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BULAWAYO: South Africa captain Wiaan Mulder delivered a record-breaking performance on Monday during the second Test against Zimbabwe, smashing his maiden triple century and breaking a long-standing record of legendary Hashim Amla.
Resuming Day 2 on his overnight score of 264, the all-rounder didn’t take long to bring up the milestone, reaching his triple hundred in just 297 balls.
In doing so, Mulder registered the second-fastest triple century in the history of Test cricket, only behind Virender Sehwag’s 278-ball effort against South Africa in 2008.
Fastest triple hundreds in Test cricket (by balls faced):
278 – Virender Sehwag vs South Africa, 2008
297 – Wiaan Mulder vs Zimbabwe, 2025
310 – Harry Brook vs Pakistan, 2024
355 – Wally Hammond vs New Zealand, 1933
362 – Matthew Hayden vs Zimbabwe, 2003
364 – Virender Sehwag vs Pakistan, 2004
Mulder didn’t stop at 300. He went on to surpass Hashim Amla’s long-standing record of 311 not out, the previous highest individual Test score by a South African, set at The Oval in 2012 against England.
Highest individual scores by South Africans in Tests:
367* – Wiaan Mulder vs Zimbabwe, 2025
311* – Hashim Amla vs England, 2012
278* – AB de Villiers vs Pakistan, 2010
The 27-year-old also etched his name in the record books as the first player to score a triple century in his debut innings as Test captain.
In the process, he also overtook Graeme Smith (277) for the highest score by a South African captain in Test cricket.
Highest scores by South African captains in Tests:
367* – Wiaan Mulder vs Zimbabwe, 2025
277 – Graeme Smith vs England, 2003
259 – Graeme Smith vs England, 2023
As of this writing, Mulder is playing on 367, which is the joint-sixth highest individual score in Test cricket.
With this innings, he went past legends like Gary Sobers, Sanath Jayasuriya, Hanif Mohammad, and Don Bradman in the list of highest individual scores.
Highest individual scores in Test cricket:
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