As someone who played baseball in the US but lives in England, I think baseball players might struggle with fielding without gloves. Some of the bare handed catches cricketers make are unbelievable.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

They would get used to it with the right catching technique.

@obscuredictionary3263

Жыл бұрын

In Chicago and a few other places they play an interesting game called “16 inch softball” in which they don’t use any gloves. I found that pretty interesting.

@tyslink

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure most pro baseball players would be able to adapt pretty quickly.

@brianfallon2607

Жыл бұрын

@@obscuredictionary3263 The thing that surprised me was just how hard a cricket ball is. Some of the catches are made with one hand and are not that far from the batter.

@obscuredictionary3263

Жыл бұрын

@@brianfallon2607 Yeah it hurts a lot. I have felt one of those things they are solid.

We need to get a whole team of them vs an MLB team exhibition game and then have an MLB team play an exhibition game of cricket vs them on their turf.

@David-yd9se

Жыл бұрын

Watching this video feels like standing on the corner of Boring St and Dull Ave and you want more?

@insertcolorherehawk3761

Жыл бұрын

Japan vs India and USA vs England instead?

@1313tennisman

Жыл бұрын

The cricketers would do better at baseball than the baseball players would at cricket

@chillkaro911

Жыл бұрын

Cricket is more of Mind and skill game then Strength game.

@shahrukhsings

Жыл бұрын

Shoehei Ohtani Playing cricket would be a delight

Just seen Harry score a great hundred in front of 70,000 at Eden Gardens in the IPL The kid has some minerals

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

And he had an MLB promo sticker on the back of his bat.

@nayamsharjeelrafique369

Жыл бұрын

He could hardly get the ball off the square against the spinners though.

@blackfreethinker2525

Жыл бұрын

And he just won the T20 World Cup in November. The young man has a bright future!

@sadiqulkadir7507

Жыл бұрын

@@nayamsharjeelrafique369 he's only breaking through past year or two give him time

@Bettys_Eldest

Жыл бұрын

@@nayamsharjeelrafique369 he took a run a ball against the spinners leaving the other batsman to take them apart, then murdered the quicks when they came back. He understands how to enable his team to win, not just try to make himself look good.

He picked it up pretty quick. You can tell he has exceptional hand eye coordination.

@pahwraith

Жыл бұрын

Thats a big part of it. You either have it or you dont. Pro cricket players, definitely have it.

@EverettBurger

Жыл бұрын

It's interesting because you don't actually swing at the ball. Your brain predicts where the ball is going to be...and then it swings at that area. In cricket, it's hard for the brain to make a prediction due to the bounce. In baseball, it's hard to predict due to the movement of the ball.

@xCestLaVie1

Жыл бұрын

@@EverettBurger There's full toss in cricket though, it's both

@Virtuoso191

Жыл бұрын

They’re trained to hit short hops, and the only MLB player I’ve only seen do that was Vlad.

@my2l

Жыл бұрын

@@Virtuoso191 cricket swing is more similar to tennis than baseball, ichiro and baez also have hit shorthops for hits.

He took guard like a cricketer 6:20. Love to see it.

@McWhatevs

Жыл бұрын

Covering off?

@Romanggwp

11 ай бұрын

that was cool. good spot

@flamingfrancis

11 ай бұрын

Took guard? Of what?

@clubequintafalcao

11 ай бұрын

@@flamingfrancis the stumps. In cricket you take guard in front of your stumps in order to protect them.

@binxbolling

11 ай бұрын

​@@clubequintafalcaoNone of that makes any sense to an American.

As a cricketer who has played baseball a few times, I found the hardest thing was getting the legs and feet right when hitting. In cricket you have to be ready to step forward, back and to either side because you can hit to the whole 360 degree field, and the bowler (pitcher) is allowed to make the ball come in at any height. I could see this guy struggling with the same thing - throughout the whole video he never got his legs fully loaded and he kept pointing his front foot towards the pitcher rather than staying closed. This severely limits your power in a baseball swing.

@_e5598

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Harry is all arms. His feet are kind of getting around, but he's getting no power from the legs. Most adults who played any little league have more power. Totally different things.

@joshw7974

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the amount of power he would have if he engaged his lower half is kind of crazy. Hitting a ball 360 and 330 with a wood bat with all upper half, is pretty damn impressive.

@mikesmith2057

Жыл бұрын

Going the other way (an American who's played some cricket), I find it much easier to bat in cricket as a lefty, using my 2-handed tennis backhand. Nimble on your feet, responsive to a ball anywhere, and playing in 360*. As you say, the cricket stance is fundamentally a mobile one, while the baseball swing is based on a firm foundation, foot plant and weight transfer. They're superficially similar but profoundly different. Like a golf swing and a baseball swing, they probably get in each other's way more than they help.

@zerofide

Жыл бұрын

@@joshw7974 its incredible what fast hands can do, makes up for so many other things. giancarlo stanton hits bombs and is often in the bucket himself.

@RobertMJohnson

Жыл бұрын

the hardest thing when hitting is going up against the nastiest junk the best MLB pitchers have.

So cool to see. Harry Brook has a bright future as a batter for the English team. As an Australian iI look forward to him being a headache at The Ashes

@domhayes5960

Жыл бұрын

He’s going to have a great ashes I reckon, we might actually compete this time

@mananghildiyal2675

Жыл бұрын

​@@domhayes5960 you might even win, English team is doing wonders in test cricket as of recent.

