BULAWAYO: Wiaan Mulder, who stopped short on Monday of attempting to break the record for the highest score in Test history, had an inauspicious start to his Test career. 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

South Africa’s stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder scored an unbeaten double century to set a record for a new test skipper and help his side to a formidable 465 for four wickets on the first day of the second test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday.

Resuming on 264 not out, 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 South Africa in Chennai in 2007/08.