• Mulder hits 367* before Zimbabwe collapse

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    Wiaan Mulder denied himself the chance of making a world record Test score before leading a dominant Proteas performance in the field on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe.

    Zimbabwe were bowled out for 170 in their first innings in Bulawayo and were forced to follow on, 456 runs behind, after Mulder, unbeaten on 367, declared South Africa’s first innings closed during the lunch interval on 626-5.

    Mulder, captaining the Proteas for the first time, was only 33 runs short of Brian Lara’s world Test record of 400* when he declared.

    WATCH: Triple centurion Mulder on declaration

    Mulder took two wickets and held a catch at slip as Zimbabwe crumbled in reply.

    Sean Williams, who was only allowed to bat after five wickets had fallen because of time spent off the field because of illness, slammed 83* off 55 balls in Zimbabwe’s only innings of substance.

    Earlier the 27-year-old Mulder, went past the previous highest South African individual score of 311* set by Hashim Amla against England at The Oval in London in 2012.

    HIGHLIGHTS: Zimbabwe vs Proteas (2nd Test, Day 2)

    Resuming on 264*, Mulder became the second South African triple centurion, reaching the mark off 297 balls – the second-fastest behind India’s Virender Sehwag, who took 278 deliveries against the Proteas in Chennai in 2007-08.

    Mulder equalled Amla’s record then went past it with successive boundaries off fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani.

    Mulder faced 334 balls and hit 49 fours and four sixes off an increasingly dispirited and largely toothless Zimbabwe bowling attack.

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