@aayushsrivastava-mergcgryx2364

Жыл бұрын

​@@mananghildiyal2675 yeah it's difficult for Aussies to stop the bazz ball english team

@kirtigupta9753

Жыл бұрын

His defence is suspect specially against the spinners. He'll be easily gobbled up by Ashwin and company in India.

@fekopurishaktisefeko6044

Жыл бұрын

Forget ashes you should be worried about wc of test . Last time India under captaincy of rahane defeated Aussie badly ,he is back in team.

Not too shabby for his first time playing baseball. Well done kind sir. ⚾️

@WastingTime1878

Жыл бұрын

He faces more harsher challenges in the game he plays. I have found baseball to be pretty easier to adapt to as well, if your cricket basics are good you can excel in baseball as well.

@omegacroc2928

Жыл бұрын

@@WastingTime1878 While I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with you, there isn’t any tangible evidence to support that since to my knowledge there aren’t any cricketers that have become pro baseball players. Nor vice versa, for that matter.

@CognizantCheddar

Жыл бұрын

@@WastingTime1878 You're lying. Cricket and baseball are _wildly_ different in how the batter needs to judge the pitcher/bowler's motion as the ball leaves their hand, to say nothing of the various pitches employed in baseball to make the ball's behavior, trajectory, and speed dramatically deceptive (there no parallels whatsoever to that in cricket bowling). And this isn't even going into the wildly different fielding skills. You have never played competitive baseball.

@chaboiearl4266

Жыл бұрын

@@WastingTime1878 Why do people feel the need to diminish one thing when supporting another. Cricket does not hold "harsher challenges" than baseball hahahahha.

@RobertMJohnson

Жыл бұрын

@@WastingTime1878 LOLOL. they were throwing him meatballs, Ace.

Every ball is a full toss

@User-ta5178

8 ай бұрын

But every ball is not cricket ball .

@fordastreeets8019

3 ай бұрын

Theres different types of pitches in baseball, its not all 90mph fastballs. If that was the case, baseball players would easily be making contact. Pitches will also purposely switch there pitches to trick the hitter/batsman. There's different types of pitches including splitters, cutters, sliders, curveballs, knuckleballs, forkball, eephus, breakingball, and more. Also u have to keep in mind baseball players use baseball bats, which have smaller widths. If baseball players used the cricket sticks they would easily make contact with the ball. And u also need to know where to place your hits. Making contact with the baseball wont win games if you don't know where to place your hits.

@j.vrooyen7975

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@tirthasarathighosh5342

Ай бұрын

​@@User-ta5178😂😂 have you seen cricket before 😂

@User-ta5178

Ай бұрын

@@tirthasarathighosh5342 yup I've seen India loses from Australia in 2023 world cup .

From my limited knowledge of cricket, I see that the two two sports are complete opposites - in the sense that in cricket, it's extremely difficult to get a batter out, and the bowler (pitcher) cheers like crazy when that happens. The teams score hundreds of runs in one game. While in baseball, it's extremely hard for the batter to get a hit, and when you have a duel between two good pitchers, you're not going to see more than a few runs.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

Yep. The only times in cricket you might not really celebrate getting someone out is when it's a lost cause and you know you are not going to win.

@tyslink

Жыл бұрын

Probably because of the differences in bat/ball dimensions and shapes....it's often been said that hitting a round ball with a round bat is one of the hardest things to do in sports. In Cricket the bat is a huge flat board and the ball is a bit smaller than a baseball (I believe anyway?).

@hemsanimbri8962

Жыл бұрын

Unless its test cricket in India, Australia, England

@michaelscott7166

Жыл бұрын

​@@tyslink The balls are very similar in size and weight. Cricket ball is about a quarter inch smaller in circumference but about 1/2 an ounce heavier than a Baseball it is also a much harder object. Batting wise it definitely is much harder to hit a baseball because of the round bat and more power because the boundaries of the field are much bigger but Cricket requires a more varied technique because of the 360⁰ field of play, much longer at bats, and increased bowling variety, relative to pitching. Reaction times are similar though, Baseball pitching is generally faster than Cricket bowling but they throw from further away.

@my2l

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelscott7166 baseball pitches are thrown from closer than cricket, when the pitcher releases the ball it's often 54 feet away or even closer.

Just wondering how long could LIAM LIVINGSTONE can hit it💀

@cricket_shorts5934

29 күн бұрын

Out of the park

@randomguy7175

15 күн бұрын

West indies lads can hit really big

@TurdBoi-tf5lf

12 күн бұрын

Henrich Klassen

@uya9724

10 күн бұрын

Ms Dhoni

@user-fe2ct7kr8l

5 күн бұрын

​@@uya9724 I don't see anyone in cricket hitting home runs except for west Indies lads as they usually are physically bigger than rest of the cricketing players. Unlike cricket baseball needs brute power and timings hence baseball players are lot more muscular than average cricket players.

Harry Brook is one of the cricketers whose batting style resemble baseball hitting. Great crossover

@priyanshudas9083

Жыл бұрын

Livingstone too

@jayansaini7093

Жыл бұрын

​@@priyanshudas9083he has the bat swing, but he relies a lot on his wrists

@flamingfrancis

11 ай бұрын

Have you considered the fact that one English assistant coach is a former MLB player / coach and national Australian baseball coach. The influence to cricket fielding, bowling grips (e.g. knuckle ball) and, to some eyes, for some batting, is very evident.

