Can Cricket SUPERSTAR Harry Brook learn how to hit a baseball in just 1 day?! | MLB Europe 

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.

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.

Just seen Harry score a great hundred in front of 70,000 at Eden Gardens in the IPL The kid has some minerals

He picked it up pretty quick. You can tell he has exceptional hand eye coordination.

He took guard like a cricketer 6:20. Love to see it.

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.

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

Not too shabby for his first time playing baseball. Well done kind sir. ⚾️

Every ball is a full toss

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.

Just wondering how long could LIAM LIVINGSTONE can hit it💀

Harry Brook is one of the cricketers whose batting style resemble baseball hitting. Great crossover

Harry brook the future of English cricket ,he is gonna become one of the top run scorer in future

Irrespective of the results, this crossover was wonderful. It helps you to appreciate what other people do.

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.

He just hit a hundred in IPL. 🎉🎉🎉

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

He’s got all the basics. Hand eye coordination.

For someone who plays their own sport at an international level this guy is EXTREMELY humble. Love seeing this cross over.

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.

Brilliant, well done Harry Brook, a seriously talented player !

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.❤

Happy to see Harry Brook play for the Cardinals. I did my MS in SIUE and supported the STL Cardinals

Here after England's win over Australia in third test of Aahes he played very well in second inning

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

Its insane how fast he got good in baseball!

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.

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!

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 :)

He is the next big thing of Cricket world. Brooks is making so many runs soon he will be no 1 batsman

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.

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...

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.

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

Harry brook is a great player i love watch him play❤️

Takin a cue from Jomboy with the Cricket outreach, love it

Would be fun to see a home and home championship playing cricket and baseball on their home turf respectively.

I miss baseball on TV here in the UK. Was an avid fan sitting through the night watching some fantastic games and great athletes.

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.

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.

Every ball will be ful toss a dream for a cricket batter 😂😂😂

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.

Cricket is way better

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 take this lad for my beer league softball team any day!

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.

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

As a Cardinals fan since my youth; thank you for picking St. Louis!

Harry smashed a brilliant century in the IPL the other day.

Baseball is a great sport. Cricket is great and much more technical.

I would love to see more baseball outside of the US, Canada and Japan. Imagine a World Series that was REALLY a World Series.

Color me impressed that he picked it up in one day with coaching. He was making good, solid contact.

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

This is so awesome! Helluva job, Harry!!!

Good player to pick. He has been outrageously good for England the last year.

Dude needed to lift his right elbow and would've been solid. Cool video idea. Let's see MLB guys playing cricket.

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.

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

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.

The 'cricketing guard' at 6:20. Haha. This was really fun to watch.

Not a cardinals fan but really proud how they represented baseball and the country tbh

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.

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Wait a min When did harry brook become cricketing superstar?🤣🤣

In the US Air Force, I was stationed in East Anglia for several years. I played a fair amount of Cricket..and I was good at it. You knew pretty much where the ball was coming to, and it was a lot slower.

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

That Cardinal Red is the best Red in the business!!!

Quality young cricketer. England have a gem on their hands.

I would have loved to see him show his skills with some field drills

I want to see someone big like Chris Gayle playing Baseball! He'll definitely hit big home runs :D

Love to see this go the other way and have some baseball players try cricket

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.

Two great sports ❤

baseball and cricket sports brothers

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.

Lud looking comfortable in front of the camera. Good media guy.

Cricketers faces 145+km/h balls in a regular basis, So hiting a base ball with speed less than 100km/h is like a full toss speen ball without any turn.

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

Cricket have a big learning curve,

Enjoyable piece thanks

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.

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.

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.

Absolutely loved this.

Keepin it classy STL! Can't wait for not only the London game but Opening Day tomorrow, GO CARDS!!!

For 1 day that was pretty good. Way better than 99.999999% of humans would do.

These two sports are similar but infinitely different. The swing is very different.

Harry seems a really good guy

Sería bueno ver más ingleses practicar Baseball ⚾!

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. 😂

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

This was awesome, great video

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He broked the record great crickters