Russell Crowe

So you have that version of the game, which is very short.

It can happen in an evening.

Then you have a one-day game, which maybe starts in the afternoon, finishes by 8 or 9 at night.

But then you have the test match.

And this is what I grew up with.

It's sort of been dialed down a little bit now because they brought in shorter forms of the game.

But the test match is between two countries and it's 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.

Five days, man.

Five full days.

And they start, and then they have morning tea, and then they have another break.

They have lunch, and then they have afternoon tea.

And if it's really hot every now and then, somebody will walk out and give them drinks.

It's very civilized.

My 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.

So I kind of grew up in a cricketing family, and it was one of the pathways for me that was potentially play cricket.

But when you've got two of your cousins who are as good as they were, it's a very crowded room.