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

5) Timing the ball

There is nothing more satisfying than knocking the ball out of the park

Timing plays a crucial role in almost all sports and it certainly plays a major role in cricket. Timing the shots right can send the ball rocketing to the boundary fence and most certainly fetch some runs for the team. South African player Hashim Amla and Indian batsman Virat Kohli are some great timers in the modern cricket and have displayed some fine batting strokes while timing their shots beautifully.

Timing plays an important role in baseball as well since the batters have to time their shots to send the ball out of the park. The batters have to swing their bats at the right moment to connect with the ball and have even lesser time to react as the pitchers do not consist of run-ups. Pitchers have been noted to throw at slower speeds as well to confuse the batters and the batters, in turn, need to get the right timing to connect with the ball, adjusting to the variations that have been seen in cricket as well.