World's longest cricket marathon


The World's Longest Cricket Marathon, now officially known as the Longest Marathon Playing Cricket, is a world record of the longest time continuously playing the game of Cricket between two teams.
It is held by Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club from Leicestershire, England. In June 2012, Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club broke the World Record by playing continuous cricket for 150 hours and 14 minutes. The attempt took place from 24 June to 30 June 2012 at the Loughborough College Rubber Crumb. The attempt raised money for a local cancer charity, Harley Staples Cancer Trust. Guinness World records ratified the attempt on 19 February 2014.
It was previously held by Blunham Cricket Club from Bedfordshire in England. 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 HolderLocationCountryTime SetDatesNotesRefs
Cricket Club des OrmesDol-de-Bretagne, Brittany26 hours 15 minutes21 - 22 June 2003Original record
Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket ClubDevon27 hours 34 minutes24 - 25 June 2006Ratified 19 September 2006
Citipointe Church/Global CareBrisbane33 hours 30 minutes10 - 11 June 2006
Red Row Cricket ClubNorthumberland34 hours26 - 27 May 2007
Chestfield Cricket ClubKent35 hours8 - 9 September 2007
Citipointe ChurchBrisbane50 hours 18 minutes20 - 22 March 2008
Cornwall Cricket ClubAuckland55 hours
Blunham Cricket ClubBedfordshire59 hours 33 minutes19 - 21 September 2008Ratified 3 December 2008
Raymond Terrace District Cricket ClubNew South Wales66 hours 16 minutes24 - 27 January 2009Ratified May 2009
New South Wales Police ForceNew South Wales67 hours 9 minutes8 - 11 February 2009
Cornwall Cricket ClubAuckland100 hours3 - 7 January 2010Ratified 29 July 2010
Blunham Cricket ClubBedfordshire105 hours26 - 30 August 2010Ratified 8 April 2011
Loughborough University Staff Cricket ClubLeicestershire150 hours 14 minutes24 - 30 June 2012Ratified 19 February 2014
Blunham Cricket ClubBedfordshire168 hours24 - 31 August 2019Pending ratification

Rules

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