Wiaan Mulder shatters Hashim Amla's record with South Africa's highest Test score

    Wiaan Mulder broke the record for the Proteas' highest individual score in Test cricket after notching up an unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo before the visitors declared on 626-5.

    Wiaan Mulder triple hundred Wiaan Mulder triple hundred

    Mulder's mammoth effort went past the 311 not out that Hashim Amla scored against England at the Oval in 2012, the Proteas' only other individual triple centurion in the longest format.

    Mulder's innings was the sixth highest individual score in Test history while the all-rounder became the 29th Test cricketer to strike a triple hundred.

    It was also the second fastest 300 recorded in Test cricket, coming off 297 deliveries - beaten only by India's Virendar Sehwag's 278-ball effort against the Proteas in Chennai in 2008.

    In what is his first match as captain of the Proteas, Mulder also beat Graeme Smith's mark of 277 as the highest score by a South African skipper in a Test match.

    With Brian Lara's world record of 400 in his sights, Mulder decided to declare his team's innings at lunch on the second day at the Queen's Sports Club.

    Highest individual scores in Test cricket

    400* - Brian Lara for West Indies v England, Antigua 2004

    380 - Matthew Hayden for Australia v Zimbabwe, Perth 2003

    375 - Brian Lara for West Indies v England, Antigua 1994

    374 - Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka v South Africa, Colombo 2006

    367* - Wiaan Mulder for South Africa v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 2025