(1955-07-27) 27 July 1955 (age 68) Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname
AB
Height
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Batting
Left-handed
Bowling
Slow left-arm orthodox
Role
Middle-order batter
International information
National side
Australia (1978–1994)
Test debut (cap 299)
29 December 1978 v England
Last Test
25 March 1994 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 49)
13 January 1979 v England
Last ODI
8 April 1994 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1976/77–1979/80
New South Wales
1977
Gloucestershire
1980/81–1995/96
Queensland
1986–1988
Essex
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 BorderAO[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]
^"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.
^"RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (CAPTAINS, PLAYERS, UMPIRES) / MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN". Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^"Ponting passes Border as highest Australian run getter". Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
^"Border, Harvey, Gower, Underwood inducted into Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
^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.
^"2016 Queensland Greats recipients". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^"The Best Australian Ashes XI revealed". CA. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
Allan Robert Border AO (born 27 July 1955) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years...
Awarded during the Australian Cricket Awards, the AllanBorder Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men's cricket...
AllanBorder Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since...
cricket players from Australia, England and the West Indies such as AllanBorder, Graham Gooch, Courtney Walsh and Sir Viv Richards. Beer portal Queensland...
2017, 2019, 2023 ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 AllanBorder Medal: 2022 Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year: 2017 Australian...
his retirement, passed it on to AllanBorder. The other players to have taken on the role are David Boon (when Border took over the captaincy), Ian Healy...
cricket season in the Australian summer, Cummins was awarded with the AllanBorder Medal in recognition of being the best performing Australian cricketer...
retired AllanBorder – resumed the position under Kim Hughes from March to December 1984, then promoted to captain Rodney Hogg – under AllanBorder in December...
situation, with Andrew Hilditch, Rick Darling and AllanBorder taking Australia to 131/3. But after Border was dismissed, the middle order, consisting of...
team existed. Playing for Australia A against India A in July 2014 at AllanBorder Field, Marsh scored 211 runs batting seventh in Australia's first innings...
Queensland in Brisbane, impressing Queensland captain AllanBorder, "He's just an outstanding prospect", Border said. Speculation again arose that Ponting could...
Chappell had a direct influence on Hughes' successor, AllanBorder. Early in his captaincy tenure, Border was struggling with the burdens of the position so...
needed] At the end of the series in January 2014, Johnson also won the AllanBorder Medal (awarded to the best-performing male Australian cricketer of the...
Kong six-a-side tournament and replaced AllanBorder as captain of Queensland in 1992–93. However, when Border retired at the end of the 1994 tour of South...
is the AllanBorder Medal, which is awarded to "the most outstanding Australian male cricketer of the season". Watson has won the AllanBorder Medal twice...
series win against an Australian side missing its WSC players in 1978–79. AllanBorder made his Test debut for Australia in 1978–79. Brearley retired from Test...
wins AllanBorder Medal". Fox Sports. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008. "Lee wins AllanBorder Medal"...
Lanka. His performances over the past year were recognised with the AllanBorder Medal. Gilchrist played in all but one of the matches in Australia's...
occasional off-spin bowling of AllanBorder, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4...
his retirement he passed it on to AllanBorder. The other players to have taken on the role are David Boon (when Border took over the captaincy), Ian Healy...
He was inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the 2016/17 AllanBorder Medal ceremony in Sydney.[1] On September 13, 2021, he was announced...
When Hussey was playing for Australia A, the Australian reserve team, AllanBorder once jokingly suggested he get match practice by staying in the nets...
others attracted from interstate or overseas such as Vivian Richards, AllanBorder, Kepler Wessels and Ian Botham. Queensland were runners up five times...
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