South Africa captain Vian Mulder. (Photo-grareth copley/getty images)
In the second Test match between Zimbabwe and South Africa played at Bulavio’s Queens Sports Club, the visiting team won in a unilateral manner. South African captain Vian Mulder played a historic innings of 367 unbeaten 367 runs in his first captaincy innings in Test cricket, due to which South Africa won the match by an innings and 236 runs and also won the series 2–0. With this victory, South Africa also took a big record.
South Africa’s record -breaking victory
Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervin won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first, but the decision overshadowed his team. South Africa did not start well, he lost the first 2 wickets for 24 runs. But after this, Vian Mulder and David Bedingham shared a 204 -run innings for the third wicket. After this, Mulder also shared more than 200 runs with Lahuan-Dre Pentius. Due to which the South African team scored 626 runs in their first innings at the loss of 5 wickets.
South Africa captain Vian Mulder was the hero of this victory. As captain, he became the first captain to score a triple century in the first Test. After this innings, the bowlers also performed amazing. Zimbabwe’s team could score 170 runs in their first innings. After this, due to follow -on, he had to bat again and this time too he was all out for 220 runs, due to which he had to face a big defeat.
Do this for the first time in Test history
The current World Test champion South Africa took a big record with this victory. This is his 10th consecutive win in Tests. South Africa has won 10 consecutive Test matches for the first time. She has been playing a Test match since 1889, but before that she could never do so. At the same time, he is the third team to win 10 consecutive Test matches in the history of Test cricket. Earlier, Australia and South Africa have done this wonderful. Australia has won 16-16 matches 2 times in a row. At the same time, the West Indies has won 11 matches.
