Durban
In the history of cricket, more than one wonder records are seen. If someone is a king of sixes, then a master in taking a hat -trick, but we are going to tell you the record of the longest match in cricket history. In today’s era, Test cricket is 5 days, but this match lasted for 9 days. In the match, the umpires were tired of applying mathematics. The match was played 85 years ago.
43 hours 16 minutes the match was going on
In 1939, the teams of England and South Africa came out to play the match at the Durban ground. In the 12 -day Test match, there were 2 days of rest while one day there was no match due to bad weather. For 9 days, both teams kept competing with each other. The match started on 3 March 1939 and stopped on 14 March, but the result was not in favor of anyone. The match lasted 43 hours 16 minutes.
1981 runs were scored in the match
A total of 1981 runs were scored in this match. In that period, one over used to be of 8 balls. According to 6 balls, a total of 907.5 overs were thrown in this match. However, there was a 680.7 overs match according to the old account. In today’s era, maximum 450 overs can be thrown in a Test match.
The result was not out
In this match, hosts South Africa’s team scored 530 in the first innings and 481 runs in the second innings. In response, the England team was reduced to the score of 316 in the first innings. The English team got a target of 696 runs after this. The English team scored 654 runs while batting brilliantly, but the match was finished on the 9th day. The match was drawn due to England’s flight leaving.
