The only thing missing from the cricketing career of Australian icon Shane Warne is that he never managed to reach that fabled test century.
Warne was found dead in his Thailand hotel early on Saturday morning (NZ time), after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 52.
As a bowler, Warne's record stands tall as arguably the best to have played the game. In 145 tests, Warne took 708 wickets at an average of 25.41, and was the first man to break the 700 wicket barrier.
Combined with his white ball record of 293 wickets in 194 ODIs at 25.73, Warne is by far cricket's most successful leg spinner.
But while a titan of the game with the ball, Warne was also vastly underrated with bat in hand, scoring over 3000 runs and passing 50 on 12 occasions in test cricket.
However, Warne's 3154 runs come with the caveat of never reaching triple figures, the most prolific scorer without a test century in the history of cricket - a record unlikely to ever be passed.
The closest Warne ever came just happened to be against New Zealand, at Perth in 2001.
Trailing New Zealand's massive 534/9 at the WACA, Australia were in trouble at 192/6 when Warne arrived at the crease batting at No.8, as the tail looked to dig the team out of a hole.
Warne did just that, combining in partnerships of 78 with Damien Martyn, and 72 with Brett Lee.
But down to the last man at 351/9, Warne needed just one run to reach an elusive maiden century, only to hit Daniel Vettori straight into the hands of Mark Richardson in the deep - out for 99.
To make matters worse, replays showed that Vettori had in fact overstepped, and a no-ball should have been called to give Warne his hundred.
Ex-Blackcaps batter and batting coach Craig McMillan remembers the innings well, having batted at No.6 for New Zealand in the draw.
"I think the fact he never got a test match hundred was probably the one regret he had from his cricketing career," McMillan tells Newshub.
"The fact he got to 99 - and against New Zealand - perhaps haunted him a little bit. He'd played so well, looked like he was going to get to 100, facing Dan Vettori, whacked one into deep midwicket.
"And of all the people to catch the ball, it was Mark Richardson, who doffed his hat and made a bit of a spiel about it, and Warnie had to walk off having made 99.
"He never got that elusive test match hundred."
As the bowler meanwhile, Vettori is almost sheepish about playing his part in spoiling what could have been one of the great moments in Australian sporting history.
In fact, the former Blackcaps captain is more than happy if the innings is considered a century score, just for Warne's sake.
"I have said it before, I wish he'd got one more and then got out," Vettori adds. "If we could do that from now on, that'd be a nice something to do for him."
But as a character that so many across the game - not just in Australia - could relate to, McMillan adds that a test best score of 99 for one of the greats of the sport only enhances why Warne was loved in the way he was.
"That just added to the persona of Shane Warne," McMillan continues. "He was outstanding with the ball, he was at his brilliant best.
"But he could also play some important innings with the bat for Australia - and he did during that 2005 Ashes series as well."
Warne will be given a state funeral in his native Victoria, while the Melbourne Cricket Ground's Great Southern Stand will be named in his honour.