27th July (CRICKETNMORE) - Former Australian Crickter and Captain, Allan Robert Border was born on 27 July 1955 in New South Wales, Australia. He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record he holds until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. He holds the world record for most consecutive test starts with 153 tests. Under his captaincy Australia won their first World Cup in 1987.
Border made his test debut against England in 1978. He was primarily a left hand batsman but also achieved success as a part-time left arm spinner. Border scored 11,174 Test runs with an average of over 50 (a world record until it was passed 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. His last test was against South Africa in 1994.
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. He also played 273 ODIs for Australia amassing 6,524 runs at an approx average of 31
