Can Cricket SUPERSTAR Harry Brook learn how to hit a baseball in just 1 day?! | MLB Europe
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2023
- Follow International cricket sensation and MLB Europe Ambassador Harry Brook as he heads to Florida to join up with the St. Louis Cardinals’ Spring Training camp. Harry’s goal? To learn the fundamentals of hitting in a single day. Harry’s challenge? To smash a bigger home run than Spencer Owen at Home Run Derby X, with just 100 seconds on the clock.
The question is: will his skills at the cricket crease translate to success on the diamond? It’s time to find out!
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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.
They would get used to it with the right catching technique.
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.
I'm pretty sure most pro baseball players would be able to adapt pretty quickly.
@@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.
@@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.
Watching this video feels like standing on the corner of Boring St and Dull Ave and you want more?
Japan vs India and USA vs England instead?
The cricketers would do better at baseball than the baseball players would at cricket
Cricket is more of Mind and skill game then Strength game.
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
And he had an MLB promo sticker on the back of his bat.
He could hardly get the ball off the square against the spinners though.
And he just won the T20 World Cup in November.
The young man has a bright future!
@@nayamsharjeelrafique369 he's only breaking through past year or two give him time
@@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 took guard like a cricketer 6:20. Love to see it.
Covering off?
that was cool. good spot
Took guard? Of what?
@@flamingfrancis the stumps. In cricket you take guard in front of your stumps in order to protect them.
@@clubequintafalcaoNone of that makes any sense to an American.
He picked it up pretty quick. You can tell he has exceptional hand eye coordination.
Thats a big part of it.
You either have it or you dont.
Pro cricket players, definitely have it.
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.
@@EverettBurger There's full toss in cricket though, it's both
They’re trained to hit short hops, and the only MLB player I’ve only seen do that was Vlad.
@@Virtuoso191 cricket swing is more similar to tennis than baseball, ichiro and baez also have hit shorthops for hits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
the hardest thing when hitting is going up against the nastiest junk the best MLB pitchers have.
Every ball is a full toss
But every ball is not cricket ball .
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.
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@@User-ta5178😂😂 have you seen cricket before 😂
@@tirthasarathighosh5342 yup I've seen India loses from Australia in 2023 world cup .
Just wondering how long could LIAM LIVINGSTONE can hit it💀
Out of the park
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
He’s going to have a great ashes I reckon, we might actually compete this time
@@domhayes5960 you might even win, English team is doing wonders in test cricket as of recent.
@@mananghildiyal2675 yeah it's difficult for Aussies to stop the bazz ball english team
His defence is suspect specially against the spinners. He'll be easily gobbled up by Ashwin and company in India.
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. ⚾️
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@WastingTime1878 Why do people feel the need to diminish one thing when supporting another. Cricket does not hold "harsher challenges" than baseball hahahahha.
@@WastingTime1878 LOLOL. they were throwing him meatballs, Ace.
Irrespective of the results, this crossover was wonderful. It helps you to appreciate what other people do.
Harry brook the future of English cricket ,he is gonna become one of the top run scorer in future
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?
@@ArmageddonIsHere because ben stokes decided to reverse his retirement so he didn't get spot in the squad
@@yahiyaking8488 that was quite selfish
And seeing how English team performed as a defending champion was very hard to digest
@@ParthaCZcams09 Well now Ben Stokes pulled out of the T20I world cup and gave Brooks a chance. He isn't really selfish.
Harry Brook is one of the cricketers whose batting style resemble baseball hitting.
Great crossover
Livingstone too
@@priyanshudas9083he has the bat swing, but he relies a lot on his wrists
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.
Arsenals Goalkeeper has a video of taking baseball hitting lessons and looked better than Brook when doing so.
@@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.
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.
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.
The losing focus may be just a habit from your baseball days.
i can relate to the ignoring the ball after the bounce part- my brain is wired to take it every time
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.
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.
But you wouldn't be allowed to throw or 'chuck' like you do, in baseball. And nobody bowls full in cricket intentionally
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
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.
@@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.
Too bad for us Cubs fans you have our former catcher Contreas.....SIGH!! Molina was a beast!!
@@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.
@@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!
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
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.
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.
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?).
Unless its test cricket in India, Australia, England
@@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.
@@michaelscott7166 baseball pitches are thrown from closer than cricket, when the pitcher releases the ball it's often 54 feet away or even closer.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.❤
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.
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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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
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.
See you there! Go Cards!!!
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.
