Wiaan Mulder has sacrificed a shot at one of cricket’s most hallowed records to start mopping up Zimbabwe in the second test in Bulawayo

South Africa captain Wiaan Mulder declared on himself this morning, 33 runs shy of Brian Lara ’s record for the highest individual score in a Test innings. Captaining South Africa for the first time as they faced Zimbabwe, he was 367 not out at lunch in the second day of the second Test.

West Indies legend Brian Lara is the only batter in world cricket to score a quadruple century in a Test innings, which he achieved against England at Antigua in 2004. Wiaan Mulder's knock, meanwhile,