This guy thinks Baseball is more popular world wide than Cricket..Hahaha

The USA plays baseball. The rest of the world plays cricket.

"I guess cricket must be pretty big in Australia" - understatement of the year!

There are 17 countries with professional or semi-professional baseball teams. 500 million people wordwide say they are keen baseball fans. There are also 17 countries with professional cricket leagues, though 108 countries have some level of cricket leagues. Cricket is the second most popular sport globally, with 2.5 billion regular fans.

When I was a kid growing up in England baseball was a very popular children's game. We called it rounders.

"Throwing a ball at a wicket to get someone out" Wtf? You have a LOT to learn JPS. Cricket is to Baseball as Chess is to Checkers(Draughts).

Also keep in mind.... a cricket ball is harder than a baseball, so the lack of a glove is even more impressive.

Sorry but I think you will find that Cricket is played in more countries around the world than Baseball.

India, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa you name it 🏏🫵 Way more popular than baseball

“I guess cricket must be pretty big in Australia” ! I’m chuckling

I think cricket is the second most popular sport in the world after football

I suspect cricket is more popular than baseball. Big in India.

I’m a 63 yr old Aussie mum who started going to the cricket from the age of 5 with my beautiful grandpa and uncle to the Boxing Day test match in Melbourne Australia, which was a tradition in our family. My aunt and I still absolutely love cricket, and I can tell you that those balls are way harder than a baseball as I was watching my husband play and took my eyes off the ball and the batsman hit it straight into my shin bone, I dropped like a suck of spuds and to this day I have a dent in the bone, it hurt like heck!! I was sitting watching from behind the boundary so it was a 6, just stopped by my leg 😂 I always hit the like button for you, but not this time. You need to research before opening your mouth. This is a much more technical and tactical game than baseball and way more popular than your game where they just throw the ball at someone with a stick!

The two most popular sports on the planet are soccer, (called football outside of North America), and cricket. Both in terms of levels of participants, crowd size and viewers. For example, cricket in India is a national obsession. And that's a country with a billion people.

"Throwing a ball at a stick to get someone out". C'mon Jps, there is more to cricket than that. Also the wicket is three 'sticks'.

"Baseball is much more popular than cricket" 🤣😂🤣Er........not quite!

Oh Joel, you've forgotten everything you've learned over the last several years. Just because the USA doesn't play cricket, doesn't mean it's less popular than baseball. Go Google the stats for numbers of players, spectators, countries in which played, and you'll see that baseball hardly manages to make it into the table.

I just need to correct your comment about cricket’s popularity - 2.5 billion people follow cricket, second only to football (soccer to you🤣) who have about 3.5 billion fans - basket ball has 2.2 billion fans!!! Cricket is a huge sport, you just don’t know about it in America!

The basics of cricket are (as you say) "simple", but the rules are complex.

I think you just described baseball cricket is far more than that

I read recently that Cricket is one of the fastest growing sports in the USA

'Throwing', 'throwing!' There you touch on a whole can of worms in the history of cricket BOWLING!

Cricket is WAY bigger than baseball in the world. Most where the former British colonies [Caribbean/South Africa/Pakistan/India/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka/Australia/New Zealand] as well as England are the main countries that play then a lot of others are playing now too: Ireland/Scotlamd/Wales/Netherlands/Argentina to name a few. Hardest game ball and no gloves [except wicket keeper and the batsmen. Helmets only [and optional depending on who's bowling] for close in fielders [silly point], batsmen and wicket keeper. Pads for batsmen and wicket keeper [leg] as well as arm/thigh etc. [again optional] for the batsmen.

Mishits that you describe isn't a fault of the batsman, it's the skills of the bowler. That is the essence of cricket, bowler outfoxing the batsman. Making him hit to the fieldsmen..

Hi JPS greetings from England 🇬🇧 and Cricket is the National Sport of Australia and the Aussies are absolutely Cricket mad.

every American comments on the lack of gloves used in cricket - but the wicket keeper (the guy crouching behind the batsmans wicket) does wear heavily padded gloves to protect his knuckles. Apart from that, for everyone else, cricket balls hurt when you learn to catch them! The balls are made of a cork centre, then a thin layer of wood, which is then encased in leather and stitched. it hurts like hell if you get it wrong

I think cricket is gaining a lot of popularity in the US. Good. Soon, we'll have one day matches that last 3 days due to commercials and 'sponsors', and 5-day test matches will last indefinitely until they wear full body armour and the ball (sponsored by Budweiser) is made 'a bit softer'.

