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Few hills I will die on but this is one:

- baseball = much better at throwing; as seen by baseball coaches brought in to cricket teams to aid throwing from the boundary

- cricket = much better at catching (without a glove) and ball handling "OMG HE BARE HANDED IT". 

the original cast is true in that regard

Also highly recommend this book - https://amazon.co.uk/Playing-Hard-Ball-Cricket-Baseball/dp/0349116660

Written by an ex-pro cricketer who did spring training with an MLB team. Really good account of the differences between the sports.

Spoiler alert for those that can't be bothered reading it - baseball is a pitchers game. The default is 'you get the guy out'. Best hitters in history hit 1/3 times at the plate (i.e. .300). 9 innings per game, each batter bats multiple times per game.

Cricket is a batters game. Default is 'score a lot of runs and occasionally you get the guy out'.  Without getting into the weeds, there are multiple forms of cricket. OK SCREW IT WE ARE GOING INTO THE WEEDS.

First thing to know about cricket - there is no bullpen. The 11 players in a team have to do all the bowling (pitching), fielding and batting. Small addendum to this for fielding (you can have 'sub fielders for injuries' - which has been abused a bit recently with 'fake injuries' - but no sub batters/bowlers)