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Mulder Declares Proteas’ Innings 33 Runs Short Of Brian Lara’s Test Record

By IANS News July 07, 2025 • 17:24 PM View: 202

Queens Sports Club: South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder passed up the opportunity to break Brian Lara’s long-standing record of the highest score in Test cricket by declaring the innings despite being only 33 runs short of the historic achievement.

Mulder’s outing at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, ranks fifth in the all-time list of highest scores in a Test match, with Lara topping the board for his 400 not out against England at St. John's in 2004. Australia’s Matthew Hayden and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jaywardene are the other two batters on the list, with the former West Indies skipper’s 375 vs England occupying the third spot.

Mulder, 27, is captaining the Proteas for the first time in the second Test of the two-game series against Zimbabwe and was unbeaten at 367 when lunch was called. With South Africa having scored 626/5, the all-rounder decided to call curtains on their innings and did not go for a chance to enter the elusive 400-run club. His first-inning total is now the highest individual score by a South African in Test history.

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