5 reasons why baseball's batters would make good cricket batsmen

3) Reflexes

Baseball’s batters need to have quick reflexes

Fast bowlers have been bowling regularly at speeds over 140-150 Kmph and that certainly, tests the batsmen’s reflexes to face such deliveries. Quality batsmen have been able to overcome fast bowlers by having quick hands and also being fast on their feet. It requires some level of skill to face modern bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Wahab Riaz, who can be lethal on their day and give batsmen a hard time on the pitch. Former legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting were considered great players of fast bowling.

Baseball batters, too, require some quick hands to face the pitchers who release the ball at speeds of over 130-140 Kmph. The fastest ball ever thrown by a pitcher was 105.1 Mph by Aroldis Chapman in 2010. The baseball batter would naturally get accustomed to facing deliveries at high speeds and could get used to the bowling style of modern cricket bowlers as they will not have to worry about ‘strikes’ in a cricket match.