Joe Rogan could barely believe what he had just heard.A sport that has three different formats, including one which is played over five days? Yep, Rogan had just been educated about the wonderful and, at times, confusing sport of cricket.What made it all the more special was the fact Rogan learned all about cricket from Hollywood megastar Russell Crowe.Going into this episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC icon barely knew a thing about the sport.Crowe breaks down the three formats of cricket to RoganBut Crowe walked him through the differences and joys of T20, one day internationals and Test cricket.“See, there are different forms of the game. You have T20, then you have one day and Test,” Crowe said.“T20 means that each team gets to bowl 20 overs. An over is six balls. So you have 20 six-ball overs that you’re bowling to the batting team, and they’ve got to try and get as many runs as they can, and then you will have a go at batting.“So you have that version of the game, which is very short. It can be, it can happen in an evening. Then you have a one-day game, which maybe, you know, 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 dialled 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.”The mere thought of a match being played over such a lengthy period left Rogan stunned.Crowe did his utmost to break down the sport of cricket to Rogan, who had no idea what it entailedJoe Rogan Experience“Five days?,” Rogan said.Crowe’s family links to star Kiwi duo revealedCrowe then mused about how cricket was a pillar in his family as his cousins, Martin and Jeff, both captained New Zealand in Test cricket.Martin skippered the Black Caps in the red ball format on 16 occasions out of the 77 Test matches played in his career and is considered one of New Zealand’s greatest ever batsmen.Such was the acclaim in which Martin was held, Pakistani great Wasim Akram described the Kiwi ‘the best I ever bowled against’ while former Australian bowler Craig Dermott claimed ‘there was no more difficult man to bowl to’ than Crowe once he was in his groove.Crowe even claimed Martin, who passed away in March 2016, was labelled by iconic sports publication Sports Illustrated as ‘the Michael Jordan of world cricket.’The revelation about the Crowe family’s storied background in the sport left Rogan stunned, as did the Hollywood star’s explanation about the rollercoaster of emotions that is Test cricket.At the time of his international cricket retirement in 1995, Crowe had the record for the most Test and ODI runs scored by a New ZealanderHulton Archive - GettyRogan was left in awe of Crowe’s cousin and the complexities of cricketJoe Rogan Experience“With 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,” Crowe said.“And day two, things get really dark for your team, you know, 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.”Rogan replied: “Wow, that’s crazy. There’s nothing like that here.”Although Crowe was born in New Zealand, he was raised and began his acting career in Australia, so he’ll undoubtedly be keeping a keen eye on the upcoming Ashes series, which begins in Perth on November 21.Who knows, maybe Crowe’s passionate explanation will have Rogan tuning in to see if Australia can retain the urn.