'I thought we got enough': Wiaan Mulder discloses why he didn't go for Brian Lara's 400-run Test record

South Africa’s stand-in skipper Wiaan Mulder has explained the reasoning down his selfless determination to state the innings astatine 626/5 during the 2nd Test against Zimbabwe, contempt being wrong touching region of Brian Lara’s iconic grounds for the highest idiosyncratic people successful an innings successful Test cricket.

Mulder remained unbeaten connected 367 disconnected 334 balls astatine the Queens Sports Club successful Bulawayo connected Monday. Lara’s unbeaten 400, scored against England successful 2004, inactive stands arsenic the highest idiosyncratic Test score, and Mulder made it wide helium had nary regrets astir putting his team’s needs up of idiosyncratic milestones. “First things first, I thought we got capable and we request to bowl. And secondly, Brian Lara is simply a legend, let's beryllium real. He got 401 oregon immoderate it was against England.

And for idiosyncratic of that stature to support that grounds is beauteous special,” Mulder said aft stumps connected Day 2, arsenic quoted by AFP."I deliberation if I get the accidental again, I'd astir apt bash the aforesaid thing. I cognize speaking to the caput manager Shukri Conrad, helium benignant of said to maine arsenic well, like, listen, fto the legends support the truly large scores,” helium added.

Mulder’s 367* is present the highest idiosyncratic people by a South African successful Test cricket, surpassing Hashim Amla’s 311, and besides the highest successful an distant Test.

He reached his triple period successful conscionable 297 balls, making it the second-fastest successful Test history.

Despite the historical feat, Mulder made it wide that idiosyncratic records weren’t the priority. “You ne'er cognize what's my destiny oregon immoderate you privation to telephone it, what's destined for me. But I deliberation Brian Lara keeping that grounds is precisely the mode it should be,” helium said.