M Ntini of South Africa became the 49^th cricketer in the world to appear in one hundred tests, when he made his appearance against England at Cape Town on 16.12.09. The following list shows all the 49 cricketers.

No	Cricketer	Team	Span	Tests
1	MC Cowdrey	Eng	1954-1975	114
2	G Boycott	Eng	1964-1982	108
3	CH Lloyd	Win	1966-1985	110
4	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125
5	CG Greenidge	Win	1974-1991	108
6	IVA Richards	Win	1974-1991	121
7	GA Gooch	Eng	1975-1995	118
8	DB Vengsarkar	Ind	1976-1992	116
9	Javed Miandad	Pak	1976-1993	124
10	IT Botham	Eng	1977-1992	102
11	DL Haynes	Win	1978-1994	116
12	DI Gower	Eng	1978-1992	117
13	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1994	131
14	AR Border	Aus	1978-1994	156
15	Saleem Malik	Pak	1982-1999	103
16	CA Walsh	Win	1984-2001	132
17	DC Boon	Aus	1984-1996	107
18	Wasim Akram	Pak	1985-2002	104
19	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168
20	CL Hooper	Win	1987-2002	102
21	IA Healy	Aus	1988-1999	119
22	MA Taylor	Aus	1989-1999	104
23	MA Atherton	Eng	1989-2001	115
24	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2009	162
25	AJ Stewart	Eng	1990-2003	133
26	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132
27	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131
28	ME Waugh	Aus	1991-2002	128
29	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	1991-2007	110
30	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145
31	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	1992-2007	120
32	M Muralitharan	Srl	1992-2009	132
33	JL Langer	Aus	1993-2007	105
34	GP Thorpe	Eng	1993-2005	100
35	GD McGrath	Aus	1993-2007	124
36	G Kirsten	SAF	1993-2004	101
37	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103
38	S Chanderpaul	Win	1994-2009	123
39	SP Fleming	NZl	1994-2008	111
40	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1994-2009	111
41	SM Pollock	SAF	1995-2008	108
42	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2009	139
43	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2009	132
44	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2009	137
45	SC Ganguly	Ind	1996-2008	113
46	VVS Laxman	Ind	1996-2009	108
47	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2009	110
48	MV Boucher	SAF	1997-2009	127
49	M Ntini	SAF	1998-2009	100

M Ntini became the fifth South African cricketer to play 100 tests, after G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis and MV Boucher

No	Cricketer	Team	Span	Tests
1	G Kirsten	SAF	1993-2004	101
2	SM Pollock	SAF	1995-2008	108
3	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2009	132
4	MV Boucher	SAF	1997-2009	127
5	M Ntini	SAF	1998-2009	100