@davon7100

11 ай бұрын

Arsenals Goalkeeper has a video of taking baseball hitting lessons and looked better than Brook when doing so.

@MannanGoel

11 ай бұрын

@@davon7100 I never said that he'll be a great Baseball player or he did well. I compared his batting with baseball. Doesn't mean he'll be good at baseball.

Harry brook the future of English cricket ,he is gonna become one of the top run scorer in future

@ArmageddonIsHere

7 ай бұрын

Never heard of this guy. If he's all that good why isn't he in the English team playing the World Cup against Sri Lanka today? The English team batting is clearly struggling against the Lankans and they could have done with a hitter like him. If they left him out it must have been for good reason?

@yahiyaking8488

7 ай бұрын

@@ArmageddonIsHere because ben stokes decided to reverse his retirement so he didn't get spot in the squad

@ParthaYouTube09

2 ай бұрын

​@@yahiyaking8488 that was quite selfish And seeing how English team performed as a defending champion was very hard to digest

@Lucy_595

Ай бұрын

@@ParthaKZread09 Well now Ben Stokes pulled out of the T20I world cup and gave Brooks a chance. He isn't really selfish.

Irrespective of the results, this crossover was wonderful. It helps you to appreciate what other people do.

Grew up playing baseball, moved to cricket country. Round bat on ball is incredibly difficult, however every baseball 'fouled back' would probably be out in cricket, and there are a ton of them. Also, as a baseball player playing cricket, I found it extremely difficult to maintain focus on the ball after it bounces - your brain just says ignore it.

@cricketexplained8526

11 ай бұрын

The losing focus may be just a habit from your baseball days.

@jackweber3660

7 ай бұрын

i can relate to the ignoring the ball after the bounce part- my brain is wired to take it every time

@charlesstockings663

7 ай бұрын

that would be a hard habit to break. a lot of comments on this video are saying about his feet position. do you find the difference between the styles of play affects that as well? i always thought of the base skills being transferable like hand eye coordination and reaction time but when you think about it old habits can be hard to break and throw you off. I'm hopeless at cricket and baseball. so i have no perspective of it.

@googleforcedmetocreateacha6273

7 ай бұрын

That is why you get into a good position. Rest is prediction. Above a certain speed it is impossible to see the ball all the way through. Which is why you have a set stance and a trigger. You move your head over the ball since it is the heaviest portion of your body. Your feet follow where your head goes and you just swing either on backfoot or front. It is more muscle training/reaction rather then watching the ball through. It is impossible to watch the ball under your eyes after it bounces. At that point it is just your best judgement and body positioning.

@jitkr1489

5 ай бұрын

But you wouldn't be allowed to throw or 'chuck' like you do, in baseball. And nobody bowls full in cricket intentionally

He just hit a hundred in IPL. 🎉🎉🎉

@MriChakraborty235

11 ай бұрын

And failed in rest other matches

For those that are not U.S native, Cubs and Cardinals are division rivals. it's going to be a good one. Hope my Cardinals can take the W. we have a good team this season

@pahwraith

Жыл бұрын

Also not known probably by Brits. Its a rivalry inside the state of Illinois itself. Illinois is a little bit bigger than the UK, geographically speaking (12 million and 10 million live in Chicago). Its only major city is Chicago and it dominates everything. St louis fans are supported by mostly rural farmers in southern illinois and the cubs represent the urban north of illinois. Southern Illinoisians hate and resent Chicagoans, almost to an unhealthy degree. While Chicagoans barely acknowledge them.

@user-ij2fi3ku8q

Жыл бұрын

​@@pahwraith I'm an American baseball fan and didn't know this. I assume most people in Illinois would be White Sox or Cubs fans.

@akbarlebowitz8151

Жыл бұрын

Too bad for us Cubs fans you have our former catcher Contreas.....SIGH!! Molina was a beast!!

@pahwraith

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ij2fi3ku8q nah, south of springfield its all cardinal fans. Central IL is 50/50z Iowa is mostly cubs fans. Go figure. White sox dont have many fans outside the Chicago suburbs. But its about 50/50 inside the city and suburbs so thats still about 5 million people that like them.

@blackfreethinker2525

Жыл бұрын

@@pahwraith I'm originally from NYC, and now live in Central New York, so I understand, because you have much of the same thing going on here. (Yes, there is no small contingent of Red Sox fans in this part of the state, and weirdly enough, many of them are also NFL Giants fans.) That said, I've also lived in Da Region for 10 years of my life, and when it comes to the Crosstown Classic... the good guys wear black. Go White Sox!

