Tarnicus: The current cricket World Cup has more teams in it that usual. It is the first time I have seen Afghanistan play. I believe it will take months to complete!
stg83: The current World Cup started on Feb 14 and is going to last till 29th March which is almost month and a half so yeah it is quite long indeed. :)
But the good side is that when you love this, you have plenty of match to see aaaaall the day :D It's very interesting to see that in France, almost nobody talk about this sport. Here it is mainly football, tennis and rugby. A lot shorter ^^ Except for tennis of course which could last "long" too.
Are the matchs like in tennis, without official time limit ?