An unprecedented convergence of national pastimes in London

A story on ESPN about the similarities between baseball and cricket interviews Kenneth Regan, associate professor of computer science and engineering, who has written on the intersections of the two sports.

"Both sports are actually excellent as background noise," he said. "In both sports, there is constant slower movement that is based around the defense trying to take away a relatively small supply of outs from the offense. They're great to have on the radio while you're working on a doctoral thesis."

Read the story here.

The article also appeared on ESPN Australia, ESPN UK and ESPN India.