As someone who has played both and watches full MLB and IPL seasons, I've seen some comments that I agree and disagree with, here are my two cents: Pitching in baseball is far more complex than bowling in cricket in terms of the types of pitches one can throw and the control a pitcher can exert on the baseball to spin left, right, or down, regardless of ambient conditions. For bowling in cricket, there are a number of delivery types but these are heavily influenced by the ambient environment (clouds vs. dry sunny day for swing bowling) and pitch (green vs. dusty). A bowler is often a hostage to these parameters and most even in international cricket are unable to maintain similar levels of performance in one set of conditions vs. another. I think a case could be made on the other hand that batting in cricket is more complex. You have to be good at cross bat shots, drives, sweeps, hooks, and cuts in cricket, where a batsman has to make a quick decision when the ball is bowled with regards to how to shape the body and transfer weight while keeping the head still. A lot of reaction also doesnt occur when the ball is bowled but rather where, when, and how the ball hits the surface. Baseball is less complex when it comes to the types of swings and location of where the ball needs to go. With this said, I do think it's harder to hit a ball with a round bat (perhaps easier to generate power though when the bat connects). I would say fielding is harder with bare hands. Look at Jonty Rhodes videos to get a sense of fielding at point. However, baseball fielding requires more thought. In cricket you just have to figure out what end to throw to. In baseball you have a lot more targets to consider depending on the game situation, number of base runners, and fielding location (SS vs outfielder). Turning a double or triple play requires more coordination and teamwork than anything I see in cricket for example. Along the same lines, baserunning is more cerebral and tactical in baseball than running between the wickets in cricket, hopefully this point is self-explanatory. From an entertainment perspective, T20 used to be a more exciting watch compared to an MLB game but with the introduction of the pitch timer I would say it's more equivalent now. Test cricket may be satisfying to watch for the diehard cricket fan but for the common consumer it definitely is a harder watch than an MLB game. All in all, both games are brilliant to watch/play and each offers something different in terms of the fundamental contest of bat vs. ball. I encourage anyone who watches/plays only one to watch/play the other as they both are extremely fascinating.

@RealFansSports

Ай бұрын

This is the best comment that I have seen that compares the sport. We react to cricket content and have a lot of people that blow off baseball as way easier than cricket, but reality of it is they are both extremely difficult. Some skills transcend to both and you will have your unique few that could be good at both, but at the end of the day neither would be successful at the other sport without years of practice and training.

@None-rk1in

29 күн бұрын

​@@RealFansSportsbaseball isnt easier than cricket,well in a sense its much less complex,but as a guy who have tried cricket and baseball,except proffesional cricket its easier to bat in cricket and make contact ,but in baseball its really hard to make contact with the bat

@RealFansSports

29 күн бұрын

@@None-rk1in Oh yeah that’s what I would think too. I’m from the US so I’ve played baseball a bunch growing up. I have never played crickets, only watched videos and things like that.

@None-rk1in

29 күн бұрын

@@RealFansSports well i have watched your videos ,cricket is really hard to properly understand ,there are 3 levels of understanding cricket-1)audience or viewer level were you just have to be clear of the basics 2)expert level were you know everything related to cricket,every rules ,regulations,field setting,format,bowling types ,batting shots etc And 3)the player level,how to bat and ball,well in gully cricket we all bat and ball but in real cricket they have either pure batters who arent great bowlers and doesnt or rarely bowl,then there is pure bowlers ,and allrounders who does both.learning how to bowl and bat is a bit hard just like every sport ,holding and gripping the bat ,the stance,footwork,wristwork everything needs to be somewhat mastered to play proper cricket. Thats all

@jimb9063

9 күн бұрын

Yes agreed, very good points. Just a couple of things to add. Pitching in Baseball and batting in Cricket are the more complex elements as you say, but they also have the advantage ball by ball/pitch by pitch. Considering each delivery individually, a batsman in cricket probably won't get out and might score a run in cricket, a pitcher probably won't give up a hit and might get an out in baseball. Both sports have the same aims, scoring runs and getting outs, but do it in almost completely opposite ways. Apart from the effects of altitude and temperature on how far the ball flies off the bat, atmospherics don't really come into baseball because of the tennis ball style seam on a baseball. All movement is via spin, apart from a knuckleball, so no cricket ball style seam, no swing through the air. Spot on with the fielding. Cricket has learned a bit from baseball over the years as it's tried to get more 'professional'. Relay throwing is more common now, but it's just not as crucial with every play like it is with baseball. Not having to run while batting, and being fairly obvious most of the time how many runs are available in cricket means you don't throw the ball back 'seriously' that often when in the field. 100% agree with your last paragraph. Like with almost everything, disdain usually comes from ignorance. I'd be amazed if fans of one sport didn't at least recognise and respect the other sport if they watched it for a while. Personally love both games. From the UK, prefer the long version of cricket and also watched quite a bit of baseball over the years. I didn't need T20 personally because I watched baseball, but understand the need for a viable modern game. It's also had a very positive affect on Test cricket too. It's just a little too skewed in favour of the bat for me, in a game which they have the advantage anyway (You might be able to tell I used to bowl!). I guess it's true what they say, chicks dig the long ball!

Biggest advantage these guys have are obviously they are great athletes and amazing hand eye coordination, given a week of real instruction they could probably get pretty good at least off BP fastballls. Just getting the correct grip on the bat and holding his hands higher would do wonders

This was brilliant. I loved the generosity and appreciation on both sides. Cricket and baseball are two great sports and there is no reason those who are top of the sport in one couldn't retrofit their games to be pretty damn good in the other.

Cricket’s my game but into MLB too since my brother moved to CA in 1980… Lucky enough to see likes of Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, Steve Garvey. As a cricket fan and coach I can see this lad is going to be at that kind of level in his own sport - serious serious talent.

He did really good for a first timer. I wanted to hear his thoughts on baseball after this experience. I would have like to see him field also.

@jhfh3112

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the most confusing thing in baseball is knowing where to throw the damn thing with no thinking time. Being used to fielding in cricket your instincts would be completely different so it'd be really difficult.

