Wiaan Mulder was long seen as a successor to South Africa’s never-ending list of fast-bowling all-rounders, but somehow never really had performances that went through the roof. But not anymore. Coming in as a captain in the 2nd Test vs Zimbabwe, the leadership role seems to have fit him well, as he went on to score his maiden 300, on day 2 of the Bulawayo clash. With South Africa declaring their first innings at 626/5, Mulder missed out on Brian Lara’s record of the highest score in Test 400. Lara scored 400 against England back in 2004.
Fastest 300s in Test Cricket
- 278b: Virender Sehwag v SA
- 297b: 𝗪𝗶𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 v ZIM*
- 310b: Harry Brook v PAK
- 362b: Matthew Hayden v ZIM
- 364b: Virender Sehwag v PAK
Wiaan Mulder Takes Zimbabwe by Storm
Along the way, he broke multiple records as well. For starters, he is only the second South African batter after Hashim Amla (311 vs England in 2012), to score a triple hundred. Next, his milestone came in only 297 deliveries, which happens to be the second fastest in the history of the game, after Virender Sehwag‘s 278-ball effort against the Proteas, in Chennai in 2007-08.
The next in this list is Harry Brook, who scored a triple ton in 310 balls, against Pakistan in Multan last year. What is even more staggering is, he eclipsed Virat Kohli, in terms of most aggregate runs on Test captaincy debut. Prior to Wiaan Mulder’s triple ton, Virat Kohli led the charts with an aggregate of 264 vs Australia (115 and 141 at Adelaide).
2nd Fastest After Virender Sehwag, Surpasses Virat Kohli
In fact, in his last match as well, he went on to score a century against Zimbabwe (147), and now has three Test tons in all. To go with that, he has been a hit with the ball as well. In 20 matches he has played so far, he has picked up 35 wickets, at an average of only 25.
As far as the match is concerned, South Africans seem to be running riot against the Zimbabwe team. By the time 100 overs were bowled, the visitors had gone on to post over 500 runs. The home bowlers were left hapless, where all of them went over 100 runs in their respective spells.
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