A Pimlico health worker is waiting to see if a cricket match that went 59 hours not out has set a new world record.

Graham Crabb, 32 (far left in picture), who works as an occupational health practice nurse at Townsend House, Greycoat Place, was part of the Blunham Cricket Club team that set a record of 59 hours continuous playing.

Their marathon match attempt just needs to be ratified - and then they can take their place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Mr Crabb said: "I'm still only just about finding words to describe it - little old me in the team that broke the world record. From a personal point of view, I'm absolutely ecstatic, but also very proud of all the youngsters who were involved."

The cricket enthusiast's job involves completing recruitment medicals and testing the affects of your job on your health, but he pushed his own body to the boundary playing for nearly three days straight. "It was tough, I went to bed for 14 hours after, but I'm still feeling sore now," he said.

The 24 cricketers played from 9am last Friday until 8pm on Sunday, smashing the previous UK record of 35 hours set by the Chestfield Cricket Club in Kent, and the previous world record of 55 hours set by the Cornwall Cricket Club in Auckland, New Zealand.

Friends, family and local residents kept the players' spirits up with relentless support and a barbecue. Several bands also played, and former England cricket captain Mike Gatting paid a visit before the last ball was bowled and it was finally all over.

Mr Crabb, who lives in Islington, said: "There were 1,000 people there when we finished, it was incredibly exciting."

The cricketers' feats raised have raised s15,000 so far for the refurbishment of the club pavilion at Blunham, near Bedford in Bedfordshire.