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Every Record Wiaan Mulder Broke In His Historic 367* Against Zimbabwe
Follow UsMulder has broken dozens of records in his outrageous knock that will be remembered forever
Bulawayo has just witnessed one of the craziest knocks in Test history with South Africa’s stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder hammering 367* off 334 balls. Brian Lara’s world record of 400* was there for the taking for Mulder, but he instead opted to declare at lunch.
Why Mulder and South Africa declared, we don’t quite know yet, but what we do know is that the right-hander has now broken dozens of records in his outrageous knock that will be remembered forever.
Here is every single record Wiaan Mulder broke in his historic knock.
> Highest individual score by any batter in an away Test, going past Hanif Mohammad’s 337 in Bridgetown in 1958.
> First player in history to score a triple ton in his first ever innings as Test captain
> Highest individual score by a South African in Tests, going past Hashim Amla’s 311* vs England in 2012.
> Highest individual score by a South Africa captain, going past Graeme Smith’s 277 vs England in 2003.
> Second-fastest triple century in Tests (off just 297 balls). Fastest belongs to Virender Sehwag (278 balls).
> Highest strike rate for a triple-centurion in Test cricket (109.88), going past Sehwag’s 104.93 vs South Africa in 2008
> Most boundaries hit by a batter in a Test innings in 60 years (52). The only batter to have hit more boundaries in an innings is England’s John Edrich in 1965 vs New Zealand (57).
> Most runs scored by a South African batter in a single day of a Test match (264 on day one). Overall, the sixth-most runs scored by a batter in a single day in Test history.
> Third-highest score batting at No.3 in Test history (after Lara’s 400* and Lara’s 375* vs ENG).