South African all -rounder Vian Mulder revealed that he did not get out of the record of the highest individual score in Bryan Lara’s highest personal score record. The Mulder came close to breaking Lara’s record during the second Test day against Zimbabwe in the Queens Sports Club, Bulvio.
Stand-in South African captain 367* was unbeaten on 2 days at lunch And there was a great chance to dig your name in history books by entering the highest personal score in the tests. However, Mulder decided to announce the innings at 626/5, refusing themselves to be the world record.
He revealed the argument behind his decision at the end of the day’s game and revealed that he allowed Lara to go out of honor and was eligible to keep the player of that height. He further said that he would do exactly the same, if he gets another opportunity to break the record.
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“First, I felt that we have enough and we need to bowl. Secondly, Brian Lara is a legend. To keep that record for any of that height.
In addition, the Mulder mentioned that he had to fight through negative thoughts in his innings and did not realize when he got 312.
“There were a lot of thoughts that I had. I had a lot of negative thoughts after bowling from no ball last night. There was a lot of positivity, I just wanted to be positive. Just keep focusing on my shoes and singing songs in my head. He said.
Courtesy of Mulder’s knock, South Africa posted a huge score of 626/5. In response, Zimbabwe was excluded for 170 in the first innings as Prenetlan Sabraine (4/42) ran through his batting order. The hosts were asked to follow by the Proteas Captain Mulder and he left the day by 405 runs at 51/1 in the second innings.
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