@samuelpinder1215

Жыл бұрын

​@@jhfh3112 nah in cricket once you catch it instinct would be throw back to the middle to get a run out or get it back to the bowler

@lonerbetch

Жыл бұрын

​@@jhfh3112 cricket is actually either at the same level or even harder when it comes to fielding. You need to catch a pretty hard leather ball with your bare hands, no gloves. Then you need to decide if you have to throw it to the bowlers end or the keepers depending where the two batsmen are. You also need to quickly judge how you're going to throw it, whether you are aiming for the stumps directly or going to throw it at a fielder who has got to the stumps and will break it after you throw it to him. Quite often, it's just the fielder having to throw the ball at an inanimate set of stumps and hit the stumps direct. They should also make a note to see if a fielder has positioned themselves to stop the ball from going to the boundary if the throw doesn't hit the stumps or is not collected by a fielder.

@jhfh3112

Жыл бұрын

@@lonerbetch I don't think baseball is harder inherently, and I know how cricket works. Just commenting that the change of instinct on where to throw and when would be hard for someone who is very well practiced in one sport.

@my2l

11 ай бұрын

@@lonerbetch that's not true at all, cricket fielding is far simpler than baseball, baseball fielding involves knowing the outs, base runners, force plays, tag plays, which base to throw to, how to do run downs, precise footwork and glove work, and requires much better overall athleticism and arm strength than cricket, there's a reason many top cricket teams hire baseball fielding coaches and never the other way around.

He’s got all the basics. Hand eye coordination.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

Look up this guy's shot highlights, he's a cricket beast in the making.

@WastingTime1878

Жыл бұрын

You have to have it budd, international cricket is merciless.

For someone who plays their own sport at an international level this guy is EXTREMELY humble. Love seeing this cross over.

I'll be in London for both games. I live in Germany, but St.Louis is where I call home. I hope this doesn't mess with his cricket swing. When I play golf (not very often), I'm told I have a baseball swing.

@alexn78666

Жыл бұрын

See you there! Go Cards!!!

@spakkx

Жыл бұрын

went to a driving range here in hamburg once. After a of couple swings the instructor asked if i play baseball, there seems to be a pattern.

@flamingfrancis

Жыл бұрын

You do realise that the baseball swing is a horizontal one (unless Asian) Golf is a vertical full arc...look at a pro.

@hifijohn

Жыл бұрын

Thats an interesting point I wonder how many who attend are brits and how many are Americans?

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

@@hifijohn Tickets are too expensive for my liking. I think it might be on TV.

Brilliant, well done Harry Brook, a seriously talented player !

I don't know if you baseball fans are aware, but Harry has a mesmerizingly classical cricketing technique. He is undoubtedly a future legend of the game.❤

@danjo1967

10 күн бұрын

i dunno.... half the aussie team would have done better

Happy to see Harry Brook play for the Cardinals. I did my MS in SIUE and supported the STL Cardinals

Here after England's win over Australia in third test of Aahes he played very well in second inning

Glad that they are bringing back the London series. I was lucky enough to fly to London and watch the Yankees vs Redsox there was a great time

@thesmithersy

Жыл бұрын

As a UK fan, it was enjoyable but I wish they hadn't brought the MLB concept of overpriced concessions over too!

Its insane how fast he got good in baseball!

@olik5652

9 ай бұрын

He faced BP. Any 14 year old can hit just as good.

@ParthaYouTube09

2 ай бұрын

​@@olik5652 BP ?

Glad this video is giving Ryan Ludwick a small moment, he’s probably not well known across the baseball world but look up his 2008 stats for the Cardinals MVP caliber year but somehow landed only 16th.

As a former baseball player that lived in South Africa for a short time, I became very good at hitting a cricket ball. I could routinely hit the ball completely off the pitch. I used my legs for more power, but with the three sided bat and having to swing every time, including balls that hit the ground before reaching the batter made for much more of an arm swing. Good job Harry!

@timothybruggeman9332

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg from 2010 to 2016, and while I was there I was fortunate to have found a baseball league. I played for the Mark's Park Mustangs!

@ziadelsissy3088

Жыл бұрын

Yeah batting in cricket is easier,but bowling is harder,,

@user-ov8wb4ty3r

Жыл бұрын

being able to hit out of the park doesn't make you good at cricket. it just shows you don't understand the game

@bbm260

Жыл бұрын

Based on your comment you looks like a terrible cricketer or you know nothing about cricket.

@human6729

Жыл бұрын

​@@ziadelsissy3088 but to become an international player is very tough as just swinging is not enough got to know various other things.

feel so proud through country wise i am not from Nz but feels like is our guy as he is part of cricket, all people in cricketing world is part of oen big family :)

He is the next big thing of Cricket world. Brooks is making so many runs soon he will be no 1 batsman

@Pwnzistor

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what any of that means, but he seems super nice- I hope he does extremely well.

@RatzaChewy

Жыл бұрын

Replace 'batsman' with 'batter' or 'hitter' and that statement would read exactly the same for a baseball player.

@iameverywhere8551

Жыл бұрын

He got off in IPL tho 🤣

@DeadBeat1azy

Жыл бұрын

​@I AM EVERYWHERE ! That one literally one game and he came in after a wicket maiden first over

@KKPR533

Жыл бұрын

@@iameverywhere8551 scored a century the other day

He is an exceptional talent, arguably the best emerging player in the cricketing world currently. I am a bit worried/ scared and hope that this game won't effect his cricketing skills with the bat.

I was waiting for this moment in the whole video and finally he did it 😅 6:20 tapping bat on pitch before a big shot...the cricketer in him...

