Allan Border is a former international cricketer and captain of the Australia cricket team. A left-handed middle order batsman, he scored centuries in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Border scored 11,174 runs in 156 Tests and captained Australia in 93 of them. He holds the record for consecutive appearances (153 matches) as a player in Tests. Border was named by Wisden as one of its five Cricketers of the Year in 1982. He was the second Australian player after Sir Donald Bradman to receive the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to cricket, and was one of 55 initial inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Border made his Test debut against England in December 1978 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His first century came three months later against Pakistan at the same venue. Border's 27 Test hundreds were scored at 14 different grounds; 14 hundreds were made at venues outside Australia. In Tests, he was most successful against England accumulating eight centuries. Border's highest score of 205 – one of his two double centuries – came against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval in 1987. As of 2012, he is thirteenth overall in the list of most hundreds in Test cricket.
In ODI cricket, Border scored his first century against India in 1980, when he made 105 not out. The performance ensured Australia's victory and he was named "Man of the match". Border went on to score two more centuries until the end of his career – the first of them came against Sri Lanka (118) and the last one against West Indies (127), which was also his highest score in the format – he remained not out on both occasions.
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+ Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out. Border was named "Man of the match". Captained the Australian cricket team. Pos. Position in the batting order. Inn. The innings of the match. Test The number of the Test match played in that series.SR Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (Australia), away or neutral. Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches. Lost The match was lost by Australia. Won The match was won by Australia. Drawn The match was drawn.
Test cricket centuries + List of Test centuries scored by Allan BorderNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResultRef 1 105 3 4 1/2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Lost 2 162 3 1 1/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away Drawn 3 115 3 3 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 4 150* 6 1 3/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 1 Drawn 5 153 6 3 3/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 2 Drawn 6 124 5 2 3/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Lost 7 123* 5 4 5/6 Old Trafford, Manchester Away Lost 8 106* 5 1 6/6 Kennington Oval, London Away Drawn 9 126 4 3 3/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Lost 10 118 5 2 2/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Drawn 11 117* 5 1 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Drawn 12 100* 6 3 2/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Drawn 13 196 4 2 2/6 Lord's, London Away Won 14 146* 4 3 4/6 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away Drawn 15 152* 4 3 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Lost 16 163 3 3 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Drawn 17 140 4 1 2/3 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 1 Drawn 18 114* 4 3 2/3 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 2 Drawn 19 106 5 1 1/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away Tied 20 125 5 2 2/5 WACA Ground, Perth Home Drawn 21 100* 4 3 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Drawn 22 205 4 2 2/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Drawn 23 113* 6 2 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Drawn 24 106 6 1 3/3 Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Away Drawn 25 110 6 1 2/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 26 200* 5 2 4/6 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 27 105 5 1 3/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Won
ODI cricket centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by Allan BorderNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.SRVenueH/A/NDateResultRef 1 105* 2 2 86.06 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 2 118* 4 1 134.09 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 3 127* 4 1 90.71 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won
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