Wiaan Mulder sacrificed a shot at one of cricket's most hallowed records to start mopping up Zimbabwe in the second test at Queens Sports Club on Monday.

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,

Mulder’s unbeaten 367 from 334 deliveries in the second test against Zimbabwe surpassed Hashim Amla’s 311* that came 13 years ago against England, and also earned a place among the top five highest individual scorers in test history.