World's longest cricket marathon
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The World's Longest Cricket Marathon is a world record currently officially held by Chestfield Cricket Club [1] who played for 35 hours on 8 and 9 September 2007.
The record was previously held by Red Row Cricket Club in Northumberland, England, standing at 34 hours, set on 26 and 27 May 2007 that beat a record set by Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club in Devon, England (ratified by Guinness World Records on 19 September 2006) standing at 27 hours 34 minutes, set on 24 and 25 June 2006.
An unverified official record was set by Citipoite Church in Brisbane, Australia (33 hours and 30 minutes) on the 10 and 11 June 2006, although this is unlikely as the Cheriton Fitzpaine attempt was confirmed which was of a shorter time length and two weeks after Citipoite's claimed record.
The record was originally set by Cricket Club des Ormes in France in 2003, at 26 hours and 13 minutes.
[edit] Current Attempts
An attempt at this record has once again been made by two teams from Citipointe Church in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Commencing at 20:30 (local time) at Sel Outridge Park, Redland Bay, on Thursday 20 March, 2008, the teams played until 22:45 on Saturday evening of 22 March. This new unofficial record of 50 hours and 15 minutes beats the Chestfield CC record by 15 hours and 15 minutes.
Cornwall Cricket Club [2] in Auckland, New Zealand attempted to break the record by starting at 09:00 (local time) on Friday 18 April 2008, and playing non-stop until 16:00 on Sunday 20 April. In the "Drive for 55", Team Qantas and Team Mainstream played solidly for 55 hours to bring the record to the shores of New Zealand. Over 3500 runs were scored and more than 900 overs were bowled. This remains an unofficial record until Guinness verify, however it was a hugely successful event with money being raised along the way to benefit the Starship Foundation Children's Hospital. At the conclusion of the event, NZ rock icon , Jordan Luck performed with full band on the back of a Mainstream Freight Truck
[edit] 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 of 10 minutes is permitted between innings, deducted from the cumulative playing time
