Full-blown cricket matches do indeed last up to five days. That doesn't mean they play found the clock for five days, but five days of play, with each day consisting of three sessions of 2-3 hours. This match in Perth lasted only four days because both sides were "all out" both times. (A five-day match has both teams batting twice.) I know you like baseball, so may I suggest Cheryl's Cricket for Baseball Fans. Cricket is very interesting; it has the same sort of intellectual attraction that baseball has, in that both games are as much about the potential for action as about action itself.

There are versions of cricket that last one day, and also a version ("Twenty20") that lasts about the same time as a baseball game.

I was indeed up until after 2:30 AM, but I have been getting up relatively late (working from home helps) and have been taking short naps mid-day.