The Scene: The FP Elite Cricket Academy, Cape Town, South Africa

The Challenge: An official Guinness Book of World Records Challenge to break the official world record for the longest ever net session – with every ball to be recorded and tallied on PitchVision ball tracking technology – and all for the benefit of charity.

The event - officially sanctioned by Guinness - will see FPECA players bat for 55 hours straight, smashing the current record of 49 hours. Both male and female net records are up for grabs – with cricketers attempting to break both records at the same time. Importantly, the event will raise funds for two causes close to Director Sean Phillips heart: Autism and helping under-privileged children participate in cricket.

PitchVision are hand at the event to track every delivery bowled on the PV/ONE ball tracking system. With over 170 bowlers and a bowling machine there is a lot of deliveries to track. PitchVision will also be streaming the net session online as it happens through pitchvision.com so you can follow the action wherever you are.

The event starts on 7th October and runs through to the 9th. It will be held at the FP Elite Cricket Academy facility in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa.

Catch all the action on PitchVision there are two dedicated PVTV channels to stream every ball, and a highlights channel to feature the best of the batting, bloopers and interviews from the event.

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