American (Baseball Fan) Reacts | Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans - Part 2!

Differences between Cricket and Baseball:

1) Field Size and Shape:
Cricket is played on a circular or oval-shaped field, while baseball is played on a diamond-shaped field with bases.

2) Gameplay and Scoring:
In cricket, the bowler (pitcher) throws the ball towards the batsman (batter), who tries to hit it and score runs by running between wickets. In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball towards the batter, who attempts to hit it and advance around the bases to score runs.

3) Equipment:
Cricket players use a flat bat and wear protective gear, including pads and helmets. Baseball players use a rounded bat and wear a glove for catching and fielding.

4) Innings and Outs:
In cricket, each team has two innings to score runs, while in baseball, each team has nine innings to score runs.
In cricket, a team has ten outs (wickets) to complete their innings, whereas in baseball, a team has three outs per inning.

5) Pitching and Bowling:
In cricket, the bowler delivers the ball overhand with a straight arm motion, aiming to bounce it off the pitch towards the batsman. In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball overhand with a bent arm motion, aiming to deliver it to the batter within the strike zone.

6) Fielding Positions:
Cricket has various fielding positions, including slips, gully, point, cover, mid-off, mid-on, square leg, fine leg, and deep positions. Baseball has specific fielding positions such as pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, and outfielders.

7) Length of the Game:
A cricket match can span several days, with breaks for meals and rest, whereas baseball games are typically completed within a few hours.

8) Bowler/Batter Interaction:
In cricket, the bowler aims to deceive the batsman with various types of deliveries, such as fast balls, spin, and swing. In baseball, the pitcher focuses on throwing different pitches, such as fastballs, curveballs, and changeups, to outsmart the batter.

9) Runs and Boundaries:
Cricket offers various ways to score runs, including running between the wickets, hitting boundaries (four runs), and clearing the boundary without bouncing (six runs). In baseball, runs are scored by advancing around the bases and hitting home runs by clearing the outfield fence.

10) Game Duration and Format:
Cricket matches can be played in different formats, such as Test matches (multiple days), One Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 (T20) matches. Baseball games follow a standardized format, with nine innings in professional play.

Are you a fan of Cricket or Baseball? In this video, we explore the fascinating world of two popular bat-and-ball sports: Cricket and Baseball. Join us as we delve into the differences and similarities between these beloved games, uncovering the unique rules, gameplay, and strategies that make each sport distinctive.

Discover how Cricket's circular field and innings system differ from Baseball's diamond-shaped field and nine-inning format. Explore the various scoring methods, equipment used, and the roles of pitchers and bowlers. We'll also examine the fascinating fielding positions and the art of catching and fielding in both sports.

But it's not just about the differences; we'll also explore the similarities between Cricket and Baseball. From the thrill of hitting a ball with a bat to the strategic battles between bowlers and pitchers, these games share a common love for the thrill of competition and the pursuit of victory.

Whether you're a Cricket enthusiast curious about Baseball or a Baseball fan interested in learning more about Cricket, this video will broaden your understanding of these exciting sports. Join us as we explore the similarities that unite Cricket and Baseball and the differences that make each game a unique and captivating experience.

List of 10 top players ever of Cricket:
Virat Kohli
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Ben Stokes
Jasprit Bumrah
Rohit Sharma
David Warner
Quinton de Kock

[AgentSmash]

As a cricket fan, no one knows what Duckworth Lewis is or what eldritch magic it uses. We just accept it as it is.

[Britonbear]

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.

[peterholmes]

Cricket balls are harder - when young I once broke my thumb catching one.

[chrishenderson]

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

[markwilliamson]

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.

[Alan_Clark]

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!

[superTowel]

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

[anulearntech]

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.🤣

[realmilind]

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.

[SimonNZ]

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.

[bonetiredtoo]

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".

[anshumanabhishek]

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.

[debasishraychawdhuri]

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.

[Stephens_Rocket]

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.

[swapnaneelbasuroy]

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

[NoJusticeMTG]

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.

[Dragonblaster]

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.

[henkdiedericks]

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

[carlmanvers]

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.

[hoddse]

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