Russell Crowe

So how am I going to make any kind of statement here when one of them, Martin, at his peak, he was called by Sports Illustrated, I believe, the Michael Jordan of world cricket.

Wow.

He was a very dominant player in his day.

And he used to call, we used to discuss test matches as the gentleman's war.

Because you have a defined space.

You have X amount of players.

And you've got to stop that little ball in this gigantic 180-meter by 120-meter oval.

You've got to stop that little red ball from going between the players and therefore preventing the batsman from scoring runs.

But that five-day game, the way that it ebbs and flows, once you're into it, it's the only way you want to watch cricket.

Because it's like, you know, at one moment, your team can be just so far ahead.

You're like, just, you know, and then it'll 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's fantastic, man.

And as a kid, I used to go and attend every day of a five-day game.

Yeah, it was crazy.

No, no.

I mean, it really requires, I mean, just look at the five-day game.

It's like five news cycles, right?

Yeah.