World's longest cricket marathon

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Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates The world's longest cricket marathon, or the longest marathon playing cricket,[1] is a world record of the longest time continuously playing the game of cricket between two teams.

It is held by Blunham Cricket Club from Bedfordshire England. In 2018 Club broke the world record by playing continuous cricket for 168 hours.

It was previously held by Blunham Cricket Club from Bedfordshire in England.[2] The club played for 105 hours from 10am Thursday 26 August 2010 until stumps were drawn at 7pm on Monday 30 August 2010. Guinness World records ratified the attempt on 8 April 2011. The club played in pink and purple to highlight cancer charities for both men and women.

List of record holders

The following is a list of record holders that have been accepted and ratified by Guinness World Records, or attempts that are awaiting ratification.

Record holder Location Country Time set Dates Notes Refs
Drummoyne Boys High School Five Dock, Sydney File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 73 hours 1980 Original record A charity match organised for Leukemia Research, the match was covered by local media and had a Guiness Book of World Records official in attendance
Cricket Club des Ormes Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany File:Flag of France.svg France 26 hours 15 minutes 21–22 June 2003 [3]
Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club Devon File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 hours 34 minutes 24–25 June 2006 Ratified 19 September 2006 [4][5][6]
Citipointe Church/Global Care Brisbane File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 33 hours 30 minutes 10–11 June 2006 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Red Row Cricket Club Northumberland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 34 hours 26–27 May 2007 [7]
Chestfield Cricket Club Kent File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 35 hours 8–9 September 2007 [8][9]
Citipointe Church Brisbane File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 50 hours 18 minutes 20–22 March 2008 [10]
Cornwall Cricket Club Auckland File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 55 hours
Blunham Cricket Club Bedfordshire File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 59 hours 33 minutes 19–21 September 2008 Ratified 3 December 2008 [11]
Raymond Terrace District Cricket Club New South Wales File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 66 hours 16 minutes 24–27 January 2009 Ratified May 2009 [12]
New South Wales Police Force New South Wales File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 67 hours 9 minutes 8–11 February 2009
Cornwall Cricket Club Auckland File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 100 hours 3–7 January 2010 Ratified 29 July 2010 [13]
Blunham Cricket Club Bedfordshire File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 105 hours 26–30 August 2010 Ratified 8 April 2011 [2][14]
Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club Leicestershire File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 150 hours 14 minutes 24–30 June 2012 Ratified 19 February 2014 [1][15][16]
Blunham Cricket Club Bedfordshire File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 168 hours 20 minutes 24–31 August 2019 Current record

Rules

The record is the amount of cumulative playing time, after breaks are discounted, of a continuous game of cricket.

  • Breaks are limited to 5 minutes per 1 hour of playing time
  • There are two teams and these teams are limited to 12-a-side (11 on the field plus one "sub")
  • No player is permitted to leave the ground unless they are incapacitated
  • A break is not permitted between innings.

References

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