Mulder creates Proteas history with milestone triple hundred
Coming in to bat at number three on the opening day of the Test, the Proteas all-rounder produced a titanic effort with the bat to become the first batter to score a triple hundred on Test captaincy debut.
The knock was the second quickest triple hundred in the history of the format (297), behind only Virender Sehwag, who had got past the milestone off 278 deliveries against South Africa in Chennai back in 2008.
Shouldering the innings with South Africa having lost two early wickets, Mulder alongwith David Bedingham, helped the Proteas recover by helping them to a mammoth first innings total.
South Africa had gained a 1-0 lead in the series after bagging a massive 328-run win in the first Test in Bulawayo.
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