Bulawayo, July 6 -- South Africa's Wiaan Mulder produced a historic knock on his Test captaincy debut, scoring an unbeaten 264, the highest score ever by a player leading their country for the first time in Test cricket. His innings also broke the South African record for most runs scored by a batter in a single day of a Test match, as per Wisden.

The 27-year-old all-rounder was handed the responsibility of captaincy after Keshav Maharaj was ruled out due to injury. Maharaj himself had led the side in the first Test in place of full-time skipper Temba Bavuma, who is not playing the series after South Africa's World Test Championship (WTC) final triumph.

With several regular players rested for this away series in Zimbabwe, South Africa f...