Wiaan Mulder: slow ascent to Test cricket's batting heights

Mulder made 367 not out for South Africa in the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club before deciding –- in his first match as captain –- to declare South Africa's innings on 626 for five at lunch on the second day. He was just 33 runs short of Brian Lara's record of 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2003/04. Given the rate at which he scored his runs, off 334 balls, Mulder might not have needed much more than half an hour to climb to Test cricket's batting pinnacle.