Allan Robert Border
AO (born
27 July 1955 in
Sydney,
New South Wales) is a former
Australian
cricket captain. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Tests in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian
Steve Waugh. Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain. He was a primarily a left hand
batsman but also achieved sporadic success as a part time
left arm orthodox spinner. Border amassed 11,174 runs (a world record until it was surpassed 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.
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