with different set of skills (needed to bat on their pitches) to perform well on these pitches. This means the team need to select players (both batsmen and bowlers) who perform well in those unfamiliar pitches. Even then each ground pitch for the day is curated and made differently for the day, and both the teams need to carefully select the playing 11 on that particular day and ground based on that particular pitch. E.g. If a pitch is flat, smooth and shiny, it will not play too many games with the batsman and they can trust the bounce and deviation as it will be predictable, so you can expect a high score. If the pitch had greenery, it will help fast bowlers more, so expect a low score, select good batsmen to play. If the pitch is rough, it will help spinners as the ball will grip and deviate more. So you will have to select more spinners to play the game. The moisture in pitch, atmospheric conditions, sunny vs overcast, whether it rained before match and how the pitch curator created the pitch all play their part in how the pitch will behave and the ball will deviate in air and after the bounce. The toss also plays a big role as the winner of toss can decide whether to bat first or bowl, since the pitch behaves differently in first innings of 4 hours vs second, more so if it's a day and night match.
The other aspect is the in game deterioration of the ball and the pitch - reason why the ball isn't casually replaced with a new one. At the start of the innings, a brand new shiny ball is used, it swings in air and has a good bounce. This is advantageous to fast bowlers and they often get wickets in bunches. The batting team's innings can collapse, simply due to this. So you need to have specialist batsmen to handle this - called as openers. Once the ball bounces and is hit, it slowly deteriorates, and so does the pitch. The ball gets rough and starts gripping the ground this is where your spinners come into play, later in the game the spinners are able to deviate the ball after bounce and trick the batsman. Before the mid 2000s, in one day games, they used to change the ball if it deteriorated too much, usually this used to happen after 30-35 overs, so it was replaced by a similar ball. Later on i believe they mandated ball change after 35 overs and now 2 separate balls are used from either ends so they both get played for 25 overs each.
In a 5 day test match, the ball is changed after 80 overs iirc. This is an important moment in game as the change often triggers the fall of wickets as the deteriorated ball till the change wasn't swinging as much but was spinning and after the change it's suddenly now in the hands of fast bowlers swinging it. Also after 3 days the pitch deterioration makes it a minefield and is Christmas time for spinners. Expect low scores, wickets tumbling chaos in the batting side. E.g. currently there is world test championship final going on between India and Australia in England and today it's the 4th day. The pitch was green at start so both teams chose more fast bowlers, india even left their World no 1 bowler - R Ashwin out of playing 11, and went wih only 1 spinner. Now in day 3, the ball on the pitch was turning and helped the spinner get wickets. The Australians who have better skilled fast bowlers exploited the pitch more than indian fast bowlers, and india with only 1 spinner is struggling, and everyone is blaming the management for bad team selection.!!
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All this i believe simply doesn't exist in baseball, for the simple fact that the ball is never bounced on ground !!!😅😅
Phew, that was long, like a test match.🤣
A note on the new ball in Test matches. You're right that the ball can be replaced after 80 overs, but it is optional. Yes, most captains take the new ball as soon as its available, but if your spinners are having a particularly good time, why would you want to stop that?
@@mastertrams yes, that's true.
Well ! you forgot to mention the dew factor.
Only one side is polished, the other side is not, this is called swing bowling
@@vpvijayprakash3the fuckin dew factor.
This shit makes me so mad. It can change a pitch so deep into an innings that if you don't get wickets early, you're nearly at an advantage when chasing.
Connecting a couple different cricket points made here - the umpires having a box of game worn balls in case the ball goes missing, and the different types of bowlers. Here goes: a brand new cricket ball is a deadly weapon. At the start of an innings a new ball is given to the fielding team. It is shiny, the stitching is thick. The fast bowlers, the ones who full on run towards the crease, take advantage of this, getting the ball to break left or right by bouncing it right on the stitching (seam bowler) or by keeping one side shinier than the other, getting the ball to curve in the air (swing bowler). Deadly fast and moving unpredictably, the batting team need their best batsmen to 'open the batting' and face these deliveries. Then, as the inning goes on and the ball wears, those fast bowlers become less effective. This is where spin bowlers and other types of bowlers come into play. So, back to the first point: if the ball gets lost over the fence or whatever, the umpire does their best to pick a replacement that matches the wear on the ball so as not to give either team an easier or harder time than they were having with the previous ball.
The classic great of the game is Sir Donald Bradman (AUS). A legendary batsman who statistically scored nearly a hundred runs every time he batted. One player who did a lot to popularise the game for the modern age was W.G. Grace (ENG).
A classic innovator of the game is Colin Bland (A Rhodesian who played for South Africa); who practically invented a new, streamlined and aggressive way of fielding that is now the norm. He did this in the sixties.
Some of the most feared pace bowlers were Dennis Lillee (AUS), Alan Donald (SAF) and Glen McGrath(AUS). In the 80's the West Indies had a four man pace attack that was absolutely feared on the pitch. Chief among them was Michael Holding. A man so fast and skilled he had the nickname 'Whispering Death'.
When cricket fans talk of great spin bowlers, Shane Warne(AUS) is probably the most common name brought up. For good reason.
Batting greats in the more recent game are names like Brian Lara (WI) and Sachin Tendulkar (IND).
Any talk about great all rounders (players in their side for both batting and bowling) has to include Jacques Kallis (SAF). Historically you can look at names such as Ian Botham (ENG), Richard Hadlee (NZ) and Imran Kahn (PAK).
There have been many great keepers over the years, but my personal favorite is Rod Marsh (AUS). He played the game with a great deal of skill and athleticism.
Influential captains in terms of their innovation and skill in the art of captaincy are people like Douglas Jardine (ENG), Stephen Fleming (NZ) and Ricky Ponting (AUS).
Debbie Hockley (NZ) is a pioneer of the modern women's game. She is currently the president of New Zealand Cricket.
That's a small snapshot of great players throughout the history of the game. I've left out current players because there are many who are right up there and worthy of a mention. Too many to name.
I am British but I am in awe of some of greats from afar. One man, though, put everything into perspective. Keith Miller, an Australian all rounder meaning that he was skilled at all aspects of the game, and who was a RAAF pilot in WW2, was once asked how he coped with the pressure in cricket. His response is legendary: ""Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not".
He was a legitimate legend
And very handsome 😊
The line cracked me up real good 😂😂
eith Millerwasonceaskedhow difficult wastest cricket and was he ever worried He replied thus" I was worried when I had a Bf109 up my arse. This cricket is a breeze"
In cricket, you strategize around the wear on the ball. In beginning of the innings, its a new ball, but near the end it is not. So you select your bowlers and bowling style accordingly. This is why selecting the ball with the same wear is so important. Duckworth Lewis is a statistical method based on past game data and is patented by a company. You have use only that company's software. But it is not some arbitrary method, it is statistically sound.
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in short is a formula originally made by two men and then modified by the third named person. Based on previously existing data It takes into account how many resources you have (balls left, wickets left) and runs still needed to get, bearing in mind that teams might play more aggressively at certain points in the game and it is easier to pace yourself with how risky you need to play when you know what the target score is. This creates a 'par' score for any given game state, that is the score you should be on at that moment in time in order to exactly just about win, so that it can be estimated whether the chasing team is above par and winning, or not.
Is the same logic used for that win prediction we see in broadcasting? Would a team with 50% chance of winning also mean that it is on par score as per Duckworth-Lewis?
@@nikhilreddy8550 I don't know if it is the exact same one but it would make sense if it was.
@@nikhilreddy8550 no its not, duckworth lewis adjusts the target score when overs are lost in a match, resulting in the 2 teams playing a different number of overs. In a game with an equal number of overs you know your target and you know the run rate you need because you are playing the same number of overs as your opponent.
the win predictor is simply a statistical model based on a dataset of match results, which factors in aspects of the match like the pitch, weather, etc, but it does not factor in the game state or the players in any way. it assumes both teams are perfectly average.
@@thejesusaurus6573 Doesn't take pitch, weather etc., into consideration, just first innings score, and team 2 wickets lost and balls remaining.
The major difference that nobody seems to explain ever is that the pitcher in cricket called the bowler cause you aren't allowed to bend your elbow while throwing the ball. Your elbow needs to be straight and you need to gather pace from your run up.
Not exactly, you can bend your elbow but very little, a maximum of 15 degrees.
@@montysaini8602 that's for spinners
@@anshumanabhishek5177 well sir, I'm not here to argue. Last I checked spinners are bowlers. I wrote this comment since this is an cricket explanatory video and you seem to be teaching something to newbies i don't want them to learn anything wrong. You said that bowlers aren't allowed to bend elbows which is untrue, there are restrictions on degree of bend but bending is allowed. Even if a fast bowler for some reason decides to bend his elbow within allowed limits, his action is completely legal.
@@montysaini8602 first of all the point I wanted to make was that throwing was different than bowling. That's disregarding the effort people put to learn round arm. But you wanted to nitpick and missed to say for spinners the rule different which also was implemented after 2000s because of Muralitharan saga. If you want to go into details then be thorough.
no. this is absolutely false. this theory ONLY exists for those people (usually Indians/Pakis) who -
1. Are unfamiliar with history.
2. Only think of the words Pitching (and Bowling) in a comparative Baseball v Cricket sense, and not in and of themselves in the English language.
