No ... they aren't.
Whether wood or metal, due to its shape the baseball bat is much better suited to use as a melee weapon than the cricket bat. Football bats, of course, are completely useless ...
“Each baseball bat was fetching more than $400.”
Wouldn’t cricket bats be just as effective and more available?
The English would be more used to swinging one of them.
No ... they aren't.
Whether wood or metal, due to its shape the baseball bat is much better suited to use as a melee weapon than the cricket bat. Football bats, of course, are completely useless ...