July 7, 2025 6:21 PM
Wiaan Mulder hits fifth highest Test score but turns down chance to go for Brian Lara’s record
South Africa’s stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder scored the fifth highest test score of 367 not out against Zimbabwe on Monday but then declared his side’s innings despite being only 34 runs away from the record for the most runs in a test innings. Mulder, leading the side for the first time as a depleted team take on their neighbours in a two-test series at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club, hit 53 boundaries (49 fours and four sixes) in his knock to see South Africa to 626-5 at lunch on the sec...