Angelo Mathews: RUN OUT on 99

Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Mathews will consider him as an unlucky man in the world as he missed his maiden hundred by some inches or centimeter against India at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Thursday during the 3rd test of the series. However he is not the first one to do so there are 13 other batsmen who were run out at the score of 99. Australia’s Bill Brown was the first to be out on 99 in this fashion when he ran out against India at Melbourne in 1947-48. Mathews became the second Sri Lankan to run out on 99. His former captain Mahela Jayawardene was out on 99 against West Indies at Galle in 2001-02 when Marlon Samuels’s direct throw prevent him to complete his century. Pakistan’s former captain Younis Khan is the only batsman to be run out on 199 and missed the double century but The great Don Bradman may be the unluckiest among all of them as he missed a triple hundred only because his partner run out. During the 4th test of the 1931-32 series against South Africa at Adelaide Don Bradman was on 299 and his partner Pud Thurlow ran out. Interestingly that was Thurlow’s only innings in test cricket. Here is the list of the batsmen run out on 99 in test cricket. Bill Brown Australia Vs India, Melbourne, 1947-48 AR Morris, Australia Vs South Africa, Melbourne, 1952-53 JEF Beck New Zealand Vs South Africa, Cape Town, 1953-54 RB Kanhai West Indies Vs India, Chennai (Corporation), 1958-59 ML Jaisimha India Vs Pakistan, Kanpur, 1960-61 MJK Smith England Vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1961-62 Mushtaq Mohammad Pakistan Vs England, Karachi, 1972-73 Graham Gooch England Vs Australia, Melbourne, 1979-80 Deepak Patel New Zealand Vs England, Christchurch, 1991-92 MA Atherton England Vs Australia, Lord’s, 1993 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Vs West Indies, Galle, 2001-02 JH Kallis South Africa Vs Australia, Melbourne, 2001-02 ND McKenzie South Africa Vs Australia, Cape Town, 2001-02