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Washington Post
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Joe Root sets a record in test cricket and it's nothing to do with his batting
LONDON — England cricket star Joe Root isn't only a batting great. He also holds a record in test cricket for catching after snaffling Karun Nair with a stunning one-handed grab in the third test against India at Lord's on Friday. Root has 211 catches in the longest format, the most for an outfielder after breaking a tie with retired India great Rahul Dravid.
Associated Press
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Joe Root sets a record in test cricket and it's nothing to do with his batting
LONDON (AP) — England cricket star Joe Root isn't only a batting great. He also holds a record in test cricket for catching after snaffling Karun Nair with a stunning one-handed grab in the third test against India at Lord's on Friday. Root has 211 catches in the longest format, the most for an outfielder after breaking a tie with retired India great Rahul Dravid. Standing in his usual position at first slip, Root dropped to his left to make the one-handed catch just before the ball was going to hit the ground. Already in this test, Root has made 104 for his national record-extending 37th test century, placing him fifth on the all-time list. ___ AP cricket:
CNA
07-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Mulder stood down his chase because Lara deserves batting record
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe :South Africa stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder felt he had no right to dislodge West Indies great Brian Lara from the summit of highest test innings scores and decided to declare his team's innings against Zimbabwe when he was 34 runs short of breaking the record. Mulder was 367 not out at lunch on the second day of the second test at the Queens Sports Club on Monday when he made the surprise call not to continue batting, passing up the opportunity to set a unique cricketing milestone. 'First things first. I thought we'd got enough and needed a bowl. And, secondly, Brian Lara is a legend, let's be real," Mulder said at the close of play on Monday. "He got 400 against England (in Antigua in 2004) and for someone of that stature to keep that record is pretty special. I think if I get the chance again, I'd probably do the same thing." The 27-year-old all-rounder, in his first stint as captain, said he also got support for his decision from coach Shukri Conrad. "He said to me, 'Let the legends keep the really big scores'. And you know, you never know what's my fate or what's destined for me, but I think Brian Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be.' Mulder did notch up the fifth highest test score and, on the list of triple centurions, now sits above the likes of Don Bradman and Gary Sobers. He was only recently promoted up the South Africa order to fill the troublesome No. 3 position and before his triple hundred averaged only 26.20 in 33 test innings, with two previous tons. 'To be honest with you, I've never even dreamed of getting a double hundred, never mind a triple hundred,' he said on Monday after lashing a mediocre home attack to all corners in an impressive knock made up of 53 boundaries. 'But it's super special and the most important thing is putting the team in a good position to hopefully win this test,' Mulder added. South Africa, who declared on 626-5, are in a commanding position with Zimbabwe trailing by 405 runs, having been forced to follow on after being dismissed for 170 in their reply, with Mulder taking two wickets to top off a day he will never forget.
Associated Press
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Mulder passes up shot at Lara's 400 to begin bowling out Zimbabwe twice
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — Wiaan Mulder sacrificed a shot at one of cricket's most hallowed records to start mopping up Zimbabwe in the second test at Queens Sports Club on Monday. The first-time captain of South Africa was on 367, just 33 runs away from tying the highest individual test score, Brian Lara's 400 not out 21 years ago, when he stopped his epic innings and declared at lunch with South Africa on 626-5. He then chipped in with two wickets in consecutive overs and a catch to bowl out Zimbabwe for 170, enforced the follow-on, and had Zimbabwe 51-1 in the second innings at stumps. Already 1-0 up in the short series, South Africa was 405 runs ahead and gearing toward wrapping up another three-day win on Tuesday. Mulder finished with the fifth highest score in tests, and the highest by a South African. He started the day on 264 and the second new ball only eight overs old. But he picked up where he left off on Sunday, plundering the Zimbabwe bowlers. When he became the second South African to the 300 landmark, guiding Tanaka Chivanga's yorker to fine leg for a single, he took off his helmet, smiled and raised his bat to bathe in the applause. Mulder's 297 balls to the milestone was the second fastest to 300 after India's Virender Sehwag took 278 balls versus South Africa in 2008. Mulder became the highest-scoring South African in tests when he eclipsed Hashim Amla's 311 not out against England in 2012. He raced from 300 to 350 in 27 balls, and gave his dressing room a salute. He went from 300 to 367 in 37 balls then hardly faced another ball. Kyle Verreynne had the strike for most of the last four overs to lunch and was 42 not out. Mulder's 334-ball knock in just under seven hours included 49 boundaries and four sixes. The only higher scores in test history were Lara's unbeaten 400 and 375, Matthew Hayden's 380 and Mahela Jayawardene's 374. In the morning session, Mulder scored 103 of South Africa's 161 runs, which came at an average 6.1 per over. The only wicket to fall was Dewald Brevis, 15 overnight, for 30, giving Zimbabwe debutant Kundai Matigimu a second wicket. ___ AP cricket:
Reuters
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Mulder hits fifth highest test score but turns down chance to go for record
July 7 (Reuters) - 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. Mulder, leading the side for the first time as a depleted team take on their neighbours in a two-test series at Bulawayo's Queens Sports Club, hit 53 boundaries (49 fours and four sixes) in his knock to see South Africa to 626-5 at lunch on the second day of the second test. With plenty of time still left in the test, it was expected he would bat into the second session to chase down Brian Lara's 21-year-old record of 400 not out for the West Indies against England in Antigua but Mulder turned down the chance and declared at lunch, to put Zimbabwe into bat. The 27-year-old all-rounder had come in at No. 3 with South Africa on 24-2 after being put into bat on the opening day on Sunday and was 264 not out at the close as he rallied his side to finish the day on 465-4. He had a fortunate break when on 247 he was bowled, only for a no ball to be called as Tanaka Chivanga had overstepped. But the rest of Mulder's impressive innings was chanceless as he brought up his 300 in Monday's morning session, off 297 balls for the second fastest triple century in test cricket. He then passed Hashim Amla's record test score for a South African of 311 not out against England at the Oval in 2012 and got to 350 in 324 balls before going to lunch 367 not out. It put him fifth in the all-time list, ahead of the likes of fellow triple centurions Gary Sobers and Donald Bradman, and behind Lara (400 not out and 375), Australian Matthew Hayden (380) and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene, who hit 374 against South Africa in Colombo in 2006.
