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.

Wiaan Mulder made an unbeaten 367, the fifth-highest Test score ever, but declared before surpassing Brian Lara’s world record of 400* in Bulawayo.

South Africa's stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder scored the fifth highest test score of 367 not out against Zimbabwe on Monday but then declared his side's innings despite being only 34 runs away from the record for the most runs in a test innings.