Jim, you'd have loved this...

[Gob]

Cricket match in Loughborough sets longest world record

A Leicestershire cricket team have set a new world record for playing the longest ever match.



Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club began their game on 24 June with the aim of playing more than 105 hours of continuous cricket.

The team broke the record on Thursday but continued playing until they reached 150 hours, on Saturday.

The match, played at Loughborough College, has raised more than £10,000 for a children's cancer charity.
'Corks were popped'

Christopher Hughes, from Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club, said: "It was wonderful to be able to finally break the record [on Thursday]. We struggled into Friday but then realised we had one more sleep.

"Quite a few champagne corks were popped on Saturday."

Guinness World Records will confirm the achievement over the coming months after the club sends video evidence and witness statements.

According to the organisation, the previous record was held by members of Blunham Cricket Club in Bedfordshire who played for 105 hours from 26 to 30 August 2010.

[Lord Jim]

Seems like the perfect sport to set a record like this...

It's the only game I can think of where being awake is not a requirement for playing it....

[loCAtek]

...Or even being alive, it's [another] sign of the Zombie Apocalypse!

Zombie Cricket

Playing this, the rules make just about the same sense...

[Beer Sponge]

Bunch of wimps!

Try this sport instead!
World's Longest Hockey Game

[Lord Jim]

Yes, but there had to be substitution in that game...

Two-hundred and forty-six grueling hours

That's ten days...

No one could do that; you'd either pass out or succumb to sleep deprivation psychosis within the first three-four days...

I thought the idea behind the Cricket record was that it could be done without substitution, using the same players, because they could easily catch a nap while the game was going on....

[Beer Sponge]

Jim, 20 players per team. Six per team on the ice at a time, as is standard for a game of hockey. Same teams from start to finish. It is a physically demanding sport. I assume you`ve never played?