World's longest cricket marathon explained
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 |
|---|
| Cricket Club des Ormes | | | 26 hours 15 minutes | 21 - 22 June 2003 | Original record | [3] |
| Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club | | | 27 hours 34 minutes | 24 - 25 June 2006 | Ratified 19 September 2006 | [4] [5] [6] |
| Citipointe Church/Global Care | | | 33 hours 30 minutes | 10 - 11 June 2006 | | |
| Red Row Cricket Club | | | 34 hours | 26 - 27 May 2007 | | [7] |
| | | 35 hours | 8 - 9 September 2007 | | [8] [9] |
| | | 50 hours 18 minutes | 20 - 22 March 2008 | | [10] |
| | | 55 hours | | | |
| Blunham Cricket Club | | | 59 hours 33 minutes | 19 - 21 September 2008 | Ratified 3 December 2008 | [11] |
| Raymond Terrace District Cricket Club | | | 66 hours 16 minutes | 24 - 27 January 2009 | Ratified May 2009 | [12] |
| New South Wales Police Force | | | 67 hours 9 minutes | 8 - 11 February 2009 | | |
| Cornwall Cricket Club | | | 100 hours | 3 - 7 January 2010 | Ratified 29 July 2010 | [13] |
| Blunham Cricket Club | | | 105 hours | 26 - 30 August 2010 | Ratified 8 April 2011 | [14] |
| Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club | | | 150 hours 14 minutes | 24 - 30 June 2012 | Ratified 19 February 2014 | [15] [16] |
| Blunham Cricket Club | | | 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.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Longest marathon playing cricket. Guinness World Records. 23 February 2014.
- Web site: Blunham cricketers set new world record. BBC Online. 18 March 2014. 31 August 2010.
- Web site: Cricket Club des Ormes. Cricket Club des Ormes. 16 March 2014.
- Web site: Cherries celebrate world record. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222321/http://www.devoncricket.co.uk/news/Cherriesrecord.htm. 28 September 2007 . Devon Cricket. 23 February 2014.
- Web site: Cricketers hit record for six!. BBC Online. 18 March 2014. 21 September 2006.
- Web site: Worlds Longest Cricket Marathon [sic]]. Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club. 15 March 2014.
- Web site: It's Red Row v world in David's memory. The Journal (Newcastle). 18 March 2014. 9 May 2007.
- Web site: Cricket club in world record attempt. Kent Online. 7 September 2007. 16 March 2014.
- Web site: 35 Hour Charity Cricket Marathon. Oakwood Homes. 16 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208051417/http://www.oakwoodhomes.biz/cricket/. 8 February 2012.
- Web site: Cricketers beat world record for longest ever match. Brisbane Times. 18 March 2014. 23 March 2008.
- Web site: World's Longest Cricket Marathon - Blunham CC, Bedfordshire, UK. Waymarking.com. 15 March 2014.
- Web site: Terrace's world record for 63 hours of cricket. Port Stephens Examiner. 16 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120723110800/http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/news/local/sport/cricket/terraces-world-record-for-63-hours-of-cricket/1418262.aspx. 28 January 2009. 23 July 2012.
- Web site: Cornwall sets non-stop cricket record. TV New Zealand. 18 March 2014. Television New Zealand. 7 January 2010.
- Web site: 2010 Cricket Marathon. Blunham Cricket Club. 16 March 2014.
- Web site: Cricket match in Loughborough sets longest world record. BBC Online. 1 July 2012. 23 February 2014.
- Web site: Non-stop cricket world record. ESPNcricinfo. 18 March 2014. ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2012.