Bowling in Cricket comes from the times when it used to be UNDERARM... Bowling, like the sport of Bowls/Bowling. "Pitching" in English also means to throw. Todays overarm 'bowling', while more complex than the word 'pitch' implies, is still more close to the meaning of the word Pitching, than to the original meaning of the word 'Bowling'.
If cricket were invented in its current form, the chances the term would be called Pitching is much higher than the word Bowling.
Being an Indian where Cricket is everything while growing up, Baseball seemed quite confusing at first... But now I know both sports and I even watch Baseball which is very uncommon in our country
I used to watch live MLB games early in the morning while getting ready for school. I had rudimentary knowledge of the game but I found the whole atmosphere fascinating and the superior telecast was pleasing on the eye.
I had this habit of watching unfamiliar sports and try to make sense of what is happening.
One thing not mentioned in these videos is that there are a lot more fielding positions than there are fielders in cricket (e.g. long off, long on, point, cover, extra cover, deep cover, square leg, mid-off, silly mid-off, mid-on, silly mid-on, long leg, fine leg, mid-wicket, deep mid-wicket, third man and many more. It is the responsibility of the captain of the fielding side to determine where to place his or her fielders, based on prior knowledge of the bowler and batter. A slight change in fielding positions may indicate a change in bowling style or in the batter’s batting style.
Batters have defined types of shots. Off the front foot: cover drive, straight drive, square drive, sweep, reverse sweep, forward defence, front foot leg glance. Off the back foot: Back foot drive, back foot defence, pull hook, square cut, back foot leg glance. Miscellaneous: slog sweep, uppercut, switch hit.
Bro just described 10% of cricket 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi, as a Brit and brought up in a cricket culture may I say thanks for the respect for the game you have in these videos. I know only the basics about baseball so if you plan to do a "Explaining baseball for cricket fans" I'll look forward to it!
I'd like to add a comment, though, about tactics involving the physics of the ball itself (it's possible it's been mentioned before).
You noted that the stitching of the cricket ball is equatorial rather than the looping stitch of the baseball. This has an aerodynamic effect.
At the start, the ball will be shiny on both hemispheres, but as the game proceeds it will become scuffed. The bowling side is allowed to "polish" the ball, but can use only clothing (you may see the bowlers rubbing the ball on their trousers) and sweat - you'll often see them rubbing their forehead and then the ball. (They used to be able to use saliva but that was banned.)
You can't use Mr Sheen or anything like that!
The point is, the bowlers will polish one side while letting the other side scuff naturally. After a few overs there will be a definite difference in drag on the two sides, resulting in the possibility of extra swing for the fast bowlers.
Eventually even the shiny side will deteriorate, of course.
I should also mention that the bowlers aren't allowed to enhance the deterioration of the other side. There was a scandal a few years ago, when the Aussies used a piece of sandpaper to scuff the ball. Two of their players were suspended from international cricket for a year.
A difference which stumped me whilst first playing baseball, after 14 yrs at school playing cricket, was that one doesn't carry one's bat while running bases. This took me ages to remember. As for which is the more complicated, I think one-day and T20 cricket are simpler, but first-class and test cricket are technically far more demanding, especially in terms of match strategy determined by the captains.
what exactly is first class cricket?
@@thedisabledwelshman9266 First class cricket is a cricket match that has no end until everyone on the batting team gets out, on each team.
Test matches go over 5 days with bowling overs of 6 balls each, with 4 innings for each team.
First class cricket has no bowling overs, and no innings.
Those matches go over 7 days, minimum, depending on how good both teams are at playing. These matches are very rare, because of the game structure, and noone can afford to host them.
All Test Matches are First Class cricket games which have 5 days and are played between international teams. Domestic First Class games can have 3 or 4 days as well.
These games have 2 innings a side.
@Cricket Explained Test Matches are a subset of First Class matches.
Ranji Trophy and others are Domestic First Class cricket matches.
Test matches are International First Class matches between Test Nations.
@@Dumpy332 My grandfather used to play a form of cricket that predated the bowling overs and innings precisely as I described.
In fact, he gained an achievement over the final season in that form that still stands, because the Test Cricket format was introduced the following season. An achievement that he said would have been beaten the very next match if that form had continued.
I think that cricket is very subtle and intricate. Something like pitch preparation is known only really in depth by the groundstaff who prepare them. Yet it plays a huge role.Different countries have different pitch characteristics. The pitch and outfield also plays a role in determining how long the shine on the ball lasts and hence the bowling strategies and team selection.
Then there's something like wind direction and altitude. On the same pitch, a certain win direction makes batting easier and the opposite wind makes batting much tougher. The humidity and cloud cover make a big difference as well.
Catches are dropped in cricket since the fielders do not wear gloves and the best slip fielding teams(catching fielders next to rhe wicketkeeper ) have around an 80%, success rate.
The ball plays a big role. The ball in England swings more than the one in Australia for instance.Some balls scuff more easily and might ",reverse swing" as the match develops.
There's also the issue of wear and tear on the pitch in longer versions of the game as batting tends to get progressively tougher.
All these things make cricket really unique and very differemt from any other sport.
The current world champions in the three formats of cricket are:
T20: England
ODI: England
Test Match: New Zealand
However, the final of the World Test Championship is currently underway in London between India and Australia. ( now in its third day of five) . Australia are favourites to win and are currently on top in the contest.
Historically all of the main Cricket playing nations have had their time in the sun. These are Australia, England, India and the West Indies. Pakistan and New Zealand have also had their moments.
South Africa has to easily be one of the best teams to ever play the sport of cricket to never win any major trophy. The amount of heartbreak I've had to endure over the last 30 years..
Australia won the finals
@@prabhureubenthomas6052 yea, sadly all the Indian cricketers don't care about playing international cricket, while the Indian cricketers were busy playing IPL, Most Australians were working on their test matches
Cricket is dying in the west Indies unfortunately
@@SimuLord both, football especially
Funny how when a baseball player fields the ball with their bare hand it’s the most magnificent thing the announcer has ever seen, but for cricketers it’s completely normal
To be fair just about every time a baseball player does it it's the equivalent of a 1 handed reflex catch or diving catch. We marvel at cricketers doing that too.
@@espressogirl68able Yap session
One of the biggest differences that nobody seems to mention is the approach to the game. Typically in baseball very few runs are scored versus the amount of outs. Whereas in cricket far more runs are scored versus the amount of outs. In baseball you are swinging for the fences or maybe trying to get the ball far enough away from certain bases to allow runners to make their ground, with little regard for whether you are getting out or not. You'll come back in a later innings and try again.
Whereas in cricket, depending on the format, you only get one chance as a batter. If you get out, you are out. While a batsman is typically looking to score runs, it does not have to happen every ball. The emphasis on protecting your wicket/not getting out is far more important in cricket
Exactly well done and thank you for your time👏
I've played and watched a great deal of both games. It depends how you want to define complicated. Baseball rules are much more convoluted and that impacts on many things a player might need to do in the field. Batting in cricket is more technical and therefore perhaps you would say more complicated in that way. It involves reacting to the variables of velocity and movement through the air much like baseball but adds in things like variability in bounce and movement off the pitch as well. So you really need to be technically sound to have success or prevent yourself from eating leather.
Well put!
". Baseball rules are much more convoluted and that impacts on many things a player might need to do in the field" can you give an example
@@garrymcdonald5456 in baseball the ball is nearly always in play. batters can nearly always run when the ball is all sorts of weird places and are forced to run on a hit.
They can run after a catch is taken but if they run before they have to go back and then run again if they wish.
The ways they get run out varies a lot depending on which base had players on it and where they're running to.
The extended use of just one ball as it continues to wear plays a very sophisticated role in some bowlers' techniques as they let one side of the seam stay dirty and get rougher whilst furiously polishing the other side, trying to maintain a shine. After a while, and taking into account the bowler's skill, the ball's flight through the air will be affected causing it to swing more in the air and off the pitch. You will find bowlers hiding how they are holding the ball as they run up so that the batsman cannot see and can get less insight into how the ball will behave. I don't know if it applies in baseball but the declaration is interestng too 🙂
yeah, much more subtle and strategic than most people would think.
The care taken to manipulate a ball to act differently as an innings progresses cannot be understated either
yeah Jasprit Bumrah + Lasith Malinga always looks like they're about to throw the ball directly to to 3rd slip, but then they get it really on-target with all sorts of crazy angles. It's amazing to see [el'sda2].
the way the balls get old is a key part of the game. the ball travels differently through the air, bounces different, spins (gribs the pitch) differently.
also. the duckworth lewis system determines then winner based on a mix of how many runs have been score, how many wickets have been taken (ie how many batsmen are available to still bat), how many overs have been bowled (because more runs are scored when there are fewer overs left and you are less worried about your batsmen being all out before the overs have been used up).
Standing there for hours in blazing sun facing a rock hard ball coming at you at over a hundred miles an hour from someone who wants to hurt you. No contest.