This is how you spread the game of baseball. Cricket and baseball are cousins and anyone who enjoys one will more than likely enjoy the other. We need more crossovers like this going both ways to make both games bigger.

Yoooo Brandon Allen! I remember watching him on the 2011 A’s! I loved watching him and I’m glad he’s still around the game

Harry brook is a great player i love watch him play❤️

Takin a cue from Jomboy with the Cricket outreach, love it

Would be fun to see a home and home championship playing cricket and baseball on their home turf respectively.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

1-1. I'd be 99% sure of that.

@samuelpinder1215

Жыл бұрын

​@@cricketexplained8526 depends because baseball catching is much easier so if they catch out all the baseball team and then get a few good hits who knows. I think virat kohli could get a few homeruns and joffra archer could get some dangerous pitches off (he might still be injured)

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelpinder1215 Winning a baseball match ultimately comes down to who score most runs. It is hard to see a team of cricketers score more runs in a baseball game than baseball players, who even at God-level only hit 30-35% of balls into play.

@frebbbreeze2841

Жыл бұрын

If it was taken even remotely seriously it would be too dangerous for the baseball players to play cricket. Their clubs wouldn't agree to it

@thesmithersy

Жыл бұрын

@@frebbbreeze2841 True, they wouldn't know how to deal with bouncers.

I miss baseball on TV here in the UK. Was an avid fan sitting through the night watching some fantastic games and great athletes.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

If I'm right the London games will be on the BBC someplace.

@ArmageddonIsHere

7 ай бұрын

My son played the game here in the United States. B O R I N G !

@hithere3035

13 күн бұрын

Just a year late, i'm assuming by your comment that they used to play Baseball on tv but stopped? MLB is on every night in UK now on TnT sports. Usually around 10pm.

As a cricket fan I often wonder how good the US might get if cricket were more mainstream. Some of these baseball guys are unbelievable athletes.

@ihatejpmorgan

11 ай бұрын

The majority. MLB is not joke. It's the hardest professional league of any sport to get into.

@MyCousin82

11 ай бұрын

@@ihatejpmorgan Absolutely. Limited amount of high level baseball I've seen....fielding, reaction time and mobility- and throwing- power and accuracy- is insane.

@akshaychaudhar6926

6 ай бұрын

@@MyCousin82 where are you from brother and which sport is most popular sport in your country???

@MyCousin82

6 ай бұрын

@@akshaychaudhar6926 South Africa. Rugby and soccer most popular spectator sports, cricket also up there.

@chaitanyashinde7700

4 ай бұрын

I can tell you already they can be the best in the world only thing holding them is the game has not catched on. We had a baseball player come in and play cricket it took him few balls to get used to it. Once he did boy oh boy he was only hitting out of the park no half measures. Fielding was exceptional because he had a rocket arm and could throw the ball like a trace of bullet.

I feel cricket players who have a low backlift (I always had a low backlift) are much more likely to excel at baseball. Whatever little I have played baseball, I have found it easier for me as compared to my friends who have a much higher backlift.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

A low backlift might have to be compensated for by more physical power in order to get the baseball past the diamond.

Every ball will be ful toss a dream for a cricket batter 😂😂😂

The Cardinals won the World Series against Boston in 1967. Sometime in the fall/winter television season, I believe on the Ed Sullivan show, a fake match was staged between the top British cricket team and the Cardinals. The score was 0 to 0 in the final inning and someone told the cricket batter to hit the ball out of the park. He asked if that was polite and was told yes. So he proceeded to do just that and won the game for the British team. I was so mad at the time. I was 10 years old and loved the Cardinals. Have fun Harry.

Cricket is way better

@damntomato6451

4 күн бұрын

**Gayer

In the UK during the late 1890s after visiting USA Industrialist Sir Francis Ley introduced baseball in Derby, England. There was a baseball field built near the factory. There was the English Baseball League. Derby Baseball Club was winning the English Baseball League. Because they had American players they got banned by the English Baseball League. The game didn't catch on in the UK. Derby County Football Club bought the baseball field from Francis Ley. Hence the name of the stadium Baseball Ground.

I'd take this lad for my beer league softball team any day!

MLB is doing big moves to expand finally the game... first was the WBC and now this looking for ambassadors and putting games on another countries. If they had done that in the past, maybe baseball would have more popularity in the world right now.

@SimuLord

10 ай бұрын

They set the template back in the 1930s, when they made Japan baseball-mad. "Yakyu" is its own distinct cultural institution in Japan nowadays...and it's more fun to watch than MLB.

I'd like to have seen some of the baseball hitters have a go at cricket, the straight bat mechanics are totally different to what they are taught so could prove an interesting challenge.

Brook has potential to become one of the best batsmans in cricket

As a Cardinals fan since my youth; thank you for picking St. Louis!

Harry smashed a brilliant century in the IPL the other day.

Baseball is a great sport. Cricket is great and much more technical.

I would love to see more baseball outside of the US, Canada and Japan. Imagine a World Series that was REALLY a World Series.

@peterron924

Жыл бұрын

thats what the world baseball classic is, its just not a series.

@herrgodfrey9563

Жыл бұрын

@@peterron924 yeah, I know that. It would just be cool if baseball was as ubiquitous as soccer.

@jordonez42

Жыл бұрын

did you really just leave out Latin America bro lmao come on now

@herrgodfrey9563

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, I didn't realize Latin America had any individual teams or organizations that played to the same standard as the MLB or NPB. I knew they had individual players but not individual teams or organizations.

