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Baseball is the primary "stick and ball" game in the USA, and has existed in it's modern form (with only minor variations in rules) since 1901. 

Cricket is the primary "stick and ball" game in Australia, and exists in three major forms: Test (since 1877), One Day (since 1971), and Twenty20 (aka T20) (since 2005). These are the three forms of Cricket that are played at an international level (dates above are for first international matches. However the rest of this article will focus on T20 at a domestic level. 

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the premier Baseball league in the USA, garnering approximately 30,000 spectators per match. 

Big Bash League (BBL) is the premier Twenty20 Cricket competition within Australia, garnering approximately 30,000 spectators per match. 

Here are some deeper statistical comparisons of the sports and leagues - in the context of their countries. Trying to be objective. 

MLB has been running since 1903 (counting as the year of the first "World Series"), for the sport of Baseball which , whilst BBL is much newer - it's first year was 2011-12.

Comparing 2015 MLB, with 2015-016 BBL. 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Major_League_Baseball_season
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Big_Bash_League_season


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!  !! MLB 2015 !! BBL 2015-16
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| Season || 5 April 2015 - 2 Nov 2015 (211 days) || 17 Dec 2015 - 24 Jan 2016 (38 days)
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| Teams || 30 (split into 2 leagues of 15 teams, each league is further split into 3 divisions. Note that there are subtle rule differences between leagues!) || 8
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| Games || 162 || 32 (split into 8 rounds of 4 games each)
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| Postseason/Finals || one "wild card" game (per league), then two "best-of-five" game series per league, for the "Division series". Then a best-of-seven series per league, for the League Championship Series. Then those two winners go to the "World Series" - itself a best-of-seven. Thus, the postseason could be as little as 26, or as many as 43 games. || 3 games: two semi-finals, one final. 
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