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Legendary actor Russell Crowe passionately explained cricket to Joe Rogan, calling Tests a \u201cgentleman\u2019s war\u201d, saying once you get it, \u201cit\u2019s the only way to watch cricket.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Joe Rogan couldn’t believe the explanation of cricket from Russel Crowe.<\/p>\n

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In a wild crossover for a cricket fan, legendary actor and director Russel Crowe has recently been recorded explaining the sport to American podcaster Joe Rogan on his immensely popular The Joe Rogan Experience.\u00a0<\/em>In it, Crowe detailed the different formats in cricket, before going deep into a passionate explanation of Tests, how it \u2018ebbs and flows\u2019, and how once you understand it, \u2018it\u2019s the only way you want to watch cricket\u2019.<\/p>\n

Crowe, who is a cousin of the legendary former New Zealand cricketers Martin and Jeffrey Crowe, revealed that he grew up in a \u2018cricket family\u2019 watching all five days of Test cricket from the stadium. He even said that one of his pathways was to be a cricketer himself, but he chose something different because he didn\u2019t think he could stand out with Martin and Jeffrey being as brilliant as they were.<\/p>\n

The conversation in the podcast began with a talk about American sports. Crowe, who was born in New Zealand but spent most of his life in Australia, told Rogan that, unlike Americans, who focus on domestic sports, Aussies see representing their country in games like rugby or cricket as the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

Rogan laughed, saying, \u201cWe never think about other sports. We mock them. We think about, like, what are you doing playing cricket?”<\/p>\n

Crowe replied, \u201cAnd it\u2019s a fascinating game. And anybody who loves baseball generally, I found baseball lovers are all about the minutiae, about the stats and what those stats mean\u2026 cricket fans are the same as that. So the fact that the two never seem to meet is odd to me.”<\/p>\n

Rogan asked, \u201cDo you guys have home runs in cricket? Like where someone really cracks the ball?” Crowe answered, \u201cIt\u2019s called a six. Out of the park, it\u2019s called a six. If you hit the ball over the fence without it bouncing, you get six runs.”<\/p>\n

He went on: \u201cSee, there\u2019s different forms of the game. You have T20, then you have one day\u2026 T20 means that each team gets to bowl 20 overs. An over is six balls\u2026 Then you have a one day game\u2026 But then you have the test match and this is what I grew up with\u2026 The test match is between two countries and it\u2019s played over five days. And the idea is that both teams have to bat and bowl twice and the result will be whatever it is at the end of five days\u2026 they have morning tea and then they have another break, they have lunch and then they have afternoon tea\u2026 It\u2019s very civilized.”<\/p>\n

Crowe added, \u201cMy cousin Martin was a great cricket player. He was the captain of New Zealand. My other cousin Jeffrey was also a captain of New Zealand\u2026 When one of them, Martin at his peak, he was called by Sports Illustrated, I believe, the Michael Jordan of world cricket.”<\/p>\n

He said his cousin used to call Test matches \u201cthe gentleman\u2019s war, because you have a defined space, you have X amount of players and you\u2019ve got to stop that little ball\u2026 from going between the players and therefore preventing the batsman from scoring runs.”<\/p>\n

Crowe described its appeal: \u201cBut that five day game, the way that it ebbs and flows, once you\u2019re into it, it\u2019s the only way you want to watch cricket because at one moment your team can be just so far ahead, and then it\u2019ll turn on a dime. And day two, things get really dark for your team. Day three, you got an edge back again. Day four, it\u2019s fantastic, man. And as a kid I used to go and attend every day of a five day. It was crazy.”<\/p>\n

Crowe said the patience needed for a five-day Test doesn\u2019t fit modern viewing habits, recalling how cricket once dominated Australian TV. He added that, unlike shorter, fast-paced sports, cricket consumes your whole day.<\/p>\n

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