Explain why is it easy to stop a tennis ball than a cricket ball moving with a same speed?

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$A v e r a g e f o r c e e x e r t e d b y t h e b a l l o n t h e h a n d i s F_{a v e} = \frac{c h a n g e i n m o m e n t u m = i n i t i a l m o m e n t u m (a s f i n a l m o m e n t u m i s z e r o)}{t i m e t a k e n f o r t h e c h a n g e i n m o m e n t u m} L e t t h e t i m e t a k e n b e t h e s a m e i n b o t h t h e c a s e s . s o a s i n i t i a l m o m e n t u m o f t h e t e n n i s b a l l i s l e s s t h a n t h e c r i c k e t b a l l s o l e s s e r f o r c e i s r e q u i r e d t o s t o p a t e n n i s b a l l t h a n a c r i c k e t b a l l . R e g a r d s$

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