Sanath Jayasuriya became the second Sri Lankan and 14th batsman in ODI history to be left stranded on 99 when he spooned a simple catch to his Indian counterpart off the bowling of Shewag in the final of the Coca- Cola Cup. The only other Sri Lankan to suffer this fate is Romesh Kaluwitharana. This was also the fourth such instance against India.

Of the 14 batsmen who have missed their hundred by just one run, five remained unbeaten as either the innings was completed or the target was achieved.

Batsman	How Out	BF	R/100B	For	Vs	Venue	Date
G Boycott	c fielder	158	62.66	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20-08-1980
BA Edgar	Not Out	136	72.79	NZ	Ind	Auckland	14-02-1981
AJ Lamb	c & b	110	90.00	Eng	Ind	The Oval	04-06-1982
K Srikkanth	lbw	111	89.19	Ind	Eng	Cuttack	27-12-1984
DM Jones	Not Out	77	128.57	Aus	SL	Adelaide	28-01-1985
RB Richardson	Not Out	141	70.21	WI	Pak	Sharjah	15-11-1985
BC Broad	c fielder	168	58.93	Eng	Pak	The Oval	21-05-1987
Rameez Raja	Obstructing the field	122	81.15	Pak	Eng	Karachi (NS)	20-11-1987
L Klusener	c & b	96	103.13	SA	SL	Lahore (Gd.)	08-11-1997
A Flower	Not Out	109	90.83	Zim	Aus	Harare	24-10-1999
RS Kaluwitharana	Bowled	86	115.12	SL	Zim	Harare	18-12-1999
ADR Campbell	Not Out	124	79.84	Zim	NZ	Bulawayo Q.C.	01-10-2000
ML Hayden	lbw	90	110.00	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	26-03-2001
ST Jayasuriya	c fielder	102	97.06	SL	Ind	Colombo RPS	05-08-2001

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