If a cricket ball hits you, it will hurt much more than a tennis ball would, because :

Cricket ball is bigger

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Cricket ball has more mass

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Cricket ball has less density

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Cricket ball has more mass
A moving balls have momentum that is equal to, $p = m v$
A ball with higher mass will have higher momentum at a constant velocity. Therefor to stop higher momentum objects, high forces are required. A cricket ball has more mass hence more momentum and will hurts more.

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