South Africa captain Wiaan Mulder had a golden opportunity to break the record of West Indies great Brian Lara during the second Test match against Zimbabwe, but he surprised everyone by declaring the innings. When Mulder declared South Africa’s first innings, he was playing at 367 runs. South Africa declared the first innings at 626 runs for 6 wickets. After the day’s play ended, Mulder revealed why he did not break Brian Lara’s record of scoring 400 runs in an innings in Test cricket?
After the end of Day 2 against Zimbabwe, Wiaan Mulder made a striking revelation about Brian Lara’s long-standing record. He said, “First of all, I felt we had enough runs and it was time to bowl. Secondly, Brian Lara is a great of the game. A player of his stature deserves to hold that record. If given another opportunity, I would make the same decision. I also discussed it with Shukri Conrad, and he agreed Lara is a legend and deserves to keep that record intact.”
Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 400 runs against England in 2004. No one has been able to break his record till now. Despite not being able to break Brian Lara’s record, Mulder has created history.
South Africa’s captain Wiaan Mulder smashed the second-fastest triple century in Test history during the second match against Zimbabwe. He reached the milestone in just 297 balls. Mulder remained unbeaten on 367 off 334 deliveries, hitting 49 fours and 4 sixes. South Africa declared their first innings at a commanding 626 for 5.
In reply to South Africa’s 626 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings, Zimbabwe’s first innings was reduced to just 170 runs. In this way, South Africa gained a huge lead of 456 runs. Prenelan Subrayen took the maximum of four wickets for South Africa. After this, the visiting team forced Zimbabwe to play follow-on. By the end of the second day’s play, Zimbabwe has scored 51 runs for one wicket in the second innings. They are still 405 runs behind.
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