Dhaka, July 9 -- Wiaan Mulder capped a dream debut as captain with a dominant all-round performance, leading South Africa to a crushing innings-and-236-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test and sealing a 2-0 series sweep.

Mulder starred with an unbeaten 367 - the fifth-highest individual score in Test cricket history - falling just 33 runs short of Brian Lara's world record. He also contributed with three wickets and three catches, including the final one, as Zimbabwe suffered its heaviest innings defeat in 20 years.

South Africa declared on 626-5, and Zimbabwe's combined total of 390 across both innings was still 23 runs short of Mulder's tally alone. Zimbabwe managed 170 in their first innings before being forced to follow on, ...