You do realise that the baseball swing is a horizontal one (unless Asian) Golf is a vertical full arc...look at a pro.
Thats an interesting point I wonder how many who attend are brits and how many are Americans?
@@hifijohn Tickets are too expensive for my liking. I think it might be on TV.
Brilliant, well done Harry Brook, a seriously talented player !
Happy to see Harry Brook play for the Cardinals. I did my MS in SIUE and supported the STL Cardinals
He just hit a hundred in IPL. 🎉🎉🎉
And failed in rest other matches
He’s got all the basics. Hand eye coordination.
Look up this guy's shot highlights, he's a cricket beast in the making.
You have to have it budd, international cricket is merciless.
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
As a UK fan, it was enjoyable but I wish they hadn't brought the MLB concept of overpriced concessions over too!
Here after England's win over Australia in third test of Aahes he played very well in second inning
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.
I miss baseball on TV here in the UK. Was an avid fan sitting through the night watching some fantastic games and great athletes.
If I'm right the London games will be on the BBC someplace.
My son played the game here in the United States.
B O R I N G !
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!
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!
Yeah batting in cricket is easier,but bowling is harder,,
being able to hit out of the park doesn't make you good at cricket. it just shows you don't understand the game
Based on your comment you looks like a terrible cricketer or you know nothing about cricket.
@@ziadelsissy3088 but to become an international player is very tough as just swinging is not enough got to know various other things.
Harry brook is a great player i love watch him play❤️
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.
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 :)
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
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.
Would be fun to see a home and home championship playing cricket and baseball on their home turf respectively.
1-1. I'd be 99% sure of that.
@@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)
@@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.
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
@@frebbbreeze2841 True, they wouldn't know how to deal with bouncers.
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.
Takin a cue from Jomboy with the Cricket outreach, love it
Its insane how fast he got good in baseball!
He faced BP. Any 14 year old can hit just as good.
@@olik5652 BP ?
Color me impressed that he picked it up in one day with coaching. He was making good, solid contact.
Baseball is arcade cricket I’m not surprised
I would love to see more baseball outside of the US, Canada and Japan. Imagine a World Series that was REALLY a World Series.
thats what the world baseball classic is, its just not a series.
@@peterron924 yeah, I know that. It would just be cool if baseball was as ubiquitous as soccer.
did you really just leave out Latin America bro lmao come on now
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.
Can't leave out the KBO.
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.
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 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.
A low backlift might have to be compensated for by more physical power in order to get the baseball past the diamond.
As a Cardinals fan since my youth; thank you for picking St. Louis!
This is so awesome! Helluva job, Harry!!!
He is the next big thing of Cricket world. Brooks is making so many runs soon he will be no 1 batsman
I don't know what any of that means, but he seems super nice- I hope he does extremely well.
Replace 'batsman' with 'batter' or 'hitter' and that statement would read exactly the same for a baseball player.
He got off in IPL tho 🤣
@I AM EVERYWHERE ! That one literally one game and he came in after a wicket maiden first over
@@iameverywhere8551 scored a century the other day
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.
The majority. MLB is not joke. It's the hardest professional league of any sport to get into.
@@ihatejpmorgan Absolutely. Limited amount of high level baseball I've seen....fielding, reaction time and mobility- and throwing- power and accuracy- is insane.
@@MyCousin82 where are you from brother and which sport is most popular sport in your country???
@@akshaychaudhar6926 South Africa. Rugby and soccer most popular spectator sports, cricket also up there.
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 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...
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
I'd take this lad for my beer league softball team any day!
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 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
Harry smashed a brilliant century in the IPL the other day.
I would have loved to see him show his skills with some field drills
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
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.
Not a cardinals fan but really proud how they represented baseball and the country tbh
Good player to pick. He has been outrageously good for England the last year.
Really? I haven't heard much about him compare with England's other superstars such as Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.
Liam Livingstone would have been my preference.
@@grevious01Stokes and Butter are the established senior players for England. This guy is a proper up and coming star. Watch out for him
Yeah he’s been THE player for England. Keen to see how he goes in The Ashes.
@@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.
3:41 I've never seen バーヘイゲン since He've left Hokkaido Fighters😢 But, You were here😂
Love to see this go the other way and have some baseball players try cricket
Try the video "Cricket meets Baseball | WIN Francisco Lindor signed glove and bat!!"
Dude needed to lift his right elbow and would've been solid. Cool video idea. Let's see MLB guys playing cricket.
lindor did it before czcams.com/video/cgx1QPaYpCI/video.html
There's a great video of Lindor trying out cricket from about 4/5 years ago. It's worth checking out.
