Longest cricket marathon

According to Official Guinness Records,

The longest marathon playing cricket is 150 hr 14 min and was achieved by Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club (UK) at Loughborough College Rubber Crumb in Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, from 24 to 30 June 2012. The marathon pitted Chris' Crusaders against Waghray's Warriors, with the Crusaders winning 10 matches to the Warriors nine. Chris' Crusaders scored a total of 6,382 runs, whilst Waghray's Warriors managed 6,346 runs. The honour of the highest individual score in an innings belonged to Chris' Crusaders player Surender Mohandass, who scored an unbeaten 323 on his way to help his side win Match 14 of this 19 match contest.

For a complete list of 2012 records, please visit 2012 Guinness Records in United Kingdom.

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