Pretoria, July 11 -- South Africa all-rounder Wiaan Mulder has revealed he recently spoke with Brian Lara and the West Indies great indicated he would have preferred him to try and break his world record during the recent Test match against Zimbabwe.
Mulder had the chance to break Lara's record for the highest score in Test cricket when he moved to 367 not out at lunch on day two of the Bulawayo Test against Zimbabwe, but chose to declare his side's innings at 626/5 at the time and allow the record innings of 400 by the West Indies legend to remain untouched.
While the declaration paid immediate dividends as South Africa cruised to a comfortable victory inside three days, debate has since raged as to whether Mulder should have chased Lara...