You throw the ball ( bending the elbow) in Baseball , in Cricket you bowl ( elbow has to be straight) the ball .

Cricket is a highly anticipated game worldwide, with 2.5 billion spectators from Asia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It is also popular in countries with Test Cricket, a more exclusive club. The Indian Premier League (IPL) typically draws over 100 million watchers per match. Big TV audiences also follow short-format matches in most cricketing nations.

In short: There is a Cricket World Cup where countries from around the world compete in. There is a World Series where local clubs from around the US compete in...

Rhodes who was the number 3 catch is considered by most cricket lovers to be the greatest fielder of all time he was a freak and awesome to watch

Baseball = gloves and helmets . American football = padding and helmets. Ice hockey = padding and helmets there’s a theme.

If you liked this, I recommend watching a video of the best cricket deliveries. Catches are great but it's so satisfying to see a batsman get clean bowled. Even better, watch a video of Shane Warne highlights.

Cricket is a big sport in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and many caribbean nations (known collectively as the West Indies.) It's also very popular in many other countries. In 2023 Major League Cricket was launched in the USA with the hope of growing interest in the sport. Time will tell! If you look at the sports history, cricket was just as popular as baseball, well into the 19th century before baseball took over and cricket withered away as a major sport in America.

Fun Fact: the first ever International sporting competition was a cricket match between Canda and the USA, this game pre-dates the first Test match between Australia and England. George Washington was reportedly a big cricket fan

Rules of cricket: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Sometimes there are men still in and not out. There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished.

Jonty Rhodes was almost specialist fielder, catcher. He could bat too. Awesome to watch.

"I must watch a full game" don't make it a test match unless you have a few spare days🙂

Also, he doesn’t realize that a cricket ball is rock hard. 😮….and you don’t throw a ball, you bowl it. 😅

Ive never heard an American say "cricket is a pretty simple sport" ...wow!

Joel remember that that ball weighs 5.5 ounces (160 grams) and is travelling at around 70 miles per hour

Cricket takes me back to when I was a kid (many years ago) going to watch my brother compete in an inter school friendly on the village green. The sound of leather on willow, teams dressed in white and a little club house that served teas. Those were gloriously long summer days.😊

The cricket ball is solid with a leather covering. They're really really hard.

The player who takes the front flip catch was Corey Anderson who was a New Zealand cricketer now playing for USA in this world cup

Two thirds of earth is covered with water, the rest is covered by Rodes (Jonty) . Got to luv the little fella the first specialist fielder in cricker.

Cricket is actually the second most popular sport in the world after football. But it is very focused on Commonwealth countries, and is overwelmingly popular in South Asia.

The skill of the camera operators never ceases to astonish me, how they can zoom in on a ball high in the air and then pull out to see tha catch.

Did you know that George Washington and Abe. Lincoln regularly played Cricket ? Of course this was before the English game of Rounders ,became Base ball.

You need to see the Australian John Dyson's catch from 1982 . It's a candidate for best catch ever . You will be surprised that it's over his head running backwards , yes he uses 2 hands but he used to play Soccer so the effort would remind you of a great Goalie catch . He stunned the world with his catch . I saw it live and still think it's better than the throw back over the rope catches .

"Cricket, a sport I'm not very familiar with but honestly, cricket is a pretty simple sport, you're just throwing the ball at a stick". This is Americans in a nutshell. They don't let a lack of familiarity stop them from immediately having uninformed opinions and making ignorant statements. The sport isn't simple mate, but you obviously are.

I really appreciate that he is enjoying great sportsmanship - it is great whatever sport is being played.

The more amazing catches take place when they're just a few feet from the batter and it's pure instinct. "In the slips", or even better at "Silly Mid-On" or "Silly Mid-Off" [these are real positions, so-called because you have to be silly to stand so close and try to catch it before it kills you].

If the players are wearing coloured clothing than it is a 50 or 20 over match, white uniform means that it is test match played over five days. Different rules for which type of match. being played. In Aussie it is the national game😎

Baseball is very much a MINORITY sport. As are all American sports as they are predominantly played only in America. Whereas cricket is a global sport as is ⚽️ football.

