South Africa's stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder passed up on the opportunity to chase down a record score as he played a pivotal part in putting his side into a commanding position in the second test against Zimbabwe on Monday.

South Africa's Wiaan Mulder has revealed that Brian Lara urged him to break his test scoring record if he ever gets another chance.

South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder passed up the chance to set an individual record score in men’s test cricket by declaring 33 runs short of Brian Lara’s 400 set in 2004.