On the eve of his 100th Test for South Africa — against Sri Lanka at Wanderers Stadium, starting tomorrow — batting great Hashim Amla has received warm praise from teammates Stephen Cook and Wayne Parnell.When he walks on to the hallowed turf of the Bullring for the third and final Test, with South Africa looking for a 3-0 whitewash over the tourists‚ Amla will become only the eighth South African to play in 100 Tests.He joins an elite group including greats such as Jacques Kallis‚ Mark Boucher‚ Graeme Smith‚ Shaun Pollock‚ Makhaya Ntini‚ Gary Kirsten and AB de Villiers in the “100 Club”.Cook‚ who will be playing in front of his home crowd and has known Amla since school days‚ described Amla as a fantastic person and one of the best batsman South Africa has produced.“I grew up playing school cricket against him when he was at Durban High School and I was at KES [King Edward High School‚” Cook said yesterday.
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