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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Location: Lapland
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Cricket is the same sort of bat and ball game as Baseball. They have a lot in common. However.......
PLAYERS : Cricket has 11 players instead of 9
BASES : Cricket has 2 bases instead of 4
INNINGS : Cricket has 2 innings instead of 9
PITCHING : In Baseball the ball must be pitched through the air at the batter, but in Cricket the ball is usually pitched so that it hits the ground before reaching the batter.
BATTING : In Baseball, the bat is rounded, but in cricket the bat is flat on one side. So the ball is easier to hit.
FIELD : In Baseball, the pitcher and batter are near one end of the baseball field, but in cricket the pitcher and batter are in the middle of the cricket field.
HOME PLATE : Instead of the pitcher in Baseball trying to hit an imaginary area above the home plate, the pitcher in Cricket has to hit a similar sized area called a wicket, that consists of three upright sticks.
RUNS : Runs are scored in Cricket just as they are in Baseball. However, the equivalent of home runs in Cricket score 6, or 4 if they hit the ground first.
Apart from a few subtleties and oddities they are otherwise much the same.
They are both of course English games, as baseball was played in England long before it reached America.
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