page_title: Comparison of baseball and cricket
section_title: Cricket
hierarchical_section_title: Comparison of baseball and cricket / Field / Cricket
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic shot of Wankhede Stadium during the first innings of the 2011 ICC World Cup Final between Sri Lanka and India.
context_page_description: Baseball and cricket are the best-known members of a family of related bat-and-ball games.
  Despite their similarities, the two sports also have many differences in play and in strategy. A comparison between baseball and cricket can be instructive to followers of either sport, since the similarities help to highlight nuances particular to each game.
context_section_description: In contrast, Test and One Day International cricket is played on a field with a minimum width of 420 feet (128.0 m) and length 426 feet (129.8 m), giving a minimum area of 140,500 square feet (13,050 m²), assuming an elliptical shape. However the shape of a cricket ground is not fixed. Test grounds around the world are typically 450 by 500 feet (140 by 150 m), an area of about 175,000 square feet (16,300 m²), ranging up to 479 by 561 feet (146 by 171 m) or 270,000 square feet (25,000 m²) at a venue such as the MCG.
caption: A panoramic view of Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India during the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final.
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