Players Dismissed on 99, 199, and 299 in Test: The Most Heart-Breaking Cricket Records

Test cricket is renowned for milestones centuries, double hundreds, and even triple tons. At times, however, the game can be unkind. Being one run short of a big milestone is one of the saddest moments in the life of any batter. In Test cricket history, there have been numerous players who have suffered such agony on scores of 99, 199, and even 299.

 

List of Players Dismissed on 99 in Test Cricket

 

Sr. No	Players	Score	Vs	Year
1	C Hill	99	England	1902
2	GA Faulkner	99	England	1910
3	CG Macartney	99	England	1912
4	H Sutcliffe	99	South Africa	1927
5	AG Chipperfield	99	England	1934
6	E Paynter	99	Australia	1938
7	NWD Yardley	99	South Africa	1947
8	RJ Christiani	99	England	1948
9	WA Brown	99	India	1948
10	B Mitchell	99	England	1949
11	KR Miller	99	England	1951
12	AF Rae	99	New Zealand	1952
13	AR Morris	99	South Africa	1953
14	JEF Beck	99	South Africa	1954
15	Maqsood Ahmed	99	India	1955
16	CC McDonald	99	South Africa	1957
17	RB Kanhai	99	India	1959
18	P Roy	99	Australia	1959
19	MJK Smith	99	South Africa	1960
20	TL Goddard	99	England	1960
21	ML Jaisimha	99	Pakistan	1960
22	MJK Smith	99	Pakistan	1961
23	ER Dexter	99	Australia	1962
24	RM Cowper	99	England	1965
25	AL Wadekar	99	Australia	1967
26	RF Surti	99	New Zealand	1968
27	IM Chappell	99	India	1969
28	MLC Foster	99	India	1971
29	Mushtaq Mohammad	99	England	1973
30	Majid Khan	99	England	1973
31	DL Amiss	99	Pakistan	1973
32	G Boycott	99	West Indies	1974
33	R Edwards	99	England	1975
34	KJ Hughes	99	England	1979
35	GA Gooch	99	Australia	1980
36	Javed Miandad	99	India	1983
37	Sir RJ Hadlee	99	England	1984
38	Saleem Malik	99	England	1987
39	JG Wright	99	Australia	1987
40	MD Moxon	99	New Zealand	1988
41	RB Richardson	99	India	1989
42	DM Jones	99	New Zealand	1989
43	RB Richardson	99	Australia	1991
44	JG Wright	99	England	1992
45	DN Patel	99	England	1992
46	MA Atherton	99	Australia	1993
47	ME Waugh	99	England	1993
48	MJ Slater	99	New Zealand	1993
49	NS Sidhu	99	Sri Lanka	1994
50	MA Atherton	99	South Africa	1994
51	ADR Campbell	99	Sri Lanka	1994
52	Saleem Malik	99	South Africa	1995
53	Aamer Sohail	99	Australia	1995
54	GS Blewett	99	West Indies	1997
55	SC Ganguly	99	Sri Lanka	1997
56	GS Blewett	99	New Zealand	1997
57	RP Arnold	99	Pakistan	2000
58	MH Richardson	99	Zimbabwe	2000
59	SP Fleming	99	South Africa	2000
60	DPMD Jayawardene	99	West Indies	2001
61	SK Warne	99	New Zealand	2001
62	ME Trescothick	99	India	2001
63	JH Kallis	99	Australia	2001
64	Inzamam-ul-Haq	99	Sri Lanka	2002
65	ND McKenzie	99	Australia	2002
66	SC Ganguly	99	England	2002
67	Asim Kamal	99	South Africa	2003
68	ML Hayden	99	India	2003
69	SM Katich	99	India	2004
70	BB McCullum	99	Sri Lanka	2005
71	JL Langer	99	West Indies	2005
72	RT Ponting	99	South Africa	2008
73	DL Vettori	99	Pakistan	2009
74	AD Mathews	99	India	2009
75	SM Katich	99	West Indies	2009
76	KP Pietersen	99	Bangladesh	2010
77	V Sehwag	99	Sri Lanka	2010
78	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	New Zealand	2011
79	AB de Villiers	99	Sri Lanka	2011
80	MS Dhoni	99	England	2012
81	MA Starc	99	India	2013
82	M Vijay	99	Australia	2014
83	SE Marsh	99	India	2014
84	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	West Indies	2017
85	JM Bairstow	99	South Africa	2017
86	Babar Azam	99	Australia	2018
87	TM Head	99	West Indies	2022
88	Harry Brook	99	India	2025

So far, 88 batsmen have been bowled out on 99 in Test cricket. The newest name on that list was in the India vs England 2025 Test at Leeds, where Harry Brook was bowled out on 99. He was caught by Shardul Thakur off Prasidh Krishna's bowling, short of what would have been an incredible century by just a run. Brook's wicket left the crowd and dressing room stunned.

 

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List of Players Dismissed on 199 in Tests

 

Sr. No	Players	Score	Vs	Year
1	Mudassar Nazar	199	India	1984
2	M Azharuddin	199	Sri Lanka	1986
3	SR Waugh	199	West Indies	1999
4	Younis Khan	199	India	2006
5	IR Bell	199	South Africa	2008
6	SPD Smith	199	West Indies	2015
7	KL Rahul	199	England	2016
8	D Elgar	199	Bangladesh	2017
9	F du Plessis	199	Sri Lanka	2020
10	AD Mathews	199	Bangladesh	2022
11	ST Jayasuriya	199	India	1997
12	MTG Elliott	199	England	1997

Continuing up the list, 12 players have been sent packing on 199 in Tests. These batters were very close to making a double hundred but missed it by the narrowest of margins. The experience of losing concentration or getting out to a great ball at 199 is one which only a handful of them have undergone.

 

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List of Players Dismissed on 299 in Test

 

Sr. No	Players	Score	Vs	Year
1	MD Crowe	299	Sri Lanka	1991

 

But the most elusive of all breakups occurred at 299. One batter throughout the history of Test cricket has been dismissed on that score alone is Martin Crowe, way back in 1991 against Sri Lanka. A mere one short of a triple century, his fall is legendary.

 

These send-offs indicate that cricket isn't all about record it's also about the thin margins. A run can be the difference between history and heartbreak. And that's what makes the game so exciting and emotional.