@kayseacamp

Жыл бұрын

Can't leave out the KBO.

Color me impressed that he picked it up in one day with coaching. He was making good, solid contact.

@sloppygoo

11 ай бұрын

Baseball is arcade cricket I’m not surprised

@scarletrobin

6 күн бұрын

Hitting a baseball is way harder than hitting a cricket ball with a bat 3 times the size lol

I'd like to see a couple of Irish hurlers try the same. Great hand-eye coordination and can hit the ball while some is trying to tackle them

This is so awesome! Helluva job, Harry!!!

Good player to pick. He has been outrageously good for England the last year.

@grevious01

Жыл бұрын

Really? I haven't heard much about him compare with England's other superstars such as Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

Liam Livingstone would have been my preference.

@iqbal0610

Жыл бұрын

​@@grevious01Stokes and Butter are the established senior players for England. This guy is a proper up and coming star. Watch out for him

@c3vzn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he’s been THE player for England. Keen to see how he goes in The Ashes.

@yeoldegeek71

Жыл бұрын

@@djstuc What are you on about? His form has been astonishing... 4 centuries in his 1st 10 tests, averaging over 80, scoring at roughly a run a ball. Man of the series against New Zealand in February. He's the most exciting young player to have emerged onto the cricket Test scene for a long time.

Dude needed to lift his right elbow and would've been solid. Cool video idea. Let's see MLB guys playing cricket.

@nomar2004

Жыл бұрын

lindor did it before kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZusk7OJkbzWc6w.html

@stepsinpairs

Жыл бұрын

There's a great video of Lindor trying out cricket from about 4/5 years ago. It's worth checking out.

@johnwray393

Жыл бұрын

@@stepsinpairs Now that you mention it, I may remember that. Will have to go back and check it out.

The first time I saw Harry Brook play, a few years ago, he hit a straight drive for six a few feet from where I was sitting. He can really hit the ball. Baseball seems so much more difficult, with the bat being round, not 4.25 inches wide, and only a hit into the 90 degree area between the two foul lines being valid. In cricket that would be like being able to score only from shots between midwicket and extra cover.

I’ll buy cardinals merch because Harry is the right fit as your ambassador . He is the future of cricket so this will not go unnoticed in the uk

Cricket batters can very easily adapt to Baseball, but the other way is almost impossible. As for the entire game, there is no comparison between how difficult Cricket and Baseball are. Cricket wins hands down from the fielders not having gloves to catch the ball, to the batters having to go on batting till they are out.

@ihatejpmorgan

11 ай бұрын

This has been proven false time and time again. College level baseball player outmatched cricket pros in every demonstration.

@rs4619

11 ай бұрын

@@ihatejpmorgan Play the game of Cricket first before you make a judgement.

@user-rt3le3xy6z

10 ай бұрын

@@rs4619 Having gloves give you more range of defence which means there is no superior between baseball and cricket. "Play the baseball before you make a judgement"

@abhijitkundu5144

10 ай бұрын

​@@user-rt3le3xy6zplay world's no 2 sport cricket 🏏🏏then judge

@RaveyDavey

6 ай бұрын

It's not like the UK/commonwealth have better athletes than the USA. Both sets of guys are at the top of their games. Both are up against other players who are similarly excellent. So like all pro sports - they are really difficult and you need incredible co-ordination and skill. Baseball players are better at baseball. Cricketers better at cricket. What you enjoy watching more is entirely up to you.

The 'cricketing guard' at 6:20. Haha. This was really fun to watch.

Not a cardinals fan but really proud how they represented baseball and the country tbh

As a long time cricket player who is trying to be better tennis player these days. I can see that he wasn't using legs that much, his base was not wide so he was off balance as soon he hits, the right side of the hip has to come forward/rotate for balance and power. Having said that, Cricket is also a complex sport which needs other skillset.

3:41 I've never seen バーヘイゲン since He've left Hokkaido Fighters😢 But, You were here😂

Wait a min When did harry brook become cricketing superstar?🤣🤣

@reepmitra9113

7 ай бұрын

One of the prodigy

In the US Air Force, I was stationed in East Anglia for several years. I played a fair amount of Cricket..and I was good at it. You knew pretty much where the ball was coming to, and it was a lot slower.

In cricket full tosses are the easiest to hit so it must have been easy for him to pick up baseball, but the bat size only

@fordastreeets8019

3 ай бұрын

Theres different types of pitches in baseball, its not all 90mph fastballs. If that was the case, baseball players would easily be making contact. Pitches will also purposely switch there pitches to trick the hitter/batsman. There's different types of pitches including splitters, cutters, sliders, curveballs, knuckleballs, forkball, eephus, breakingball, and more. Also u have to keep in mind baseball players use baseball bats, which have smaller widths. If baseball players used the cricket sticks they would easily make contact with the ball. And u also need to know where to place your hits. Making contact with the baseball wont win games if you don't know where to place your hits.

That Cardinal Red is the best Red in the business!!!

Quality young cricketer. England have a gem on their hands.

I would have loved to see him show his skills with some field drills

@saurishghosh2142

10 ай бұрын

cricket ball is 10-15% heavier and singnificantly significantly significantly harder, they catch the ball barehanded, and cricket fielders dont just hurl the ball to the bases, they have to aim at the sticks planted there

I want to see someone big like Chris Gayle playing Baseball! He'll definitely hit big home runs :D

Love to see this go the other way and have some baseball players try cricket

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

Try the video "Cricket meets Baseball | WIN Francisco Lindor signed glove and bat!!"

