Cricket vs. Baseball

[blunty51]

outlawauron said:

tombi123 said:
@Outlaw

Baseball ball mass: between 5-5.25 ounces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_(ball)

Cricket ball mass: between 5.5-5.75 ounces.
http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-5-the-ball,31,AR.html

Length of baseball pitch: 18.39m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball

Length of cricket pitch (crease to crease): 17.68m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/the_basics/newsid_3795000/3795261.stm

So if both balls are travelling at roughly the same speed, the cricketer has less time to react.

But cricketer also gets a bounce to help him.

Yes the bounce takes pace off the ball. However, a full toss would not have that assistance to slow down the ball. Is it possible that the design of the ball has an impact? Baseballs have that kinda tennis ball design, but cricket has one seam going around the max circumference.