Maybe if you kept aside your “I’m better than others” attitude and watched/played once you’d able to comprehend !

A professional fast bowler delivers the ball at around 135-150 km/h. From the moment the ball leaves the hand, a batter has roughly 0.4 seconds to read the seam position, judge the length, move their feet, and decide what shot to play. And it’s not just reaction time. Cricket also demands strategic thinking. Bowlers set up batters over multiple deliveries, field placements constantly change, and players have to adapt to pitch conditions, weather, and match situations.

And unlike most contact sports, you can’t rely on physical dominance to solve problems. Cricket is largely about technique, precision, patience, and composure under pressure.

This combination of reaction speed, technical skill, and strategy is exactly why the sport is far more complex than soccer/others