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

4) Size of the bat

The size of the baseball bat is different to that of a cricket bat

The size of the bats, currently, vary but the length of a bat can be no more than 965mm and the width cannot be more than 108mm. This gives the batsmen enough wood to strike the cricket ball to the preferred spot and score runs at a steady rate on a decent batting wicket. The circumference of the cricket ball used is between 22.4 cms and 22.9 cms and the bat is wide enough to connect completely with it.

Baseball batters have it harder as their bats do not have edges and are comparatively smaller than the current cricket bats. This could give an advantage for the baseball batters over the cricket batsmen as they are used to striking the ball with smaller bats. Bigger bats would give them higher chances of connecting with the ball. An average Baseball bat is 65-70 mm in diameter and 1066 mm long and the circumference of the ball is 235mm on an average. There is a considerable difference between the two games and the baseball batters could connect better while batting with a cricket bat as they are used to playing with smaller bats.