And also saying that Cricket ballers ball at the speed 95 miles per hr/ 145 km per hour and the spin bowlers bowl pretty slow realtively around 90 km per hour but spin the bowl after it bounces which is art in it's true manner. Even while fielding close to the batsman, people have a reaction time of around 1 second to catch a much harder ball. And the stump out you saw in ur previous video, the world record for it is 0.2 seconds by an Indian Legend, MS Dhoni.
3:50 One other aspect about a cricket ball in play of a cricket match, is that as it get older within a game, it becomes an effective weapon in the hands of a skilled bowler.. A skillful bowler can make it reverse-swing.. Or make it swing late, as it hurtles towards the batsmen.. So, the ball gets scuffed on the one side and smooth on the other.. It is therefore necessary for the spectators to return the ball to the fielding side after a six had been hit...
Normally in Cricket, pacer that can swing (move ball in air) and/or seamer (movement of ball after pitching in ground) starts early with new ball, followed by spinner (off and leg) along with medium pacers , followed by pacer to finish.
Ive caught a cricket ball while playing cricket. With a ball made from leather cork rubber and having a wooden centre to it a cricket ball is increadibly hard especially when traveling at soeed. A cricket ball really hurts when caught wring. The idea is to judge the speed of the ball and then move your hands towards your chest at roughly the same speed thus causing less pain in the players hands but believe me it still hurts a lot.
A massive difference between Baseball andCricket is the fact that baseball was a spin off of the traditional Girls school physical Education game Rounders where as Cricket is a organised championship game in the uk
In Britain baseball/rounders are basically just different names for the same game which was recorded back in the 1600's during Elizabeth's reign and probably goes back further, it was played by both girls and boys and men and women, a Prince of Wales is recorded in a team list of players in a game in the 17'00s. The British colonists took the games with to the Americas the first recorded match was in the 1800's in Canada with the first recorded match in the USA about 10 years later.
also, In Cricket the ball varies based on the format. So that influences the flow of games between the different formats quite significantly as well.
@@shubhamsinghstar123 and some countries use different brands of balls as well, think the Kookaburra vs the Duke
I love your cricket videos. There's something truly touching about watching an American discover civilisation.
Just kidding! These vids are terrific because I love the comparisons between the two sports. Long ago, my dad's work took us to America for a few years when I was little, so I was exposed to baseball for a while (and have loved it ever since). When we eventually moved back to the UK, I took up cricket and became pretty good at it.
They're both wonderful sports (to play and watch!).
Is cricket harder than baseball.. Simple answer.. Yes.
One thing about cricket that gets forgotten is the psychological aspect. The two batters are in the middle of the field surrounded by the other team, totally out numbered. It can be an intimidating place to be and when things start to go wrong they can go down hill quickly. Sledging as it is known in cricket (which is the fielders winding the batters up, mocking them etc) can be a big part of the game.
Whst always freaked me out was when a slower spin bowler is trying to tske me out, all the field player automatically moved closer and felt like i was being caged in and usually lost. The reason they came closer is cause a SPIN bowler can bowl so well take when you hit the ball it might spin or touch the edge of the bat and a nearby fielder can then catch it.
Fun fact: there was an Australian national baseball team which toured America in the late 19th century whose players were noted for not wearing gloves, like cricketers.
That's because baseballs are softer.
Cricket balls are hard leather with lacquer on them.
The wear and tear on the ball is an important factor - as the ball loses that hard shiny coat it becomes harder for the pace bowlers to bowl at their fastest pace, which can even exceed 100 miles per hour.
But as the ball gets more scuffed up it is more prone to being able to swing in the air. This is called swing bowling, and bowlers will attempt to polish one side of the ball but not the other. Many of the swing bowlers bowl in the 85-95 mph zone. The rough side versus the smooth side generates movement, much like the shape of an aeroplane's wing generates lift. This can make the ball curve significantly in flight, making it harder for the batsman to defend against, and harder for them to get a clean strike of the ball, meaning more likelihood of being caught out from a mishit.
As it wears further, particularly on the seam of the ball, it will deviate from when it hits the pitch much more. This will aid the moderately fast bowlers (usually around 80 miles per hour) known as seamers who use the differences in the movement when the seam of the ball hits the ground to cause sudden movement. Greater roughness of the ball in general also helps spin bowlers (slowest bowlers, often only around 60 miles per hour) both with increased spin off the pitch but also other flight dynamics changes mid air.
Bowling faster often has a substantial detraction to a spin bowler's craft.
Thus keeping an older ball in play longer gives different advantages to different types of bowlers, and different types of batsmen as well. Most teams have at least 4, but usually 5 bowlers in their lineup, and a few players who are not full time bowlers but still capable bowling players.
It isn't just about not being wasteful.
Different balls are chosen by the host nations as well, which creates different wearing characteristics, aiding certain types of bowling.
In test match cricket it is normal for a new ball to be available after 80 overs, although the bowling team if it is getting more advantage out of the old ball can continue to use it beyond this point.
Cricket is absolutely more difficult and I would argue it isn't even close.
Baseball has much less factors involved. Every pitch and ground in cricket is different. The ball moves differently and you will have shorter/longer boundaries. Also got to add in the fact with cricket you had so many more ways of getting out. LBW, Run Out, Caught, Bowled, Stumped and others. As the game goes on the ball reacts different and so does the pitch so you need to keep adjusting the technique used.
A test match is absolutely the hardest aspect of the game and nothing in baseball can even come close to how difficult a Test match is.
And your experience of playing/watching baseball is what? We can all smell the bullshit even over the internet.
The pitch has a great bearing on the cricket game. In combination with humidity and temperature. Whether the ball swings in the air or seams off the pitch. Similar with spin bowlers - whether the ball dips and drifts in the air, grips and spins. Side spin and top spin have differing effects. Spin can be off spin, or finger spin, or orthodox - spin into a right hand batter from a right hand bowler. The opposite is leg spin, or wrist spin - spin away from a right hand batter from a right hand bowler. However leg spinners have the wrong 'un that spins the other way, and the flipper that uses top spin to dip in the air and speed up after bounce, hopefully go straight and trap the batter LBW. Fast bowlers can swing the ball in, or out, or cut/ seam in or out. They can bowl short (aim for head), good length (aim for top of stump) or full (yorker, sandshoe crusher). They generally bowl tight to the off stump, or on the stumps, sometimes tight down legside hoping for a catch.
Exhibit A, cwc 2023
I agree, cricket is the easier game for a beginner to pick up and play but I feel that cricket has more depth in strategy due to the nature of using the same ball as long as possible (which slightly affects different aspects), being able to bounce the ball (which affects the type of deliveries and fielding), and also the environment (dew, heat, wind, rain, pitch dimensions, etc. which all affect things)
That plus the game lasts longer in the ODIs and Test formats, so there’s more time for different strategies to play out an allow for punches and counter punches over the whole course of the day.
In cricket the baller isn’t allowed to bend their elbows. That can be a bit of a learning curve. Something not mentioned in the video.
with cricket it is the pitch that changes, in test cricket (5 day marathons) it changes so much and it comes down to the team that deals with the changing conditions the best... you dont get those flutuations in baseball,
first session will bring the quick bowlers in, they fire bullets at over 100 miles an hr. then cracks will start to appear in the wicket (the ball needs to bounce before being hit, the bounce is deremined by the bowler and how the wicket is), and as the ball gets older and softer they will bowl spinners (its more compicated than that but basic cricket 101)
its a great game, but i understand its had to get into unless you are indian/australian/english
It has probably been said by someone, but the interesting thing about the ball is that there is deliberate advantages in the deterioration of the ball.
The ball is worked on (especially in longer forms of the game - and hopefully not illegally to Australia’s shame) to develop a shiny and a rough side. This will help as the ball deteriorates to improve swing, reverse swing and to make the ball more difficult to play.
So, especially in test matches, the ball deteriorating becomes to the fielding team’s advantage
Pitches in cricket can shape the entire flow of the game, even the tactical approach from both sides in basically every format (especially first class). Truly fascinating stuff.
If you want to watch the highest form of cricket, test cricket the oldest test match starts on June 16th, The Ashes. This test match between England and Australia is 150 years old. The Ashes refers to the bails which were burned and placed in a small urn by a child. She gave the urn to the English players when they traveled to Australia for the rematch. Telling themto bring home the Ashes with a victory. This urn is thus handed over to the victor.
Two videos in and still not a word about the kind of pitches. It is the greatest deciding factor in cricket
I also want to add, there is a way to get out without scoring and facing a ball, called a "diamond duck" where the batter before you gets out at the bowlers end or crossing after getting caught. You come out at the bowlers end and you get run out without facing a ball, which is why it's called a "diamond" duck a "golden" duck is when you get out on the first ball that you face without scoring and a "duck" is if you get out without scoring a run.
I have never seen a diamond duck in cricket i never knew it something like that was there but I saw many golden ducks
@@HunTeR93141 I recently saw it (in 2023) but don't remember which game it was
I think the way to describe it is that cricket has more nuance to it. So it is simple to learn it at a casual level but the higher you go the deeper you get. Things like field placement of the fielders being a very important part of the bowling side's decisions.
