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{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Allan Border (AB) | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] | image = Allan Border, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh October 2014 (Border cropped).jpg | caption = Border in 2014 | country = Australia | fullname = Allan Robert Border | nickname = AB | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|07|27}} | birth_place = [[Cremorne, New South Wales|Cremorne]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | height = 175 cm | batting = Left-handed | bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] | role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Middle order|Middle-order batter]] | international = true | internationalspan = 1978β1994 | testdebutdate = 29 December | testdebutyear = 1978 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 299 | lasttestdate = 25 March | lasttestyear = 1994 | lasttestagainst = South Africa | odidebutdate = 13 January | odidebutyear = 1979 | odidebutagainst = England | odicap = 49 | lastodidate = 8 April | lastodiyear = 1994 | lastodiagainst = South Africa | club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] | year1 = {{nowrap|1976/77β1979/80}} | club2 = [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] | year2 = 1977 | club3 = [[Queensland Bulls|Queensland]] | year3 = 1980/81β1995/96 | club4 = [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] | year4 = 1986β1988 | columns = 4 | column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]] | matches1 = 156 | runs1 = 11,174 | bat avg1 = 50.56 | 100s/50s1 = 27/63 | top score1 = 205 | deliveries1 = 4,009 | wickets1 = 39 | bowl avg1 = 39.10 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 1 | best bowling1 = 7/46 | catches/stumpings1 = 156/β | column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]] | matches2 = 273 | runs2 = 6,524 | bat avg2 = 30.62 | 100s/50s2 = 3/39 | top score2 = 127[[not out|*]] | deliveries2 = 2,661 | wickets2 = 73 | bowl avg2 = 28.36 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/20 | catches/stumpings2 = 127/β | column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | matches3 = 385 | runs3 = 27,131 | bat avg3 = 51.38 | 100s/50s3 = 70/142 | top score3 = 205 | deliveries3 = 9,750 | wickets3 = 106 | bowl avg3 = 39.25 | fivefor3 = 3 | tenfor3 = 1 | best bowling3 = 7/46 | catches/stumpings3 = 379/β | column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | matches4 = 382 | runs4 = 9,355 | bat avg4 = 31.71 | 100s/50s4 = 3/62 | top score4 = 127[[not out|*]] | deliveries4 = 3,703 | wickets4 = 90 | bowl avg4 = 32.27 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 3/20 | catches/stumpings4 = 183/β |medaltemplates=<!--MENTION HOST NATIONS FOR TEAM SPORTS--> {{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}} {{Medal|W|[[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987 India and Pakistan]]|}} | date = 13 January | year = 2008 | source = http://cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4174.html ESPNcricinfo }} '''Allan Robert Border''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}}<ref name="ao">{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886656|title=BORDER, Allan Robert, Officer of the Order of Australia|date=27 September 1989|work=itsanhonour.gov.au|publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|access-date=7 September 2013|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127192001/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886656|url-status=live}}</ref> (born 27 July 1955) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international [[cricket]]er. A batsman, Border was for many years the [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Australia national cricket team|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 cricket|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283746.html|title=RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (CAPTAINS, PLAYERS, UMPIRES) / MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226110321/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283746.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was primarily a left-hand [[batsman]] but also had occasional success as a part-time [[left arm orthodox|left-arm orthodox]] [[spin bowling|spinner]]. Border amassed 11,174 Test runs (a world record until it was passed by [[Brian Lara]] in 2006). He hit [[List of international cricket centuries by Allan Border|27 centuries]] in his Test career. He retired as Australia's most-capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and [[One Day International|ODI]]s. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907311535/news-bytes/ponting-overtakes-border |title=Ponting passes Border as highest Australian run getter |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802231811/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907311535/news-bytes/ponting-overtakes-border |archive-date=2 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Border was one of the 55 inaugural inductees of the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907161402/test-cricket/hof-inductees |title=Border, Harvey, Gower, Underwood inducted into Hall of Fame |access-date=16 July 2009 |archive-date=22 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822094105/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200907161402/test-cricket/hof-inductees |url-status=live }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> In 2016, Border was a recipient of the [[Queensland Greats Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2016-recipients/|title=2016 Queensland Greats recipients|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531022412/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2016-recipients/|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-best-ashes-team-past-40-years-fan-vote-final-results-gilchrist-warne-ponting/2017-12-01|title=The Best Australian Ashes XI revealed|date=1 December 2017|work=CA|access-date=26 July 2009|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201194506/https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-best-ashes-team-past-40-years-fan-vote-final-results-gilchrist-warne-ponting/2017-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
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