{"id":455675,"date":"2025-07-07T22:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=455675"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:13:28","slug":"lara-is-a-legend-captain-refuses-to-break-icons-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=455675","title":{"rendered":"'Lara is a legend': Captain refuses to break icon's record"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African<\/a> captain Wiaan Mulder \ufeffsays Brian Lara is a "legend" and the West Indian great keeping his world record Test score is "exactly the way it should be", after he declared on Wednesday unbeaten on 367.<\/p>\n

The Proteas all-rounder looked to be on the brink of history as he closed in on Lara's world record 400 not out, scored against England in Antigua in 2004.<\/p>\n

However, the selfless Mulder decided to declare on day two after the lunch break with his side 5-626<\/a> in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He finished 33 runs shy of Lara's Test record.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Demon dismantled after stunning Djokovic in first set<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Maroons selection 'error' laid bare by teammate's romp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Gus backs Bennett as crunch Kangaroos coach meeting looms\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the right-hander \ufeffbecame the first player to score a triple century on Test captaincy debut.<\/p>\n

"First thing's first, I thought we'd got enough and we need to bowl," Mulder told South African broadcaster SuperSport.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"And secondly, Brian Lara is a legend. Let's be real. He got 400 against England and for someone of that stature to keep that record is pretty special.<\/p>\n

"If I get the chance again I'd probably do the same thing.<\/p>\n

"I was speaking to our coach Shukri Conrad and he kind of said to me, 'Listen, let the legends keep the really big scores'.<\/p>\n

"And you never know what my fate or whatever you want to call it, or what's destined for me, but I think Brian Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be."<\/p>\n

Mulder is now fifth on the leaderboard for most runs in a Test innings. He went past Len Hutton's 364, scored against Australia in 1938, and Garry Sobers' 365 not out, which came against Pakistan in 1958.<\/p>\n

Mulder's 367 not out trails Mahela Jayawardene's 374, Lara's 375, Matthew Hayden's 380 and Lara's quadruple century.<\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/p>\n

Mulder scored the second-fastest Test triple century, reaching triple figures\ufeff off 297 balls.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Virender Sehwag holds the record having blasted a triple ton off 278 balls against South Africa in 2008.<\/p>\n

"This will be a Test match he will never forget," former Proteas captain Shaun Pollock said on ICC.TV's coverage.<\/p>\n

"We've talked about what the headlines might be: Mulder bullies Babwe's bowlers in Bulawayo."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaleSteyn62\/status\/1942184747670602150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

The South African bowling attack\ufeff tore through the Zimbabweans after Mulder's declaration, rolling them for 170 in 43 overs.<\/p>\n

Mulder, who bowls right-arm pace, took 2-20 from six overs.<\/p>\n

South Africa enforced the follow-on and Zimbabwe is now 1-51 at stumps on day two.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Zimbabwean captain Craig Irvine won the toss and put South Africa in to bat \u2014 a decision he now likely deeply regrets.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South African captain Wiaan Mulder \ufeffsays Brian Lara is a "legend" and the West Indian great keeping his world record Test score is "exactly the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":455679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=455675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455684,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455675\/revisions\/455684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/455679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=455675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=455675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=455675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}