In cricket, the ball is not replaced during the course of the game, and its behavior varies depending on its age and condition.
New Ball: At the start of the game, a new ball is used. During this phase, the ball tends to swing more in the air. The swing can be either conventional swing, where the ball moves in the direction of the shiny side due to differential air pressure, or reverse swing, where the ball moves opposite to the shiny side due to the wear and tear on the rough side. The condition of the ball and the skills of the bowlers play a crucial role in achieving swing.
Middle Overs: As the game progresses and the ball gets older, it loses its shine and hardness. During the middle overs, the ball generally does not swing as much as it did when it was new. The bowlers rely more on variations in pace, spin, and seam movement to deceive the batsmen and take wickets. The ball may start to scuff up and accumulate some wear and tear, making it difficult to generate significant swing.
End Overs: Towards the end of an innings, especially in limited-overs formats like One Day Internationals (ODIs) or Twenty20 (T20) matches, the ball can exhibit reverse swing. The deterioration of the ball's surface, combined with the roughness on one side, allows the bowlers to generate movement in the opposite direction to the shiny side. This reverse swing can be challenging for batsmen to deal with as it can lead to unexpected changes in direction.
It's important to note that the decision to replace the ball in cricket is typically made when it becomes excessively damaged, loses its shape, or is no longer fit for play. Umpires closely monitor the condition of the ball and may opt for a replacement if necessary. However, in general, the ball is not replaced during the game to maintain consistency and preserve the challenges posed by its changing behavior.
In Test cricket, the ball IS (or can be- it's not compulsory) replaced every 80 overs, in an innings.
Many of these videos overlook the highest form of cricket in favour of the pyjama game.(Which is good fun in its own right, I suppose).
Australia recently won World test Championship. Where top ten ranked test player countries take part.
This tournament continues for 2 years.
The Final was between India and Australia.
You don't need to know about about the mathamatics or those formulas, it happens rarely. Just enjoy the normal play and understand those things later as you get to know cricket.
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Thank goodness! Still impressive to see haha
There are some interesting strategies involving the two batters runscoring in cricket.
If there is one batter who is better than the other(or at least more effective than the bowler currently engaging), they can choose to run if they make it back to their starting positions, scoring two runs. This ensures the better one faces the next delivery. If skillful enough they can choose to score runs using boundaries alone.
In the last delivery of each over the better batter would score one run as the positions of batters are reversed following each over. The batting reversal might sound confusing but the ball bouncing at around the same region of the pitch all the time can damage the soil.
Run outs are determined by the distance of the two batters from the wickets which have been hit with the ball by the fielder. The batter who is closer of the two will be given out.
This leads to situations where if the more skillful batter is at jeopardy the other one can run towards them so the two can cross each other before the wicket is taken. Leading to the less skilfull one getting out in a sacrificial attempt.
Played Cricket for 35 years and Baseball for 20.
If you take out all the signals etc & just talk about the actual skills part at an entry level, Baseball is way easier to learn. You only have to hit one direction, the ball doesn't bounce & every fielder gets to wear a glove.
However add in all the signals & tactics for every ball, then it becomes complex. Cricket has tactics to a certain extent, but it's more a tactic employed over a long period. I am purely talking about the amateur level.
Just wanna give my 2cents with the glove thing. The exit velocities in baseball are MUCH higher, where a glove is frequently NEEDED to prevent broken bones, in cricket i rarely see the line drives we see in baseball, iv seen a few, but overall, baseballs are hit much harder, in general.
@@donny_clevOH42o like I said mate, I was talking about amateur level & what is easier to learn. When you get the elite level, a baseball hitting velocity on average is slightly higher, but negated by the fact that a cricket ball is heavier & harder. I can assure you that a cricket ball would hurt much more if the 2 balls were hit at the same speed. As for seeing "line drives", I guess you haven't watched enough cricket to see them.
@@mervstash3692 lol oops i didnt mean that in a way to start an argument or bash cricket. And i think you missed some of what i wrote, when i mentioned the weight and velocities, i was taking that into account, baseballs are a tad softer, but when hit at extreme high velocities which happen many times in a game, is different from the AVERAGE cricket hit which comes off the bat slower, but yes the ball is harder so its gonna hurt. And when i say line drives, i mean lasers, iv seen several extremely hard hit balls i was hella impressed with these dudes snagging it, but they are not as common and not as fast, both fast though. And when it comes to amateur baseball, mostly metal bats are used, and even little league the exit velocity can get near 100mph, and in the majors, up to 120mph coming off the bat. Again this isnt a competition against baseball and cricket, just noting differences. If cricket was hitting the ball at 120+mph with a cricket ball, would be a whole other story. It hurts even with a baseball glove, if you catch it toward the palm with the glove. Id imagine, even at a tad lower speeds, cricket balls hurt like crazy at times.
Batting harder in Baseball, although cricket is more of a focus over a long time and more physical bravery as you get hit pretty regularly.
Bowling harder than pitching, you need to think your opponent out a bit more. Also bigger workload.
Fielding a bit harder in cricket especially in slips and you probably field more balls over a day if you're in front of the wicket.
Only being allowed to hit in one direction makes it harder - I fouled every ball I hit when I did softball for 6 weeks at school aged 15, and probably about 60% of the hits made by my class were fouls (and mostly by small margins of less than 10 degrees) - it was so tedious to play due to the constant foul balls and we all complained, suggesting rounders (which we'd all played for years - including in that slot in previous years) would mean we got more exercise. But we were big boys now and needed to play the game with the big bat, big ball and big gloves instead of rounders.
Cricket balls are used for longer times because of the characteristics of the ball . As the ball gets older it starts to grip more with ground which makes it easier for spinners (slow bowlers) to spin the ball and fast bowlers to reverse swing.
Basic of cricket is easy
But if you consider the whole rules and techniques, skills requires it is very complicated
Very well said
The part of this video talking about 'Super Overs' in cricket, used footage from what is arguably one of the greatest 'One Day International (50 Over)' matches, ever.
It was the 2019 World Cup Final between England & New Zealand.
I think that’s a big difference between American sports, more so football and baseball, and European sports is that in the latter much more decision making is made by on-field players - there’s also less specialisation so you have much smaller rosters and much a smaller support / coaching staff
Cricket is not really an European sport. Only the UK plays cricket on the European continent.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 the Netherlands also plays cricket (and have featured in t20 world cups as well) and i have heard of a German team and Polish team playing, though not at as high a level as even the Netherlands. But do aggree it is not really a European sport when compared to Football, hockey, volleyball. The original poster is also correct in that most non-US centric sports tend to place more responsibility on the captains playing in the the teams, than on the manager on the sidelines. Though one could argue football is more of a 50/50 split between manager and captain.
@@stanedgie5910 I saw a game between Japan and Korea in cricket literally more Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Indians were on both teams than ethnic Koreans and Japanese. The few Japanese players were basically former baseball players who could no longer find a spot on a baseball team roster, so in thier mid-late 30s they are making a transition to cricket. The Korean team had even less native ethnic on their team, it seemed like similar case for Korea too.
I wonder if the Polish and German team is full of names like Rahjits, and Ahmeds. If you have a lot of Indian or Pakistani migrants in your country, your country just created a cricket team lol.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 the same with the US Cricket team, more players with indian, pakistani heritage in the team.
@@stanedgie5910 That is true as well. Only a few American born players all of them are either have Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Indian parents.
Not sure if someone’s already mentioned this but the cricket ball is a very important part of the game. If you shine one side of the ball and keep the other scuffed, it will create swing that aids the bowlers. However if the ball rips or becomes misshaped, the umpires will provide a replacement which is a used ball with roughly the same amount of wear.
The basics of cricket are pretty simple, but the complexities of, for instance, how a batsman can be out are bewildering. Even one form of getting the batsman out, leg before wicket will depend on where the ball bounces, what the batsman does and how far forward the batsman has come when it hits. At the highest level there are TV umpires who can help adjudicate but even this isn't always cut and dried, some marginal decisions remaining as (on field) umpires call, essentially sticking with whatever the original decision (out or not out) is. Each sport has its own complexity which can be infuriating to those new to the sport, and each has it's own variety. In cricket, the bowler is allowed to hit the batter, providing the ball has bounced or it hits below the waist, in baseball the pitcher cannot do this. In cricket, there is no doubt as to whether the batter is clean bowled, as there are bits of wood flying in all directions, in baseball there will always be arguments as to whether a strike has been fairly called. The complexities infuriate the new fan but are the things more avid fans love.
Also, Bowler actually is not allowed to intentionally hit the batter. Baseball if a hitter is hit he isnt automatically ejected unless its shown its intentional. Cricket most hit are done really low, while baseball is much higher.
@@wilkesmcdermid7906 well, bouncers that are below the shoulder and head are perfectly legal, and is seen as an intimidation tool by the bowlers. Yes, full tosses above the waist are not allowed, though only really get a no ball one run penalty, initially, though repeated use can lead to warnings/fines and eventual removal from the bowling lineup, but not from the game itself.