@@stepsinpairs Now that you mention it, I may remember that. Will have to go back and check it out.
Cricket is way better
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.
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
Every ball will be ful toss a dream for a cricket batter 😂😂😂
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.
This isn't exactly high-level baseball. More of a 101.
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
@@wasimibitpu bullshit, you've never played baseball to compare.
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.
@@user-vy5uy9fo8p that's a lie, go watch eric sim easily adapting to both bowling and hitting
Finally the mlb posts a video about something related to the cardinals other than game highlights
@Kevin L I think a lot of other teams aren’t covered enough too. But the mlb posts the smallest things the Yankees or Red Sox do but not big things teams like the cardinals or Athletic’s do. It’s unacceptable for a major league sports franchise to be favoring teams just because of popularity. Thinking this isn’t an issue screams privilege of being a fan of a big team and not having to worry about this sure leagues like the nhl still do this a little, but they are much better. It’s part of the reason baseball is dying.
Lud looking comfortable in front of the camera. Good media guy.
Keepin it classy STL! Can't wait for not only the London game but Opening Day tomorrow, GO CARDS!!!
Cards will lose to my Blue Jays.
@@rickd438 yep they sure did gave up 2 dingers to our lead off hitter 😂
@@joshualee6765 It’s Early.
would love to see cricketers playing pros in the show or something. can't expect them to get the hang of a swing in a half day but the chess of an at bat can be picked up quickly
I think they'd get smashed. Whereas in reverse, the baseball player would score runs in a baseballers vs cricket players cricket match, but may get out cheaply.
@@cricketexplained8526 theres no chance a baseball players could ever make a run in cricket match, baseball player would get retired hurt easily.
@@sangamb8429 I think they would make a few runs but get out cheaply.
@@cricketexplained8526 yeah, you are saying same thing in a humble way😂😅
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.
Quality young cricketer.
England have a gem on their hands.
Wait a min
When did harry brook become cricketing superstar?🤣🤣
One of the prodigy
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
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.
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.
Sería bueno ver más ingleses practicar Baseball ⚾!
That Cardinal Red is the best Red in the business!!!
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
Brook is crazy good! Star is born
baseball and cricket sports brothers
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. 😂
Harry Brook... a superstar! WHEN?
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.
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
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?
@@tyslink "Monster" means someone who does something really well.
You must be from Lancashire.
Good rugby league county.
'Monster' because he hit balls quite long. He hit a six(like home run) for >117m and it is really long in cricket.
@@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.
The 'cricketing guard' at 6:20. Haha. This was really fun to watch.
Cardinals v Cubs is a marque matchup. You're in for a real treat UK.
Harry seems a really good guy
Two great sports ❤
Harry Brook 🏴( Northern Superchargers ( The Hundred 🏴)🏏🎉
The habit of batsmen in cricket having this standing stance @6:43 when they are not at play ... habits don't go away so easy 😂
These two sports are similar but infinitely different. The swing is very different.
He broked the record great crickters
Baseball is a great sport. Cricket is great and much more technical.
Did he break out the metal bat to beat the distance record of the other guy? I’m not sure I’ll allow that. Congrats on his success in his young career. The sky’s the limit. I’d love to see some mlb players head over the pond for a cricket exhibition. Baseball is on fire after the WBC. Keep it rolling, MLB.
It's an enterntainment video. In many of these types of video I've seen, the visiting cricketer or baseball player is done a favour by not pushing them to the limit.
@@cricketexplained8526 obviously they are going to make it "doable" for the visiting athlete. I know nothing about cricket so maybe if they had some MLB players try it out in this same manner I'd give it a look...from just the few times I've watched I had no clue what was going on!
@@tyslink There are a few videos along those lines. Francisco Lindor at Lords. A guy called Eric Sim throws himself into a local cricket match and does OK against some quite unsafe bowling. I think that video is called "Cricket players school baseball pros".
@@cricketexplained8526 eric sim did very well for a first timer
Never heard of Mr. harry brook an I have been watching cricket for 30 years
This was awesome, great video
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.
This has been proven false time and time again. College level baseball player outmatched cricket pros in every demonstration.
@@ihatejpmorgan Play the game of Cricket first before you make a judgement.
@@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"
@@user-rt3le3xy6zplay world's no 2 sport cricket 🏏🏏then judge
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.
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.
No that 150 m was fake. Error.