The side I'd be really interested to see is how baseball players deal with the concentration side of batting in cricket. Like you could potentially be batting for 3+ hours and facing 300+ balls in an innings of test cricket, whereas an AB in baseball might last at most 20 pitches (that being the record I think). The ball comes with less velocity in cricket as it isn't thrown and bounces off of the pitch but the amount of decisions a batter has too make is much much higher.

Two great sports ❤

baseball and cricket sports brothers

Baseball is a pitchers game while as cricket is a batters game. Batting in mlb is way harder and getting a hit is a thing of rejoice, while as in cricket getting a batter out is a sense of rejoice for the bowler. Batting is harder in mlb, whule as in cricket bowling is harder.

Lud looking comfortable in front of the camera. Good media guy.

Cricketers faces 145+km/h balls in a regular basis, So hiting a base ball with speed less than 100km/h is like a full toss speen ball without any turn.

@saurishghosh2142

7 ай бұрын

...95 miles per hour, or 152 Km/h is very common in baseball, the swing and movement is sometimes more than a cricket ball, because the Baseball's ball is lighter, baseball hitting is not easy with that thin Baseball Bat, but pro Cricketers should be good in Baseball, cricket is much more dynamic.

@bkam7079

5 ай бұрын

Baseballs come in at 100 mph, not km/h. That's about 160 km/h

supposedly Liam Livingstone wanted to do it but they didn't allow him to for the dignity of the MLB. If any Americans are curious go and look him up. Absolute monster

@tyslink

Жыл бұрын

Looked him up...not sure what you mean by "absolute monster" as he isn't all that large? And also not sure what you meant "they didn't allow him to for the dignity of the MLB"? Is that implying he would somehow embarrass the MLB or something? I don't get it?

@cricketexplained8526

Жыл бұрын

@@tyslink "Monster" means someone who does something really well.

@blackfreethinker2525

Жыл бұрын

You must be from Lancashire. Good rugby league county.

@forareeb

Жыл бұрын

'Monster' because he hit balls quite long. He hit a six(like home run) for >117m and it is really long in cricket.

@ihatejpmorgan

11 ай бұрын

​@@tyslinknothing to get, it doesn't make sense. Cricket is only a national sport in a place where they struggle to meet basic caloric intake. They have no true concept of athleticism.

Cricket have a big learning curve,

Enjoyable piece thanks

Amazing how different the two games are. There's a bat and a ball, and that's pretty much where the similarity ends. It's pretty impressive when someone can play both games well. I'd love to see this the other way around too, get a couple of the gun baseball players to come and have a go at cricket at the high levels. Great stuff.

@cricketexplained8526

11 ай бұрын

This isn't exactly high-level baseball. More of a 101.

@wasimibitpu

11 ай бұрын

Cricket with its technicalities in batting and bowling is much more harder and requires more skills and mental strength to be good at it. There are so many intricacies in Game of cricket that it's really hard to make someone understand how it's played.. and top of that cricket has different formats and each format has its own level of difficulty and different rules

@my2l

11 ай бұрын

@@wasimibitpu bullshit, you've never played baseball to compare.

@user-vy5uy9fo8p

9 ай бұрын

I am not so sure how a baseball batter or a pitcher can fare well in cricket. A baseball batter won't know what to do when there is a bouncer or a spinner, similarly a pitcher won't know what to do when he is asked to bowl with his hand straight.

@my2l

9 ай бұрын

@@user-vy5uy9fo8p that's a lie, go watch eric sim easily adapting to both bowling and hitting

Shahid Afridi once hit a cricket ball for 450 ft (150 m ) six. There are plenty of players who clear 360 ft in cricket. MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Sanju Samson, AB De Villiers,Virat Kohli have all cleared 110 ms.

@heretichello8253

11 ай бұрын

No that 150 m was fake. Error.

I think I am going to be naturally good at Baseball because of my natural swing in cricket. Love em short stuff, I can keep pulling/hooking them all day.

Absolutely loved this.

Keepin it classy STL! Can't wait for not only the London game but Opening Day tomorrow, GO CARDS!!!

@rickd438

Жыл бұрын

Cards will lose to my Blue Jays.

@joshualee6765

Жыл бұрын

@@rickd438 yep they sure did gave up 2 dingers to our lead off hitter 😂

@rickd438

Жыл бұрын

@@joshualee6765 It’s Early.

For 1 day that was pretty good. Way better than 99.999999% of humans would do.

@SathishKoththolla

11 ай бұрын

Cricketers can easily adopt actually. It’s pretty easier for them to learn

@fordastreeets8019

3 ай бұрын

@@SathishKoththolla But can they excel in placement is the question. Making contact won't win games

These two sports are similar but infinitely different. The swing is very different.

Harry seems a really good guy

Sería bueno ver más ingleses practicar Baseball ⚾!

Challenge him to drop the bat before running bases and challenge him to catch the ball with a baseball glove. Reverseby challenging a baseball player playing cricket. 😂

Looks like he was mainly slap hitting not a lot of lower body or hip rotation in it but just to make contact is impressive

This was awesome, great video

Harry Brook 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿( Northern Superchargers ( The Hundred 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)🏏🎉

He broked the record great crickters