
All-rounder Wiaan Mulder registered the highest individual score by a South African batter in Test match cricket during the second Test match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Mulder went past Hashim Amla’s 311 with a boundary off pacer Blessing Muzarabani. Earlier, he had become only the second South African to notch up a triple century in Test cricket, and the second-fastest ever to the landmark overall.
He reached his triple ton off 297 balls, behind Virender Sehwag’s 278-ball triple hundred, which came against South Africa in Chennai in 2008.
The 27-year-old is leading the Proteas in the absence of Keshav Maharaj and Temba Bavuma, and has already notched up the highest score by a South African captain in Tests, going past Graeme Smith’s 277 against England in Birmingham in 2003.
Highest individual scores for South Africa in Tests
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Wiaan Mulder – (315* off 305 Balls) vs Zimbabwe (Bulawayo, 2025)
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Hashim Amla (311* off 529 balls) vs England (The Oval, 2012)
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AB de Villiers (278* off 418 balls) vs Pakistan (Abu Dhabi, 2010)
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Graeme Smith (277 off 373 balls) vs England (Birmingham, 2003)
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Daryll Cullinan (275* off 490 balls) vs New Zealand (Auckland, 1999)
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Gary Kirsten (275 off 642 balls) vs England (Durban, 1999)