Wiaan Mulder was 34 runs away from creating a world record in Test cricket before he declared the innings at lunch.

After declaring on himself with 33 runs remaining to tie the highest individual Test score, Mulder said Lara deserves to keep the milestone.

South Africa's Wiaan Mulder passed up the chance to set an individual record score in men's test cricket by declaring 33 runs short of Brian Lara's 400 set in 2004.