Allan Border

Allan Border (AB)

AO
Border in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Allan Robert Border
Born (1955-07-27) 27 July 1955 (age 69)
Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameAB
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleMiddle-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 299)29 December 1978 v England
Last Test25 March 1994 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 49)13 January 1979 v England
Last ODI8 April 1994 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976/77–1979/80New South Wales
1977Gloucestershire
1980/81–1995/96Queensland
1986–1988Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 156 273 385 382
Runs scored 11,174 6,524 27,131 9,355
Batting average 50.56 30.62 51.38 31.71
100s/50s 27/63 3/39 70/142 3/62
Top score 205 127* 205 127*
Balls bowled 4,009 2,661 9,750 3,703
Wickets 39 73 106 90
Bowling average 39.10 28.36 39.25 32.27
5 wickets in innings 2 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 1 0
Best bowling 7/46 3/20 7/46 3/20
Catches/stumpings 156/– 127/– 379/– 183/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1987 India and Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 January 2008

Allan Robert Border AO[1] (born 27 July 1955) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team, and led his team to victory in the 1987 Cricket World Cup, the maiden world title for Australia. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border formerly held the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153, before it was surpassed in June 2018 by Alastair Cook, and is second on the list of number of Tests as captain.[2]

He was primarily a left-hand batsman but also had occasional success as a part-time left-arm orthodox spinner. Border amassed 11,174 Test runs (a world record until it was passed by Brian Lara in 2006). He hit 27 centuries in his Test career. He retired as Australia's most-capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs. His Australian record for Test Match runs stood for 15 years before Ricky Ponting overtook him during the Third Ashes Test against England in July 2009.[3]

Border was one of the 55 inaugural inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[4]

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Allan Border was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for his role as a "sports legend".[5]

In 2016, Border was a recipient of the Queensland Greats Awards.[6] In a fan poll conducted by the CA in 2017, he was named in the country's best Ashes XI in the last 40 years.[7]

  1. ^ "BORDER, Allan Robert, Officer of the Order of Australia". itsanhonour.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 27 September 1989. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ "RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (CAPTAINS, PLAYERS, UMPIRES) / MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN". Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Ponting passes Border as highest Australian run getter". Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Border, Harvey, Gower, Underwood inducted into Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  5. ^ Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ "2016 Queensland Greats recipients". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  7. ^ "The Best Australian Ashes XI revealed". CA. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2009.