Catches 10 and 2 are the same guy: Trent Bolt of New Zealand. FYI the "Australian" commentators in 10 and 9 are New Zealanders.

JPs, Australia were world champions for best part of 20 years. Where have you been?

Hit the LIKE button? Hit the bleedin' like button! The second you said that Cricket is basically throwing a ball at a stick, I hit the UNLIKE button and as for much more popular than baseball, you have lived outside of Murica but still have the insular mindset of a squirrel. Oh, and no glove elevates the game, well, thank you, very much!

Jonty Rhodes was a SPECIAL man in the field (not a bad batsman either) Have a look at some of the runouts where Jonty throws at the wickets

What you may have missed is that not only have the players to catch the ball but once caught it must not touch the ground hence the reason for some of the acrobatic moves you witness.

Just for clarity on the rules surrounding the number 1 and 2 catch... If there was no fielder involved, and the ball touches ground (for the first time) outside the boundary, the batsman gets 6 runs added to his score (just for interest, if the ball touches ground before the bloundary, and sfill crosses it, the batsman get 4 runs added to his score). If there is a fielder involved, if the fielder touches ground outside the boundary, while having the ball in hand, the batsman gets 6 runs. In catch number 2 the the fielder had to throw the ball back "in bounds" and catch it again, since he did not yet have the ball under control before he crossed the boundary. In catch number one, catching it again after throwing it was not required, since he had the ball under control after catching it the first time. He didnt have to throw it to another player after the catch, i think the only reason he did that was: in case the catch was not legit, the other player could then still throw the ball to the wicket keeper to prevent more runs. Even if the catch was legit, it is still a good idea to throw to another fielder. There are always 2 batsman working in partnership. Without getting too deep into it, on some occations, it is possible to get both batsman out at the same time. I think the fielder was keeping that in mind when he was throwing to the other fielder, in case there was a chance to also get the other batsman out.

These are all amazing. My personal favourite is #9 - Ravindra Jadeja. And, yes, many of these guys are superb athletes.

Sorry Joel but please google total numbers of cricket fans worldwide and then the same for Baseball fans worldwide. You may be surprised to find the most populous country in the world has cricket as its major sport followed by millions.

Lets be Fair to this young American gentleman, we do play a version of 2:27 Baseball in the UK But it's known under a different name...its called rounders. And generally played by school girls!!!!😂😂😂😂

Next time you visit England go and watch a game even if it's on a village green then you can feel the ball, see and feel the equipment and enjoy a nice Sunday afternoon watching. Then you'll understand it a bit more. 😊

Cricket in India population of 1,4 billion is there national sport it is so big in India that sorry it is bigger than anything anywhere . Cricket is popular in India, Australia , England , New Zealand , Pakistani, Bangladesh, the West Indies . Sri Lanka , South Africa , Nepal, Afghanistan , Ireland , Netherlands

The first ever international cricket matcj was in 1844. Canada beat USA in Toronto!

"you're basically throwing a ball at a stick". I need to lie down, heavily sedated, in a darkened room.

These videos never include slips catches, which are in some ways even more amazing because of the lack of reaction time, plus being behind the batsman means the fielder doesn’t get a good look at the ball until it’s on them. Baseball has no equivalent to slips catches, which can be extraordinary even off slow spin bowling. That would be something to check out next.

Throwing a ball at a stick,that’s all cricket is. Hmmmm. Yes quite. It’s called bowling and if a bowler “threw” a ball at “the sticks” (wicket) it would be called a no ball and a possible censure for the bowler involved. The nuances and skill level involved confirm the talent and fitness required. Cricket is loved by approximately 2billion people worldwide,so it’s not a minority sport in the slightest. JPS,just because it’s not played in the US doesn’t mean it’s not a great sport. Delve a little deeper into cricket and you’ll learn it is a complex sport.

I'm pretty sure cricket is more widely played than baseball.

The bowler catching the ball was exceptional.

ball not going where it was intended to go at 6:05 is a fantastic observation.

Maybe cricket should have a World Series which would include England, Ireland, Australia, India , Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies etc. as opposed to Just America

It’s great to see you doing another Cricket reaction Joel. There are some great catches here but any top 10 catches without the Stokes and Strauss catches is not a real top 10.

The local cricket club (Co Kildare in Ireland, another country where cricket is rather popular) is just down the road from me and cricket season is starting shortly, I feel a desire to return to watching the game. It's so peaceful and calming somehow.

