South Africa's stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder etched his name in the history books by refusing to break one of the most coveted records in cricket – the highest individual score in a Test innings. On the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club 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.

Standing in as South Africa captain, Mulder appeared primed to go past Lara’s tally of 400 not out but still rewrote the record books