NEW DELHI: West Indies great Chris Gayle has criticised South Africa’s stand-in skipper Wiaan Mulder for declaring the innings despite being within reach of Brian Lara’s world record Test score of 400 not out, saying “he panicked and blundered, straight up”.
Mulder was batting on 367, just 34 runs short of overhauling Lara’s record of highest individual Test score but opted to declare South Africa’s innings at 626 for five on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe out of respect for the West Indian legend.
“Come on, you’re on 367, automatically you have to take a chance at the record. If you want to be a legend, how are you going to become a legend? Records come with being a legend,” Gayle told talk SPORT.
