West Indies great Brian Lara tells South Africa's Wiaan Mulder he should have tried to overhaul his Test record of 400 not out instead of declaring.

Wiaan Mulder, after his unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe, revealed Brian Lara's advice to chase the highest individual Test score. Lara, the record holder, encouraged Mulder to break his 400 not out. Despite Lara's urging,

"Now that things have settled a little bit, I've chatted a little bit to Brian Lara," Mulder told SuperSport. "He said to me I'm creating my own legacy and I should have gone for it. He said records are there to be broken and he wishes if I'm ever in that position again, I actually go and score more than what he had.