Caught and bowled are some of the best, bowler coming in at speed and batter cracking it straight back up the crease it's almost self defence with reactions being instant. Cheers JP keep exploring outside the USA, the world is a big place, from the place they call Middle Earth little old New Zealand.

What in the flying f*** are you talking about, child!? Baseball more popular than cricket around the world!? No. No, it is not. And it is not even remotely close. JFC, that hurt to hear.

Baseball is throwing a ball at a stick. Cricket, is a game of strategy. It's a game of individual skill combining with team tactics. It's a game of the mind & body, pitch, outfield & general weather conditions. All have to be understood & mastered.

Cricket is played in most Commonwealth countries, a number of European and Pacific countries as well as the US

Joel, the thing which makes these catches even more amazing is that the weight of the red ball is between 5.5. - 5.75 ounces. That's quite heavy for a ball of 2.8 - 2.86 inches in diameter. If you catch it wrong, you can end up with a busted finger. ouch!

I am surprised there are no slip catches.Where you need super reflexes.

You should do 10 fastest bowlers in the world. Amazing!

Suitable po face! Cricket, young man, is played by all civilised nations throughout the World. I believe it even has a foothold in the USA. It is very much a team game, a game of strategy, but at the point of play it is essentially one man against eleven.

As a Brit who subscribes to MLB TV every year (Chicago Cubs) and also attends as many Lancashire Cricket games as I can, I have to say thank you for a cracking vid. Baseball and cricket are both great games.

Dude, cricket is like the second most popular sport in the world! Far more popular than baseball.

When a player catches the ball the size of a 'bowling ball' with a mit' the size of a dinner plate tells you all about the difference in skills of catching' between baseball and cricket !

Cricket world round there is a plethora of unbelievable catches

They roll because the ball can't touch the ground after it's been caught. Different level but there is nothing like a lovely lazy summer afternoon sitting in a deck chair at a village green enjoying the cricket. Oh, and the pub afterwards. Roll on summer

In a more humoristic note, at my girls' boarding school we played tennis, netball, lacrosse, rugby and rounders (a bit like baseball). I was asked to replace a rounders player as a long-shot fielder (rounders was never my game) after catching a magnificent (I say so myself) ball at the very limit of the pitch !! I was automatically included in the team, although I said that it was a fluke catch - what had to happen, happened, never manager to catch another ball - lol !

Let me tell you something. Not all Brits are familiar with the rules of cricket either. :) But yes, Australia is huge in cricket. Britain v Australia - The Ashes. Where the British went, cricket followed. Cricket has changed a lot sice the days of the gentle game on the village green, played in white clothing. It's a lot more athletic and colourful now. And yes, AI commentary is very irritating.

Cricket is actually an extremely complex , technical game. Far more than throwing a ball at a stick to get someone out. What the commentator also probably doesn't realise is a cricket ball is cork wrapped in leather, which is far heavier and harder than a baseball.

Plenty of fingers have been broken trying to catch a cricket ball, It's heavier and harder than a baseball, even arms/wrists/jaws have been broken by fast deliveries.

That last catch was incredible considering he knew how close he was to the boundary

No3 was the great Jonty Rhodes - as a fielder, the man is an absolute legend to this day.

Even when you get everything right with a catch it can still hurt like hell, pain subsides pretty quickly when you see the guy going back to the pavilion.

I used to play and catching that ball really hurts.

A key point I think Americans might not appreciate is that these fielders are not specialists. They are in the team primarily for other roles and performing like this in the field is a bonus.

In the last featured catch, the Sri Lankan player Mathews threw the ball in before placing his foot down over the boundary. Of note, he threw the ball about 100 feet to his team mate Dilshan, who caught it, thus causing the batsman Warrner to be dismissed (Out).

What you need to remember that from the day a child (because it's not just men that play cricket) starts to catch a ball they are told to go with the ball, so high catches invariably follow the line of flight. That's why only the wicket keeper has gloves.

That cricket ball is hard as a rock ,way harder and bigger than a baseball ,smaller than a softball ,Dennis Lilly was bowling over 100mph back in the 70s for Australia,a schoolmate died in a highschool match in Joburg from a short rising bowl to the chest my good friend took a fast bowl straight to the teeth from a guy 3 yrs older than us playing Under13.He was a beast he just couldnt get out of Grade 7.