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Cricket vs Baseball. Which is bigger?

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Much confusion exists over which sport has the biggest ball, cricket or baseball. This confusion is well founded because of the different sizes of ball used in the various competitions of baseball and the changes in size over the years. This webpage was established to help settle any bets people may have over which has the biggest balls. Cricket Cricket ball size too has changed over the years but now has an official standard of construction. The British Standard BS 5993:1994. It specifies that a cricket ball must not have a diameter greater than 7.29cm and no smaller than 7.13cm.  Umpires carry a Go-No-Go guage in their pocket to check the legality of all ball before play and which can also be used to check the ball throughout the match to determine if it has gone out of shape. All international parties accept these standards as the official size of a cricket ball. Baseball Baseball is a little bit trickier. It has no single standard. Some claim than the Major Le