You can be caught in Cricket but not given out.
Both Sports are fantastic
I used to enjoy watching the occasional Baseball game but there is nothing like sitting on a villlage green on a summers day for 4-5 hours watching a game of Village cricket. Total relaxation.
Sadly I justt dont have the time anymore.
I'll preface this by saying I've never watched baseball before, I know the basic rules, appreciate the skill involved and enjoy those funky 'Best moment!' highlight, but I've never been compelled to watch a full game.
In terms of which is more complicated, with Cricket; I've played it at times throughout my life, but only occasionally as a laugh. I've been to a few test matches and 20twenties, and watched our local team at the local cricket team a lot as a child, and even did the scoring once! I think with cricket the basic understanding on how to play is easier to pick up and understand, but the depth of the rules, match types and little intricacies in the game are much deeper. It's not that it's hard to understand, just that there's A LOT to understand. From how bowlers use wear on the ball to their advantage to the states of the bowling surfaces, to even the rules. You'll see cricket on TV now and I have no idea what the rules are in relation to the incident, and just rely on the that index finger to tell me if the batsman is out or not.
I'm not sure whether that happens with Baseball at all as well, it's possible it does and they are both as deep and complicated as each other, but I've been casually interested in Cricket for over 30 years and still get stumped by things I'm not aware of sometimes.
That was the thing to me - the examples the person used for complexities in the game were situational nuances which I could think of equivalents in cricket. There is no baseball equivalent of the Duckworth-Lewis method!
At least initially though, I'd say baseball was much harder to adjudicate. The strike zone is an imaginary area above the plate between the height of the batter's knees and their shoulders, which is harder to see than when a wicket is hit. I'd also say it is hard to tell if a player is touched by a ball so maybe that justifies why cricket seems simpler to a novice perspective
Btw on the July 13 to 30 a cricket competition is scheduled in America
I think a clear sign cricket is simpler is how easy it is to play anywhere. It's played in the streets of India and on beaches in Australia. Just need a few sticks and a ball
As young kids we played cricket in the street with only one batsman and a wicket chalked upon a wall. The bowlers mark was a sweater on the ground and the ball used was a tennis ball but it provided the basics. We graduated to the proper game with a leather ball when we reached 8 years old under adult supervision at school.
Cricket is more easier for someone who is watching but more complicated for someone who is playing the game. In both videos he only covered more or less 70% of cricket.
It's not that you can hit the ball anywhere you can, a lot of technicality and decision making goes into that, as well as the bowler have to know where to place the ball, so that the batsman could only hit the ball in that direction only and either a fielder (opposition player) could catch it or save the ball from scoring a 4 or a 6. Similarly, a batsman has to find a loophole in order to score. First he has to identify which type of ball is it and where it is going to land after it bounces, then hit the ball with a specific region of the bat and from a specific position on the crease (one of the line on the pitch), so that the ball goes through a specific position through the field (like, silly point, fine leg, Mid-on, Mid-off, square leg, sleep, long on, long off, and many more) & there are numerous shots a batsman can play, of which every one of them has got a specific name like square cut, cover drive, etc. etc.
A technical batsman can score a 6 or a 4, just with a flick of a wrist without using much power, this type of play is more prevalent in the "Test" format.
There is many more things to know about cricket.
When he says you can hit it anywhere, he means the ball will be in play in whichever direction it is hit. There is no foul ball territory like in baseball.
@@loganleroy8622 i know what he meant to say. I just pointed out there's a lot more technicalities involved unlike baseball.
@@loganleroy8622 But there are 10 fielders all around and even if you hit it you might find a fielder and you're gone. At international level they will bowl to you in a way that will make you play certain shots and the field will be set accordingly.
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Of course, but that's also why you almost never see a 6 in a Test match. How many times do you see a batter score a boundary when they mess up? More often than times where you see them make them pay for it. The number of times I've seen a tail ender turn a thick edge into a boundary because the WK isn't ready is astounding. Not to mention the number of times a test match highlight will involve a dropped ball by the fielding team at 45 runs, only to see the batter make a century.
Miss-hits are not runs in baseball, they just become a foul ball and play resets. It is harder to bat in Baseball and it is harder to field in Cricket. Both sports are the exact opposite when considering which side has the advantage when it comes to batting and fielding.
The reason they keep a cricket ball in play is because as it ages it gets different behaviour. This can be feom the weather like moisture softening it for eg. Or the bowlers polishing the ball on one side. Polishing reduces the wear on one side of the ball effecting swing in the air, bounce on the ground or the ability to spin it. A new ball is hard all over and is fast and bounces quickly great for pace bowlers. Swing bowlers can make the most of it as it ages a bit and gets dull and softer on one side and when it's quite worn the spinners can make their magic now it has grippy texture.
Hey man love your videos. If you are gonna do more I'd suggest watching a montage of Shane Warne, the best spin bowler ever.
Shane Warne also has a couple of videos where he discusses the arcane art, of leg spin bowling. Generally he is a slower bowler, but his skill was devilish. The first short shots of spin bowling was Shane Warne. We may never see another like him. RIP Warnie.
The beauty of cricket is that you can play it anywhere, with however many players. You can modify the rules and even create new ones to suit your needs. 3 to 4 kids can play an enjoyable game of cricket with modified rules without the need of any umpire or anyone else. You don't even need any fancy gear. A bat and a ball will do. You can play with a tennis ball. Better yet put tape on it. That's the beauty of cricket and that's how we all grew up playing it. Have a standard-ish game if you have the bodies, play a modified version if you don't.
Consider reacting to Kabaddi rules and some hard bumps and escapes in that game it's so thrilling and exciting
Always be careful by what people mean when they say a sport is growing - if 100 people play a game, and then 5 more people join them, the game has grown, but it means nothing in a population of 320m! It has a chance though with about 7m people in US of a South Asian heritage, and maybe 13m of a Caribbean heritage, two populations who may have a cultural connection to the game.
The thinking behind the Duckworth-Lewis Method is that the run rate tends to vary at points in a one day game. If you have spare wickets in hand, you can play much more aggressively in the final overs for example, but say a team got 220 runs in their 50 overs, and rain interrupts the second innings causing 20 overs to be lost, if you just bring that score down to 3/5s to 132, that's an easier chase for the second team because they can gamble more knowing they could lose 8 wickets getting to that total. You'd have to find someone much more involved with the game to describe it in detail, but I hope I get the basic idea across.
As for what is more complicated, I'd say the Duckworth-Lewis Method puts Cricket ahead! I'm not a baseball fan beyond having watched a few world series games on TV as a kid, but all of his examples were very situational, and to me it sounds like he isn't familiar enough with cricket to know those equivalents. If you look at the massive variation in positions for the fielding teams for cricket for example, there is barely any equivalence in baseball. While he looked at baseball pitchers as openers, closers etc, he didn't bring up that you get something similar in cricket. You have opening bowlers, who are typically ones who bowl with outright speed. As the ball develops wear and tear, and the conditions of the pitch change, then you start to bring in other types of bowlers. Spin for example tends to be more effective later on as the rougher ball can grip more when it hits the parts of the pitch worn down by the feet of the batter. Some forms of swing bowling come about because the bowlers only shine up one side of the ball, so they need the game to have played for a bit. Bowlers are as situational, and even more specialised.
His part about knowing when to run feels very similar to cricket, particularly when you get to a situation where you want to control who is on strike in the next over. The batting line-up in cricket is mostly in order of quality, with the exception of the 3rd and maybe 4th batter being better than the top 2. This is because you want the best players to be around for as long as you can in the match, but you also may not want the best batter to face the new ball which can be harder to deal with. The openers are still very good players (they may be people who deal with fast bowling much better than spin for example), but generally the best batter comes in 3rd. What this can lead to though is some very odd partnerships between say a number 4 batter, and a number 9 batter (who is typically a bowler who is not very good with the bat), so you'll get situations across an over where the fielding team is inviting the better player to score a single so they can bowl at the weaker player, but then switch to defending the single in the last ball or two as the better player tries to get a single to be on strike when the bowlers change ends. Both sports have a lot of situational nuances, but it sounded like to me that he is just not as aware of the ones in cricket, maybe because some of it becomes much more prevalent in test matches.
Baseball may be a much harder sport to adjudicate. You can tell a wicket has been hit, but a strike zone is variable between players, and it's not easy to tell if a player has been touched. Even the LBW law seems easier to tell than a strike zone, and that only happens once in a while, not on every pitch. I'd say that was one reason why it'd be easier to explain to kid, at least the most basic atoms of play. The flipside though is that it's easier to read the situation in a baseball game from the score - you're typically looking at how many home runs a team needs to score, it doesn't feel as tense as watching a run rate required tick upwards or downwards.
If the idea of the players not using gloves excites you, I think the first videos you should check out are compilations of great catches! Then I'd maybe suggest looking for videos that break down the different types of cricket delivery. Did you say you were a tennis fan or player at one point? I highly recommend looking at videos of the great spin bowlers as you'll be familiar with that kind of surface interaction (and maybe have some sympathy for the batters on the other end!)
