World records: In the game of cricket, new records are made every day and old records are broken every day. There are many records that were made many years ago and which have not been broken till date and it seems very difficult for these records to be broken in the future too. One such record was made by England's dashing batsman Leonard Hutton.

This is the record of playing the longest innings in Test cricket. The match in which Leonard Hutton set this record is even before India's independence. How long did Leonard Hutton stay at the crease and how many balls did he face? Let us tell you…..

Could not get anyone out for 13 hours

It was the year 1938 when the Australian team went on a tour of England.

The fifth match of the tour was played at the Oval ground. The English team batted first and Leonard Hutton came to open the innings. He batted for nearly 13 hours and the Australian bowlers longed to take his wicket. During his 13 hours at the crease, Leonard Hutton faced 847 balls.

In which he played a brilliant innings of 364 runs and during this he also hit 35 fours. He made not one but two records in this innings. Hutton made the record of staying on the crease for the longest time by batting for 13 hours. Along with this, he also made the record of playing the most balls in an innings by playing 847 balls.

The Australian team was scattered

Thanks to Leonard Hutton's 364, Morris Leyland's 187 and Joe Hardstaff's 169 runs, England declared their innings at 903 for the loss of 7 wickets. In reply, Australia's first innings were folded for just 201 runs. England gave follow-on and asked Australia to bat again, and in the second innings the entire Australian team was all out for just 123 runs. Even the entire team together could not surpass Leonard Hutton's 364 runs. England won the match by an innings and 579 runs.

Don Bradman could not bat

Let us tell you that, England was led by legendary player Wally Hammond.

Australia was led by Don Bradman. But Don Bradman did not come to bat for Australia in both the innings and hence he was declared absent heart out. Had Don Bradman come to bat, the result of the match could have been different.