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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Allan Border - Former Australian Cricketer


Allan Border (DOB July 27,1955)played 156 Tests,scored 11,174 Test runs (a world record until it was surpased by Brian Lara in 2005)

Allan Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain - 93 Tests

Allan Border retired as Australia's most capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODI's

Allan Border ended his career by leading the first Australian team to play a Test series against South Africa after their return to international cricket. Three Tests were played in each country, and both series ended 1–1

Allan Border's final Test innings was an obdurate 42 not out that helped secure a draw in the Third Test at Durban

Career Statistics

Test Debut - Vs England in December 1978
Last Test Vs South Africa in March 1994
ODI Debut - Vs England in January 1979
Last ODI -  Vs South Africa in April 1994

                     Test        ODI
Matches          156         273
Runs            11174       6524
100's/50's      27/63       3/39
Topscore        205          127*

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