Allan Border | Great Batter and (One of the toughest cricketers)
Allan Border was known for his tenacious and gritty playing style, becoming one of the most challenging cricket competitors. Learn about his career highlights, records, and what made him such a formidable opponent on the cricket field.
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| Allan border in 1980 |
Did you know that Allan's border hates to lose the game as he was one of the hardest cricketers world has ever seen...?
"As the most determined and effective player in his entire career, A. Border was the toughest competitor, one of the finest captains and all-rounders." (Richard Hobson) 'Journalist - The Times'
Friends, you are very fortunate today. We are visiting Australia's most challenging captain, all-arounder and 1987 World Cup champion (Allan Border).
Allan Robert Border(AB)
Date of Birth:-
July 27 1955.
Nationality:-
Australian.
Meet The ICC Hall of Famer:- Allan Border | 'One of the toughest cricketers'.
- A talented batsman, one of Australia's most successful captains, and a capable all-rounder, Allan Robert Border is one of his kind.
He is a tough player with something special inside him. Whenever the Australian team was in trouble, he stepped into the crease and saved the day. (Brad Haddin)
As a captain, he compromised nothing and was the most formidable captain compared to any other captain of the Australian team.
The Australian cricket team faced a crisis when he started playing. Under his admirable captaincy, England won the 1987 World Cup and regained the Ashes after two years as he enjoyed the situation.
Despite that astounding fact, in 1993, team Australia defeated the mighty West Indies for the first time in history.
In December 1979, he was one of only three players retained for the 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies.
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| Career Stats of Allan Border. |
First Ride:-
- In 1975-76, A. Border joined English county (International Berry knights) and scored 600 hundred runs in the seasons till 1980. Before he shifted to Queen's land and started his professional career.
- His brilliant performance attracted the Australians as they wanted him to play for them at any cast.
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| Allan Border playing a shot in a match. |
Test Career:-
- On December 29, 1978, he conveyed his debut against England at MCG.
- Australia toured India after that in 1979. A. played six matches and lost all of them. But A. Border proved himself as he scored 521 with a stellar average of 43.42. It was evident that he was a master-class batsman.
- Another brilliant performance was that he was the first Australian batsman of that era, scoring 1000 runs in only 354 days.
Format M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Test1978–94 156 265 44 11174 205 50.6 27004 - 27 63 1161 28
Format M Inn B Mdn Runs W BB Econ Avg SR 4W 5W Test1978–94 156 98 4009 197 1525 39 7/46 2.28 39.1 102.8 1 2
A. Border's Tests and ODI stats of the whole career.
ODI Career:-
- He played his first ODI match against England at Sydney on January 13,1979.
- He was not only a good batter but as well as a slow Left-Arm orthodox bowler with a deadly arm in ODI history.
- He was one of the finest players and captains. The Australian team always remembered him as they won the World Cup in 1987 under his captaincy.
- Even though his captaincy affected his performance, he was a valuable captain for Australia.
- He played 273 matches and scored 6524 runs with a reasonable strike rate of 71.4, proving his magnificent class in ODI history.
Allan Border as bowler in a Test match.
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