10 Batsmen who narrowly missed out on a triple hundred

#1 Javed Miandad

Javed Miandad announced his arrival in Test cricket with a bang, scoring 163 against New Zealand in 1976. In his career, he scored 8832 runs at an average of 52.57, with 23 centuries out of which 6 were doubles and three were in excess of 250.

In the fourth Test of India's 1983 tour of Pakistan, Pakistan batted first and scored a massive 581/3 on the back of double hundreds from Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad. Nazar scored 231 from 444 and Miandad scored an unbeaten 280 from 460. He could have scored a triple had been given a few more overs to bat.

In the fifth Test of Pakistan's 1987 tour of England, Pakistan scored a massive score of 708 in the first innings after batting for more than two days. Salim Malik and Imran Khan both scored hundreds and Miandad top scored with 260 from 521 deliveries. He could have scored a triple century had he not been caught and bowled by Graham Dilley.

In the third Test of Pakistan's 1989 tour of New Zealand in Auckland, Pakistan scored another massive score while batting first. They batted for more than two days and put up 616/5 on the back of Miandad's 271 from 465.

Had Miandad not been caught off the bowling of Ewen Chatfield, he might have scored a triple hundred in that match.