I once wanted to learn about baseball, i have watched some videos read about baseball and now I'm more confused than i was before 😂 only thing I learned about baseball is that only Americans and Japanese plays baseball seriously, so in a world championship only japan and usa will be playing finals every time
South Korea is also a pretty good baseball team xd
Thats not sure. Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, Cuba ect take baseball seriously.
I also tried to learn baseball through RUclips videos but it didn't help at all. So I played a mobile game called Baseball 9. I completely understood after 4-5 matches. Also it's easier than cricket and only takes 15-20 minutes for a game
It’s the USA, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and all of Latin America that takes baseball very seriously.
When I was in primary school we played 'cricket' at lunch time. We used the rubbish bins (trash cans) attached to the wall as a wicket, bowled tennis balls underarm and just swatted it with our hands rather than a bat. Super easy to understand for 7 year olds, a bare minimum of equipment, and a fun introduction to cricket-like games.
"Sachin Tendulkar" God of cricket
Michael Clarke and for, Steve Smith
@@johndowning5826 king Virat Kohli
Sachin is a god in India not here in Ireland.
@@hydra_gerOh ya now I remember ...Ireland have cricket team right 😂😂😂
Man now your a cricket master.
As someone who has no idea about baseball it looks like every ball(pitch) is about hitting the ball as far as possible whereas cricket has intricacies like defending and the very diverse range of shot. I do believe there probably is some variation in different hits but they are pretty similar and not as diverse as cricket.
I grew up playing tee-ball and baseball but am a cricket fan. I think one thing that wasn't mentioned was around fielding positions. Baseball has 9 players and 9 positions (pitcher, catcher, 1st, 2nd and 3rd base, centre, left and right field and short stop. Cricket has 11 players and with the exception of bowler and wicket keeper, no position is mandatory. A field is set based on the strategy required with the bowler. You could have 4 slips and 2 gullies or you could have none of those, you could have players in deep positions such as square leg, mid on or point, or you could have an aggressive field with bat pad, silly mid-on, etc. I think the names of the fielding positions, along with some of the bowling terminology (doosra, yorker or googly for the uninitiated?) are where people unfamiliar with the game get most confused.
I just thought I'd try to explain the different types of bowlers for you. For this, I'm gonna be referring to it in terms of a right-handed bowler and right-handed batsman as it is easier for directions. I'm going to go into detail about different types of bowlers, what and how they bowl, conditions that might affect it etc.
There are two main types of bowlers: Pace and Spin. These can also be divided into sub-categories as well.
Pace:
Pace bowlers focus (like in the name) on bowling quick. They bowl the ball quickly and rely mainly on pace to get the batsman out. Pace bowlers generally fit into two categories: Fast and Medium. This is based on how quick they bowl the ball. Fast Bowlers generally rely only on pure fast bowling. Whereas medium bowlers still bowl quick, but also focus on movement of the ball in the air (swing) and slight movement on the ground. Pace bowlers tend to bowl the ball while holding their fingers in line with the seam.
The different types of deliveries of pace bowlers:
-> Standard - A straight non-moving ball.
-> In swing - A ball that swings (moves in the air) towards the batsman (so from left to right). This often aims to bowl the batsman in between the bat and pad.
-> Out Swing - A ball that swings away from the batsman (so from right to left). This often aims to make the batsman edge the ball to the wicketkeeper.
-> Off Cutter - A ball that cuts (moves when it touches the ground - this is not as much as a spin bowler and only moves slightly, due to them focusing on pace) from left to right (towards the batsman).
-> Leg Cutter - A ball that cuts from right to left (away from the batsman).
-> Slower Ball - In the name. A disguised slower delivery that can cause the batsman to swing too early.
-> Reverse Swing - Usually, a ball swings from the shiny side towards the rough side. However, as a ball becomes very old (with one side being very worn compared to the otherside, due to the players working on the ball and shining one side), skilled bowlers can swing the ball he other direction which can lead to the batsman being confused.
-> Cross Seam - A bowler can bowl a cross seam delivery by holding the ball with their fingers along the smooth side instead of along the seam. This will make the ball either land on the smooth side (less friction so skids a bit) or on the seam (slows done and bounces up more due to friction), compared to just landing with the seam straight on.
-> Wobble Seam - I don't know how to bowl this but the bowler releases the ball so that the seam seems to "wobble" in the air going from side to side, which can cause unpredictability in the bounce.
-> Knuckleball - Similar to baseball, and similar to a slower ball, except is held with the knuckles.
These are all different types of deliveries a pace bowler can bowl. It takes lots of practice and skill to perfect each one of these, and most bowlers can only bowl a few. It also requires shining of the ball to swing it (where players will often wet one side of the ball with sweat and rub it on their clothes to shine/ polish it). What they decide to bowl can also depend on situation and what they want, what they've bowled previously etc.
Also, the ball can vary depending on where you pitch (bounce) the ball instead of what you do with it:
-> Bouncer/ Short Length - When the ball is bowled very short so bounces up high on the batsman and can catch them off guard and scare them sometimes (as having a piece flying at your head at high speeds can be scary, even with a helmet). This can also be smacked when seen early though as the batsman can go back and almost play a baseball shot at it.
-> Standard Length - This is typically the perfect length aimed for for most balls, as it is sort of the midpoint where the batsman doesn't know whether to go forward or back, and often can't hit big on it.
-> Full Length - This is usually bouncing the ball close to the batsman so that they come forward onto their front foot to play a shot, but not quite bouncing at their toes.
-> Yorker - This is when a ball bounces right at the toes of the batsman, and can be very hard to play as batsman have to get their bats right down to the ground.
-> Beamer/ Full toss - This is where the ball doesn't bounce at all. You typically do not want to do this, as if it is too high on the batsman, it is a no ball, and if it is lower than that without bouncing, it is very easy to smack.
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Spin:
Spin bowlers focus on spinning the ball when it touches the ground. They bowl the ball much slower, and make the ball turn a lot when it hits the ground. There are two types of spin bowlers: Wrist Spin and Finger Spin. Unlike pace bowlers with fast and medium, all spin bowlers don't bowl from the same arsenal. There tend to be specific deliveries to wrist spin and finger spin. Wrist spinners may also be referred to as leg spinners, and finger spinners as off spinners.
Being a leg spinner myself, I know much more about the ins and outs of spin. With spin, there are two factors to think about beforehand that I'll mention. The first is Pace. With a spin delivery, you aim to get the ball above the eyeline of the batsman so that it comes down quickly and turns in or away. If you bowl the ball too quickly, the ball will stay flat. This means it stays within the batters eyeline, so they can see it the entire way and judge it far better. If you bowl it too slowly however, firstly it'll be much more loopy. This will allow the batsman to get to the ball before it hits the ground and turns, or sit back and wait for it. It basically removes the effect of the spin. Also, bowling too slowly can mean the ball doesn't have as much power (revs) and wont turn as much. That's why the typical pro spin bowler bowls between 50 and 60mph. The second factor is pitch. If the ball pitches too full (close to the batsman), the batsman can get to the pitch and hit it before it spins. If it is too short, the batsman can sit back, wait for the spin and have plenty of time to play a shot. Therefore, unlike pace bowling, a spinner wants to pitch the ball in the perfect length every time to make the spin effective. What line they bowl the ball on though (how far left or right of the batsman), like in pace, is up to them and how they're spinning it.
Alright, now to the actual spin deliveries. I'm going to start with different types of wrist spin:
-> Leg Break - This is the stock delivery of a wrist spinner. They spin the ball from right to left, away from the batsman.
-> Googly/ Wrong-un - This is where the spinner moves their wrist more so that the ball comes out of the back of the hand instead of the front, and therefore spins the other way, towards the batsman.
-> Top Spin - This is where the bowler moves their wrist even more than a wrong-un, so that the ball doesn't just come out the back of the hand but is spinning over the top of the ball (top spin). This makes the ball often bounce more than expected and drop out the air quicker.
-> Flipper - Potentially the hardest ball to master, that results in the ball skidding along and not bouncing nearly as much as the batter expects.
-> Slider - This looks almost identical to a leg break, however instead of turning, it just goes straight on and can catch the batsman out.
Now, different types of finger spin deliveries:
Off Break - The Stock delivery of an off spinner, spinning the ball from left to right (towards the batsman). In wrist spin, the wrist is typically bent forward and flicked to get most the spin, which is why it has the name wrist spin. It also uses a bit of movement from the fingers coming around as well though. In finger spin however, the ball is bowled with the wrist bent backwards, and while it does come forward slightly, it is mainly the flicking of the fingers that gets the spin which is why it is finger spin.
Doosra - The Doosra looks like a standard off break, however spins the other way - I don't know how this is bowled, it is possibly due to the direction the arm moves during delivery.
Top Spin (for off spinner) - The top spinner for a finger spinner is the same as for a wrist spinner, in terms of the direction of the spin and seam, and how the ball bounces, however is bowled slightly differently. Instead of the ball facing the batsman as it does in an off break, it is side on and the seam faces the batsman so when it is released the ball is spinning over the top of the seam rather than sideways.
