MLB vs BBL

Revision as of 01:38, 18 January 2016

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