Isn't a baseball bat narrower then a cricket bat? I don't see the benefit to having a wider bat
Not only narrower but as you know, it's round as well.
But the challenge is the transition in the brain to move from playing cross bat to perpendicular bat.
The illegal practice bat is only for starters and then we will move to regulation bats.
There is a lot of work required on the footwork and developing certain muscles and reflexes. How to get the body behind the ball, keep the head down, bring elegance in wide spectrum of 360 range and what not.
I think a golf player is more easier to learnig cricket batting than a baseball slugger.
But I can tell that these baseball batters have some seriously good hand eye coordination to continuously hit the 100 meter homers, and that too with a narrow and round stick.