How long did the longest Test cricket match last lasted? Exciting story of this historical ‘Timeless Test’
TimeLess Test: Today, where T20 is era, Test matches are also often settled in 4-5 days. But just think – if a Test match lasts for 10 days, yet it does not result in the result? Yes, this is not a joke but the most unique reality in cricket history – ‘Timeless Test’ of 1939, i.e. ‘Bee Time Test.’
Where and when did this ‘great war of cricket’?
The historic match was played between March 3 and March 14, 1939 at the Kingsmade Stadium in Durban (South Africa). The match was between England and South Africa. The name was: ‘Timeless Test’, that is, a match in which there is no time limit – no 5 days, no 6 days… keep playing until the result comes out.
But why was the match stopped in the middle?
Even after a tough competition of 10 days, when the victory and defeat were not decided, the England team was forced to leave the match. Reason? He had to return to Britain by his ship and resade the ship’s ticket that was not an IRCTC!
Running as it is raining like this!
- South Africa’s first innings: 530 runs
- England’s first innings: 316 runs
- South Africa’s second innings: 481 runs
- England was chasing a target of 696 runs in the second innings, and reached 654/5.
- Total score: 1,981 runs … but still ‘No result’!
What changed in cricket after this?
After this ‘Timeless Test’, the cricket world learned a lesson and decided that from now on Test matches will be played within a time limit, that is why today’s Test cricket remains confined in 5 days, otherwise the players still stay in the stadium for weeks,
What was the most interesting?
One day’s rest was also kept in the match! It was because of this match that the ‘Timeless Test’ format was said to be goodbye forever.
