BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) -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.

Wiaan Mulder slammed an unbeaten 367 on his captaincy debut in the 2nd Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Monday. Mulder set the record for the highest individual score by a South Africa batter in Tests,

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. On Monday he went past Len Hutton (364) and Garry Sobers (365 not out) -– two all-time greats who both held the record for the highest score for many years.