Kingston, July 10 -- As Mitchell Starc gears up to become just the second Australian fast bowler after Glenn McGrath to play 100 Test matches, tributes have poured in from his long-time pace partners Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. The left-arm seamer is also on the cusp of another milestone, five wickets away from joining the elite 400-wicket club, as he prepares for the landmark Test against the West Indies in Jamaica.

Josh Hazlewood, speaking on the Unplayable Podcast in an upcoming episode, recalled his first encounter with a raw and fiery young Starc.

"I first crossed paths with him in under-17s," Hazlewood said, as quoted from cricket.com.au.

"We had like a city-country game and the NSW team got picked from that," he added.

"I w...