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.

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.

Here are five things to know about South Africa’s latest cricketing star. Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder was born on 19 February 1998 and after showing promise as a cricketer at a young age opted to attend St Stithian’s College in Joburg. It is the same school attended by Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Kwena Maphaka and Lhuan-dre Pretorius.