Allan Border

Personal information

Full name

Allan Robert Border

Born

27 July 1955 (age 61)
Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia

Nickname

AB, Captain Grumpy, Pugsley

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Slow left arm orthodox

Role

Captain, coach, administrator

International information

National side

Australia

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

1980–1996

1986–1988

1976–1980

1977

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	156	273	385	382
Runs scored	11,174	6,524	27,131	9355
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	3703
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	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	7/46	3/20	7/46	3/20
Catches/stumpings	156/–	127/–	379/–	183/–

Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2008

Allan Robert Border AO (born 27 July 1955) is an Australian former cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. 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. He holds the record for most consecutive test starts with 153.

Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain. He was primarily a left hand batsman but also achieved sporadic 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 2005). 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.

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

Born in Cremorne, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Border grew up with three brothers in the nearby suburb of Mosman. His father John, from Coonamble in rural New South Wales, was a wool classer and his mother Sheila was the proprietor of a corner store. The family had a spacious backyard for playing games, and Mosman Oval, the home of district cricket and baseball clubs, was across the street. Border attended North Sydney Boys High School, and earned his leaving certificate in 1972.

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