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[caption id="attachment_4457" align="alignnone" width="580"] Rwanda cricket captain Eric Dusingizimana breaks world record with incredible 51 hour net. Image Source: File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Cricket is a sport famous for dogged efforts lasting multiple days - think Michael Atherton's famous 185 in Johannesburg or Alastair Cook's epic 263 last year.

But one man has just put those achievements in the shade, by batting for an astonishing 51 hours, without a break.

Rwandan captain Eric Dusingizimana has set a world record for time in a net, as he completed a marathon effort on Friday after batting solidly for more than two days.

Dusingizimana, who was raising money to help build the first national cricket stadium in Rwanda, faced the final ball, bowled by his wife, in front of a large crowd on Friday morning.

During the 51-hour net he was allowed five minutes every hour as a break, which included health breaks to let him eat.

During the marathon effort he faced deliveries from former UK Primer Minister Tony Blair, while the British High Commissioner to Rwanda, William Gelling, bowled him the first ball of his stint.