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Baseball and cricket are the best-known members of a family of related bat-and-ball games. Both have fields that are 400 feet (120 m) or more in diameter between their furthest endpoints,[1] offensive players who can hit a thrown/"bowled" ball out of the field and run between safe areas to score runs (points) at the risk of being gotten out (forced off the field of play by the opposing team and thus left unable to score further runs during that play), and have a major game format lasting about 3 hours.[citation needed]
Despite their similarities, the two sports also have many differences in play and in strategy; for example, far more runs are scored in a cricket match compared to a baseball game.[2] A comparison between baseball and cricket can be instructive to followers of either sport, since the differences help to highlight nuances particular to each game.
- ^ http://web.mit.edu/~xsdg/Public/papers/himcm-2003.pdf "The [baseball field's] width is the distance between foul poles... the Twins' field width (473.9 ft) and the Braves' field width (470.2 ft) is not significant. However, the difference between the Rockies' and Yankees' field widths (492.9 ft and 446.9 ft, respectively) is very significant."
- ^ "Explaining cricket, the world's second-most popular sport, to Americans". KXLF. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
Yes, cricket teams score more runs in one match than some baseball teams score in half a season.