Arm Ball - The arm ball is like a slower ball for a pacer. It is when an off spinner bowls a much quicker ball disguised as a spin ball. They are not attempting to spin the ball but rather beat the batsman with unexpected pace.
Carrom Ball - This is a very difficult ball to master. This is where the ball isn't held tightly and is then squeezed out of the grip so it can be used to spin in any direction causing the batsman confusion.
Teesra - This is similar to the slider, where the bowler doesn't use their fingers and simply rolls the wrist on release so it creates an illusion that it'll spin but barely turns.
Spinners may use certain delivery types from different categories however tend to stay within the realms of wrist spin and finger spin. For example, I bowl wrist spin but then also bowl an arm ball and sometimes even a disguised off spinner as I struggle to bowl googlies. Also, many bowlers don't have any variations and tend to stick to their stock delivery.
That is all the different types of bowling. This was much longer than I expected, and hopefully I managed to give you an insight into the world of bowling and the different types of deliveries bowlers employ to try and get the batsman out. There are so many different factors that come into bowling, such as weather, wind, pitch conditions, the batsman and their abilities, where people are fielding (if there are many on the off side, the bowler might bowl it on the off side to avoid runs being scored), game situation, the ball etc. that you get to know better as you become more experienced in the game. This is just a look at the different types of deliveries. What bowlers decide to do and where they pitch it, how fast they bowl it etc. is up to them in the end but there is so much to take into account when bowling in cricket.
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As a final thing, I've decided to go into detail about legal deliveries and illegal deliveries, to pretty much round up bowling as a whole (without going into detail about outside factors that may affect bowling):
A bowler must bowl the ball overarm, with a straight arm (doesn't move by 15 degrees). The arm must come from horizontally behind them and around as well, and the actual bowling of the ball is from horizontal to the release of the ball. During this time, they cannot bend their arm more than 15 degrees. The bowlers front foot must fall behind the popping crease (on the line is not considered behind). Their back foot must also be within the return crease (not too wide). The bowler must not hit the wicket with any part of their body during the run-up, unless they are trying to run the batsman out during their runup (a mankad, which is considered very unsportsmanlike and frowned upon in outdoor cricket). The ball must pitch on the strip and must not bounce more than once before reaching the batsmans crease, and must also not go above the waist height of the batsman without bouncing. The ball must not be intercepted by a fielder before it goes behind the wicket, and the wicketkeeper must not have any part of the body in front of the wicket until the ball passes the wicket, have any part of the body outside of the white lines when the ball is released.
If any of the following conditions aren't met, it results in a no ball. A no ball means the batting side get an extra run and the ball is rebowled. The batsman also cannot get out on a no ball unless they are run out, obstruct the fielders, or hit the ball twice.
If the ball is not a no ball, but is too wide, it is a wide. This occurs when the ball goes outside the wide lines, or above the wide line and is ultimately the umpire's call. A wide can only occur if the batsman doesn't hit the ball, and results in one extra run and the ball rebowled.
So that is the difference between a legal delivery and an illegal delivery and the ins and outs of bowling in cricket :)
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I grew up in Australia with cricket, and then lived in the US and Canada for nearly 20 years in my 40s and 50s. To me cricket is far and away the more complex sport, and the more difficult to describe to someone who's new to it. I may never have learned all the vagaries of the sport, but overall, I had little trouble understanding baseball when I moved to North America. Having said that, really the principles of both are quite similar.
As an Indian, a country with a lot of love for cricket, I tried learning baseball and surprisingly I found it is easier to understand baseball than cricket. I figured all the things in baseball in 3-4 weeks. Whereas it needed me 8-10 years to know at least 90% of cricket, especially when it is the fact of LBW. And the DLs method, I still don't understand it. Also, there are so many things that are illegal only in cricket. Illegal bowling action is one of them. One spinner from Sri Lanka was in controversies for his bowling action and wasn't allowed to play and he needed to prove his action wasn't illegal to continue playing. So, ultimately what I feel, as I know both the game pretty much though I never played baseball, but it feels slightly easier to understand than cricket.
Sounds to me that the rules of baseball are more complicated but the strategy in cricket is extremely intricate
I went to my first ever baseball game last week. Cardinals v Cubs in London and it was great. One big difference is the number of shots a batter can play compared to baseball. Baseball only seems to have two ways to bat, smash the ball out of the park and the bunt. Whereas a cricketer has a dozen or more ways to hit the ball.
I'd like to see a breakdown of the differences between the casual versions of the game. I grew up in a cricket country and played plenty of schoolyard/backyard cricket growing up, but I hated playing in a league. There are certain rulesets we use for causal cricket that I don't know how you'd get around in casual baseball.
For example casual cricket is basically never played with two teams. Usually there's one or two batters who stay batting until they get out, at which point the player who caught/bowled/etc the batter out is now the batter.
Sometimes running is forced, usually called tippanys where I'm from.
Often the one-hand one-bounce rule is played, where a catch after a bounce is still an out if only one hand is used.
There are some versions where after the ball is fielded, if not caught on the full, the batter must put their bat in a certain position (dependant on where it is fielded). If the fielder can hit the bat from where the ball is fielded they are out. This is usually called bat down where I'm from, as the furtherest range requires you to lay the bat down perpindicular to the angle of the fielder (giving the fielder a full bat length to hit, although laid on the ground so bouncing is bad).
Often hitting the ball past the field's limits is an automatic out (sometimes still worth 6 if scores are counted, sometimes not) and the batter has to retrieve the ball.
I feel like in baseball it'd be impossible to keep any kind of score without having teams, which would increase the minimum required players. Sure, we didn't usually keep score in BYC, but you could if you wanted to.
So what were the rulesets you'd play causal baseball by?
Even having grown up with cricket all around me, I would still say that it is the more complex sport. The extreme basics may be relatively simple, but as you start delving into different strategies and laws, you realise the sheer complexity of the game and it's history
Americans struggle to understand cricket because they keep viewing through the prism of baseball. Although both sports are nominally bat vs ball, there are few commonalities & it hinders your comprehension to keep going back to baseball for something to compare it to. Baseballs are nothing like cricket balls in construction or use. In cricket they aren't pitched (thrown) they are bowled & the batsman mostly receives the ball on the bounce. 360 deg of the ground is in play. The bats are shaped differently, there are 10 ways to get out, & a batsman has a partner etc. etc. ad infinitum.
Also, bowling changes ends at each over. So, if you're bowling north against batter #1 when you bowl the last ball of your over, the next delivery (i.e. the 1st ball of the following over) will be coming from the other end of the pitch (i.e. southwards towards batter #2).
as a cricket fan i agree with the assesment that it is easier to understand. i watch baseball too but i find the innings and how they work out diffrent things confussing sometimes where cricket seems more intuitive.
Cricket might be harder to play but pretty simple game until rain steps in introducing D/W-L
Cricket is way more easy to understand and way more easy to play when you are playing for fun at your home.
But it’s opposite cricket is way more complicated when you play competitively and way more harder when you play competitive ( way more harder because they have to have way more strategy, and also batting and bowling tricks and Techniques and also more strength )
Just to explain on one of the points he talks about briefly, bowlers are categorised by bowling type because bowling isn't an intuitive action and you need to put a lot of practice into doing it correctly - you're not allowed to bend the elbow beyond a certain point. So training to be able to bowl with multiple actions is very impractical (Though a handful of players do. For Australian players I can think of Andrew Symonds, Colin Miller and Gurinder Sandhu). Broadly there are spinners, who bowl somewhere in the range of 45-60 mph, and pacers, who will often be trying to bowl as quick as they can with the fastest ever being around 100 mph.
Spinners try to impart spin on the ball, so that when the seam hits the pitch it will kick off in either direction. They need to bowl so much slower so that the ball is touching the surface long enough for this effect. Generally speaking finger spinners (who get most of their spin by pushing the ball by rotating their fingers) tend to have greater accuracy but less dramatic spin, whereas wrist spinners (who get most of their spin by snapping their wrist forward on release and use their fingers to direct the seam for variations) will be less accurate but can have very variable spin and bounce. I am a wrist spinner myself, so I'd like to apologise if my bias has affected that assessment, so I should add the perception is likely because finger spinners tend to spin the ball towards a right handed batsman, which is regarded as easier to play, and wrist spinners tend to turn the ball away. When he is talking about the different varieties of bowler he is showing footage of Shane Warne, the Australian wrist spinner who you're guaranteed to see in wicket compilations. The most famous finger spinner is Sri Lankan player Muttiah Muralitharan, who is the only bowler in history to take more test wickets than Shane Warne (and the highest wicket taker of all time).
Pacers will sometimes be subcategorised into seamers and swing bowlers, but at the top level most pace bowlers will do both to some extent. Broadly speaking, 'seaming' is also known as 'cutting' the ball and is similar to spin - rotating the seam at different angles to try and make the ball change angles in surprising ways after bouncing. The angles will be less dramatic than spin bowling, but because the ball will be moving quicker the batsman has less time to react. I don't really understand swing at all, but somehow it's possible to cause the ball to move through the air BEFORE it pitches through getting enough revs on it and shining one side while the other gets scuffed up. Also, as hitting the batter is legal, just bowling as fast you can towards the batter's chin at a sharp angle can be quite an effective tactic and several quick bowlers have specialised in it. Off the top of my head good current examples of express bowlers would be Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc, for swing bowlers Trent Boult and Jimmy Anderson, and I'm completely struggling for famous seam specialists at the moment aside from Scott Boland.
