26 Guinness World records held by Cricket

26 Guinness World records held by Cricket: The Guinness book of word records is the most prestigious and acclaimed records in the world. And as Cricket has a position of its own in the world of sports it occupies a prominent place in the Guinness book of world records as well. Numbers add a dimension like no other to the game of cricket.

The uncertainties of the contest add a flavour which is not only exciting but one to take note of. And therefore cricket comes with records and statistics embedded in it. They can make even the most conservative purist go wondering and can also make the most volatile fan stop and think once. If there is one landmark and parameter for the records it has to be the Guinness book.

So why not have a peep into what are the 26 Guinness World records held by Cricket:

1. Longest cricket marathon:

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.