Fantastic fast bowlers Allan Donald and Lasith Malinga, talented Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar, England cricket legend Graham Gooch and former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu.
Esteemed company indeed, but not the sort Dean Elgar had hoped to join when he made his Test debut against Australia at the WACA in 2012.
Elgar became the 38th man to make a pair on Test debut, the weak link in a powerful side that romped to a 309-run series-clinching victory.
On Thursday, he scored 83 and was the much-needed steady hand as more esteemed teammates Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla faltered early on day one of the second Test at St George's Park.
In Perth, he faced 16 balls total in the match - all of them sent down by Mitchell Johnson.
In Port Elizabeth, he stared down 37 deliveries from the in-form left-armer including two that struck him in the shoulder.
"It'd be a little bit ignorant to say that it wasn't actually in the back of my mind," Elgar said of the symmetry.
"A lot of positives came out of what happened," he said of his debut.
"It's been nearly two years but I'd like to say that I've learned a lot and developed into a better, more experienced batsman."
It was a timely knock given Elgar's career was at the crossroads.
The left-hander was told of his recall on Tuesday, the same day Cricket South Africa informed the 26-year-old he wouldn't be given a new contract.
"It was added motivation. Not to prove people (wrong) but to show that maybe they'd made an incorrect choice," he said.
Elgar's role in the ongoing match will not be restricted to batting.
He and fellow spinner JP Duminy will have to send down plenty of overs after the omission of tweaker Robin Peterson.
"There's definitely a role at St George's for pie-chuckers like myself," Elgar laughed.