With all of these distinctions, most bowlers ultimately try to do the same thing - try confuse the batter with different angles, movement, variations of pace and bounce, they just use very different ways to get there.
The rules and details are more complicated in cricket, but the game flow itself, is quite straightforward.
One person bowls (throws) the ball from one side of the pitch (central strip of playing area), batsman on the other side hits the ball or tries to defend the wickets behind them, and when they deem it valuable, they run to the other side of the pitch, while the partner batsman from the other side of the pitch comes this side. If they reach the opposite side safely before the corresponding getting out (putting the ball into the corresponding wickets), then they get a run. If they hit the ball out of bounds without bouncing the ball, they score 6 runs and if the ball touches the ground before crossing the boundary, it gives 4 runs to the batting team.
Bowler has to bowl overarm without bending their elbow, they may not many not bounce the ball on the ground. each bowler throws for 6 consecutive legal deliveries (1 over) before they get swapped for another bowler who bowls the ball from the other side of the pitch to the other batsman. If the batsman blocks the ball with his body before the ball touches the bat and if the ball would've hit the wickets if not blocked, then the batsman is out. If a fielder catches a flyball, it's an out. If the bowler hits the wickets with the ball during a delivery then it's an out. Or if any of the batsmen are not in their respective crease (safe zone) and a fielding player it's the respective wickets it's am out... (It can be stumped out by wicketkeeper or it can be a runout).
There are 11 players in each team and all 11 players take to the field while 2 batsmen were required to be on the field at any given time... One on the Striking end and other in nonstriking end of the pitch.
These are the basic rules sufficient to understand cricket game even while watching for the first time. And all these are pretty simple and apparently visible while watching a game.
In baseball, the rules are not as complicated in details, but the 4 base running, double plays, strategies of different bunting, foul-not foul drama, intentional walks, strick-ball-foul drama, umpire's call being absolute, imaginary strikzone which is harder to visualise when watching on a screen (without graphics), frequent switching of batters, etc etc... Makes baseball look lot more complicated for new audience who know nothing about it. It's harder to pickup the rules as easily. I personally feel the baseball rules are not fully consistent everywhere and there are exceptions all the time.
where as in cricket, things are more visible and apparent, straightforward and consistent.
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Coming to the difficulty of the games itself,
In baseball hitting a ball by a batter is lot harder than cricket as the sweet spot is lot smaller.
But hitting the ball properly to score or put the ball in play is equally challenging in both the games.
As in baseball the ball speeds are higher, and it doesn't bounce so very very less time to react to the ball and put it to play accurately by the batter, which is physically very very hard to react that quickly.
And the batter has to guess the trajectory of the ball based on the grip and start swinging immediately or decide whether they want to bunt. But the ball has to be thrown into the strickzone or around it and ball can't hit the batter, and the type of swing is very much similar in baseball, just the trajectory of the bat changes.
Whereas, in cricket the ball speeds are lower, the bat is larger, but the ball can be thrown anywhere infront the batsman within one {arm+bat} length, and it can be bounced at any distance from the batsman, or even can be thrown without bouncing it off the ground (full toss), or it can also be bounced near the toes of the batsman, as well. The bowler can throw from either left or right side of the nonstriking wickets and the batsman to adjust to the ball trajectory on the fly as everytime the bowler can release the ball from a different location (sometimes 2,3 feet away or more from their previous location). In cricket the ball is allowed to hit the batsman as well, so the batsman has to physically protect themselves, the wickets behind them as well, all the while trying to score runs. In cricket one a batsman is out their chance is done for the game unlike the batting order rotation in baseball where batter gets multiple chances in a game.
When the ball bounces off the ground (which itself is in a very wide area infront it the batsman), the ball trajectory, speed, changes drastically, and the batsman generally guesses the trajectory of the ball, and decides if it bounces or comes full toss, by looking at the bowling action, ball grip, and shift their focus to the ground where they anticipate the ball will bounce and then while considering the ground-soil conditions, ball rotation, location of the bounce, the ball trajectory and speed, the batsman has to anticipate the height, speed, trajectory of the bounce and start necessary legwork (front foot, back foot, sideways, sweep, bend, etc) before the ball reaches, to go to a advantageous location and hit the ball with a specific selective shot (the type of swing depends on the type of the ball bowled, a batsman can swing sideways, bottom-backarm, scoop, sweep, golf swing etc etc...).
The difficulty in baseball is mainly because of the incredible ball speeds, small sweet-spot, whereas the difficulty in cricket is mainly because of the complexity of the different shots that can be used, legwork, ball bouncing at any location (or not bouncing), any trajectory, protecting the wickets, body, and at the same time trying to score runs... Etc.
In baseball pitching is mostly based on strategies, mindgames, mainly ball speed, variations, different, and less time to react for a batter... And the batter has to stand in batters box and can't step outside... Except switch hitter who can switch batters box side before the ball is released. And it's harder to hit the ball due to small sweet-spot by a batter. The baseball is more advantageous to the pitchers because of these. The main difficulty of a pitcher is ball control at higher speeds, not hitting the batter and since they can only pitch from one location (the pitchers mound it's easier for the batter to get used to them).
The bowling is more difficult in cricket, as while all the mindgames, Different ball trajectories, different spins, Different bounce lengths, strategies, ball speed variations, are all present, The bowler has to not bend the elbow while bowling, so they have to run up, and build momentum before releasing the ball. Using different grips, accurately releasing the ball during run-up from a desirable location around the wicket, and accurately bouncing the ball at a specific length and putting sufficient spin on it to do what they intend it to do... And all these while guessing where the batsman will be, as the batsman can stand and move wherever they want to and hit from anywhere all around in any direction, unlike stationary batter in baseball who plans to hit between the foul lines only.
The fielding in baseball is difficult because less players has to cover larger area in our field which is compensated by gloves. Where as in Cricket more players are there on the field but the difficulty is to catch the ball without gloves.
Both games have different type of challenges and different type of difficulties... And one have some aspects easier and the other have advantages in other aspects.
Cricket has scorers. I don't know if they exist in baseball. We record everything that happens with every ball bowled; the runs scored, the wickets, extras. etc. And we display everything on the big scoreboard. We used to do it on paper in a big book but now we use apps which is easier but less fun! They do calculate Duckworth Lewis automatically though which makes life a lot easier! As a girl growing up in England in the 1980s I wasn't allowed to play cricket at school so scoring or making the tea were the only ways for me to be involved. I love that I'm still part of the game even though I'm not playing and am still a part of the cricket community. 🥰 ( I still make tea because it's not cricket without cake!)
Coming from a cricket background, it’s easy to see how good a batter is based on their average (the average amount of runs they get) but when looking at a bowler you would look at the economy (how many runs are scored off their balls). When looking at baseball you got to look at their on base percentage, their slugging, WAR and a lot more to evaluate a player.
The technique and variety of shots with the flat bat are more elegant part of Cricket. Once you understand the basics, the real excitement is watching shots like straight/cover drive, cut, pull, hook etc. That's where cricket gets addictive.
It’s the first ever Major League Cricket season starting in America this year, some of the biggest international players have signed up
Check out the names of the fielding positions. You can field in slips or silly point or short square leg or, personal favorite, fine midwicket.
9:36 one exception for restart for knockout or playoff matches can be started following day.
In cricket, how much the ball is worn out plays a crucial role in deciding who is going to bowl at what time. The reason is that a ball that is worn out less swings more and carries more pace due to lower air resistance and therefore a newer ball is usually used by a bowler who bowls faster balls (a pacer or fast bowler). On the other hand, since a worn out ball spins a lot more due to increased friction with the ground when the ball bounces, a worn out ball is typically used by someone trying to spin the ball (a spinner). Accordingly, it doesn't make much sense for a single bowler in a single over to bowl both broad types of balls so bowlers in cricket tend to deviate into separate categories.
Two 'classes' of bowlers?
There's a few more than two.
Spin: off-spin. Leg spin.
Slow.
Medium pacer.
Fast.
By the time I'd stopped playing (began at 8, stopped at 20) I was something of a blend of Ewen Chatfield / Dipak Patel.
Started out as a Number 10 peaked at 7. Best score was 48 (paying for college/High school team). So many fricking times I got 23.
The nice part about cricket is that there are no judgment calls. With run outs of the umpire isn’t sure he just sends it straight to review rather than guessing and hoping for the best
There are always judgment calls. Reviews at the top level are a recent phenomenon and don't apply to wides still. Lbw is still partly based on the umpires decision even after review.
You may not see this, but rn the Ashes is on. This is a 5 test match series (25 days) between England and Australia which goes back to the 1870s. This happens every two years in each country and is seen as the biggest rivalry (definitely in the top 2 rivalries) by many fans. They’re currently playing at Lords in London