Ben Gardner salutes South Africa’s stand-in captain for his grand gesture
Wiaan Mulder had just had one of the best days of his career to cap off one of the best months of his career.
Having slotted in at No.3 at Lord’s as South Africa won the World Test Championship, their maiden global crown, he made his captaincy bow a few weeks later.
Though it came in a low-key series against Zimbabwe, and though he was only a stand-in for a stand-in, Keshav Maharaj having joined Temba Bavuma on the treatment table, it was a proud moment.
And then he smashed his country’s highest Test score, declared,...
