Baseball vs Cricket

Baseball vs Cricket

Baseball and Cricket are two well-known members of the "bat and ball" family of games. While the basic principle is the same, the two games differ in their rules, terminology, playing equipment, number of players, field size etc.

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Rules

The basic principle for the two is same: Players of one team have to attempt to score runs by hitting the ball; at the same time players of the other team have to attempt to prevent the scoring and to put batting players out.

In cricket, players attempt to defend the wickets (3 wooden sticks), while in baseball players attempt to prevent the ball going to the strike zone. The delivery distance, from release of the ball by the pitcher (baseball)/bowler(cricket) to its arrival at the batter(baseball)/batsman(cricket), is almost same in both sports.

Terminology

• A player who delivers the ball to start the game is said to be a bowler, who bowls, in the case of cricket and pitcher, who pitches, in the case of baseball.

• The fielder behind the batsman is “wicket-keeper” in case of cricket and “catcher” in case of baseball.

• The player who strikes the ball is called “batsman” for cricket and “batter” for baseball.

History/Origin

The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game which is now played professionally in most playing nations. The first limited overs international(LOI) match took place at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971 as a time-filler after a Test match had been abandoned because of heavy rain on the opening days. It was tried simply as an experiment and to give the players some exercise, but turned out to be immensely popular. Limited overs internationals (LOIs or ODIs, after One-day...