300 plus runs in a first class match in a losing cause
Taking the cue from South Zone’s KD Karthik’s 333 runs {183 and 150} in the match against West Zone of Duleep Trophy Finals at Hyderabad {RGS} which went in vain, two distinguished members of Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, England – Mr. Roger Long and Mr. Peter Griffiths – have carried out research and came out with the complete list of batsmen whose match totals of 300 plus have gone in vain.
Crickick.com is pleased to inform its visitors that Mr. Roger Long and Mr Peter Griffiths – have permitted to post the list on the portal. Please peruse the list which contains the name of legends such as Vijay Hazare, Brian Lara, Don Bradman, A Flower, LC Braund, KF Barrington, MG Bevan, H Sutcliffe, to name a few
| No | Batsmen | FI | SI | Tot | Match | Start Date |
| 1 | RC Blunt | 32 | 338* | 370 | Otago v Canterbury | 25.12.1931 |
| 2 | VS Hazare | 59 | 309 | 368 | The Rest v Hindus | 03.12.1943 |
| 3 | PA Perrin | 343 | 8 | 351 | Essex v Derbyshire | 18.07.1904 |
| 4 | BC Lara | 221 | 130 | 351 | West Indies v Sri Lanka | 29.11.2001 |
| 5 | DG Bradman | 124 | 225 | 349 | WM Woodfull’s XI v J Ryder’s XI | 06.12.1929 |
| 6 | A Flower | 142 | 199* | 341 | Zimbabwe v South Africa | 07.09.2001 |
| 7 | KD Karthik | 183 | 150 | 333 | South Zone v West Zone | 02.02.2010 |
| 8 | P Mead | 45 | 280* | 325 | Hampshire v Nottinghamshire | 22.06.1921 |
| 9 | JER Gallian | 312 | 11 | 323 | Lancashire v Derbyshire | 18.07.1996 |
| 10 | AP Grayson | 173 | 149 | 322 | Essex v Northamptonshire | 27.07.2001 |
| 11 | PG Fulton | 301* | 17 | 318 | Canterbury v Auckland | 03.03.2003 |
| 12 | Sadiq Mohammad | 163* | 150 | 313 | Gloucestershire v Derbyshire | 01.09.1976 |
| 13 | SJ Cook | 197 | 115* | 312 | Somerset v Hampshire | 28.08.1991 |
| 14 | LC Braund | 257* | 50 | 307 | Somerset v Worcestershire | 26.06.1913 |
| 15 | AJ Moles | 224* | 83* | 307 | Warwickshire v Glamorgan | 25.07.1990 |
| 16 | LS Birkett | 51 | 253 | 304 | Trinidad v British Guiana | 03.10.1929 |
| 17 | KF Barrington | 186 | 118* | 304 | Surrey v Warwickshire | 05.09.1959 |
| 18 | MG Bevan | 190 | 114* | 304 | Tasmania v Western Australia | 28.01.2005 |
| 19 | H Sutcliffe | 176 | 127 | 303 | England v Australia | 01.01.1925 |
| 20 | JG Myburgh | 199 | 101* | 300 | Canterbury v Central Districts | 21.03.2009 |