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The '''world's longest cricket marathon''', or the '''longest marathon playing cricket''',<ref name="gwr1">{{cite web|title=Longest marathon playing cricket|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-3000/longest-marathon-playing-cricket/|publisher=Guinness World Records|accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="gwr1" /><ref name="lufbrabbc">{{cite web|title=Cricket match in Loughborough sets longest world record|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-18657842|publisher=BBC Online|date=1 July 2012|accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="lufbraespn">{{cite web|title=Non-stop cricket world record|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/621620.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=18 March 2014|authorlink=ESPNcricinfo|date=3 July 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name="blunhambbc">{{cite web|title=Blunham cricketers set new world record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/threecounties/hi/front_page/newsid_8956000/8956231.stm|publisher=BBC Online|accessdate=18 March 2014|date=31 August 2010}}</ref> 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.

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Record holder
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Time set
! scope="col" | Dates
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" | Refs
|-
| Cricket Club des Ormes ||[[Dol-de-Bretagne]], [[Brittany]] || {{flag|France}} || 26 hours 15 minutes || 21 - 22 June 2003 || Original record || <ref name=desormes>{{cite web|title=Cricket Club des Ormes|url=http://www.cricketinfrance.com/|publisher=Cricket Club des Ormes|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club || [[Devon]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 27 hours 34 minutes || 24 - 25 June 2006 || Ratified 19 September 2006 || <ref name="devoncricket">{{cite web|title=Cherries celebrate world record|url=http://www.devoncricket.co.uk/news/Cherriesrecord.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222321/http://www.devoncricket.co.uk/news/Cherriesrecord.htm|archivedate=28 September 2007 |work=Devon Cricket|accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=cfccbbc>{{cite web|title=Cricketers hit record for six!|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2006/06/26/cricket_marathon_success_feature.shtml|publisher=BBC Online|accessdate=18 March 2014|date=21 September 2006}}</ref><ref name=cfcc1>{{cite web|title=Worlds Longest Cricket Marathon [sic]|url=http://www.cf-cc.co.uk/pages/longest.html|publisher=Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club|accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Citipointe Church]]/Global Care || [[Brisbane]] || {{flag|Australia}} || 33 hours 30 minutes || 10 - 11 June 2006 ||{{Dubious|date=March 2014}} ||
|-
| Red Row Cricket Club || [[Northumberland]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 34 hours || 26 - 27 May 2007 || ||<ref name=redrow1>{{cite web|title=It's Red Row v world in David's memory|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/its-red-row-v-world-4526575|publisher=The Journal (Newcastle)|accessdate=18 March 2014|date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chestfield Cricket Club]] || [[Kent]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 35 hours || 8 - 9 September 2007 || ||<ref name=chestfield1>{{cite web|title=Cricket club in world record attempt|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/newsarchive.aspx?articleid=34343|publisher=Kent Online|date=7 September 2007|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=chestfield2>{{cite web|title=35 Hour Charity Cricket Marathon|url=http://www.oakwoodhomes.biz/cricket/|publisher=Oakwood Homes|accessdate=16 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208051417/http://www.oakwoodhomes.biz/cricket/|archivedate=8 February 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[Citipointe Church]] || [[Brisbane]] || {{flag|Australia}} || 50 hours 18 minutes || 20 - 22 March 2008 || || <ref name=citipointe2008-1>{{cite web|title=Cricketers beat world record for longest ever match|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/cricketers-beat-world-record-for-longest-ever-match/2008/03/23/1206206903106.html|publisher=Brisbane Times|accessdate=18 March 2014|date=23 March 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cornwall Cricket Club]] || [[Auckland]] || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 55 hours || || ||
|-
| Blunham Cricket Club || [[Bedfordshire]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 59 hours 33 minutes || 19 - 21 September 2008 || Ratified 3 December 2008 || <ref name=blunham1>{{cite web|title=World's Longest Cricket Marathon - Blunham CC, Bedfordshire, UK|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6CMQ_Worlds_Longest_Cricket_Marathon_Blunham_CC_Bedfordshire_UK|publisher=Waymarking.com|accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| Raymond Terrace District Cricket Club || [[New South Wales]] || {{flag|Australia}} || 66 hours 16 minutes || 24 - 27 January 2009 || Ratified May 2009 || <ref name="raymond1">{{cite web|title=Terrace's world record for 63 hours of cricket|url=http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/news/local/sport/cricket/terraces-world-record-for-63-hours-of-cricket/1418262.aspx|publisher=Port Stephens Examiner|accessdate=16 March 2014|archiveurl=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|date=28 January 2009|archivedate=23 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| New South Wales Police Force || [[New South Wales]] || {{flag|Australia}} || 67 hours 9 minutes || 8 - 11 February 2009 || ||
|-
| Cornwall Cricket Club || [[Auckland]] || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 100 hours || 3 - 7 January 2010 || Ratified 29 July 2010 || <ref name=cornwall2>{{cite web|title=Cornwall sets non-stop cricket record|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/cornwall-sets-non-stop-cricket-record-01-58-3325880/video|publisher=TV New Zealand|accessdate=18 March 2014|authorlink=Television New Zealand|date=7 January 2010}}</ref>
|-
| Blunham Cricket Club || [[Bedfordshire]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 105 hours || 26 - 30 August 2010 || Ratified 8 April 2011 || <ref name="blunhambbc" /><ref name=blunham2>{{cite web|title=2010 Cricket Marathon|url=http://blunhamcc.20m.com/record/|publisher=Blunham Cricket Club|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background: yellow;"
| Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club || [[Leicestershire]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 150 hours 14 minutes || 24 - 30 June 2012 || Ratified 19 February 2014
|<ref name="gwr1" /><ref name="lufbrabbc" /><ref name="lufbraespn" />
|-
| Blunham Cricket Club || [[Bedfordshire]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 168 hours || 24 - 31 August 2019 || Pending ratification
|
|}

== 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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cf-cc.co.uk/ Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club]
*[http://www.cornwallcricket.co.nz Cornwall Cricket Club, Auckland, NZ]
*[http://www.blunhamcc.20m.com Blunham Cricket Club]
*[http://www.rtdcc.nsw.cricket.com.au Raymond Terrace District Cricket Club]
*[https://archive.today/20130131111306/http://ncb.play-cricket.com/content/view.asp?id=10148263&cid=200 Play-Cricket article for Red Row record]

[[Category:Cricket records and statistics]]
[[Category:Sports world records]]
[[Category:Longest-duration things]]

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