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Heartbreaking! Marsh joins select club of run out on 99!

December 30, 2014 11:36 IST

Shaun Marsh of Australia looks on

Shaun Marsh of Australia looks on after being run out by Virat Kohli of India on 99 runs. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Australian batsman Shaun Marsh on Tuesday became only the 16th player in the history of Test cricket to be run out on 99.

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Marsh, attempting a risky single, was run out at the non-striker's end by Virat Kohli throw on the fifth and final day in the ongoing third Test against India in Melbourne.

Marsh had patiently grafted for more than four and a half hours through the new ball on day four and then rain delays in the final morning, and had been given every chance to post his third Test century and first on home soil.

Umesh Yadav of India looks on as Shaun Marsh of Australia is run out

Umesh Yadav of India looks on as Shaun Marsh of Australia is run out. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

But pinned down on the brink of a century for five balls by paceman Umesh Yadav, he had a moment of madness, rushing through for a single after poking a shot in close, which Virat Kohli swooped on and flung down the stumps from a few metres away. Marsh trudged off with head bowed.

He became the third Australian to have this unwanted record against his name after Bill Brown (1948) and Arthur Morris (1953).

Interestingly, all the three dismissal took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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