10 Batsmen who narrowly missed out on a triple hundred

#5 Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook was going through a rough phase in 2011. But in the third Test of India's tour of England, he rediscovered his ability to tough out epic innings.

India, while batting first, posted a below-par scored of 224 in the first innings. In reply, Alastair Cook single-handedly took England to a huge total.

Cook scored 294 from 545 and was unlucky to not be able to score a well-deserved 300. India were bowled out for 244 in the second innings, and England won the match by an innings and 242 runs. It was one of India's worst defeats ever.

#4 Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming was an excellent opener for New Zealand. He played more than 100 Tests and scored more than 7000 runs, with nine hundreds and 46 fifties.

Fleming slammed three double centuries in his career and twice he went on to convert them into 250+ scores.

In the first Test of the New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka in 2003, Fleming held up one end firmly and anchored the innings. He scored an unbeaten 274 from 476 balls. He could have carried on and scored a triple century but he decided to give Sri Lanka a few overs at the end of the second day.

They did get the early wicket of Marvan Atapattu but the other Sri Lankans batted really well and the match ended in a draw.