List of international cricket centuries by Allan Border

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Allan Border has the sixth-highest number of Test centuries for Australia.[1]

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.[2][3] He holds the record for consecutive appearances (153 matches) as a player in Tests.[4] Border was named by Wisden as one of its five Cricketers of the Year in 1982.[5][6] He was the second Australian player after Sir Donald Bradman to receive the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to cricket,[7] and was one of 55 initial inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[8][9]

Border made his Test debut against England in December 1978 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2] 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.[10] 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.[1]

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".[11] 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.

Key[edit]

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[edit]

List of Test centuries scored by Allan Border[12]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105  Pakistan 3 4 1/2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 10 March 1979 Lost [13]
2 162  India 3 1 1/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away 11 September 1979 Drawn [14]
3 115  England 3 3 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Home 14 December 1979 Won [15]
4 150*  Pakistan 6 1 3/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 18 March 19801 Drawn [16]
5 153  Pakistan 6 3 3/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 18 March 19802 Drawn [16]
6 124  India 5 2 3/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 7 February 1981 Lost [17]
7 123*  England 5 4 5/6 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 13 August 1981 Lost [18]
8 106*  England 5 1 6/6 Kennington Oval, London Away 27 August 1981 Drawn [19]
9 126 ‡  West Indies 4 3 3/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 30 January 1982 Lost [20]
10 118  Pakistan 5 2 2/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 25 November 1983 Drawn [21]
11 117*  Pakistan 5 1 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 9 December 1983 Drawn [22]
12 100* ‡  West Indies 6 3 2/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 16 March 1984 Drawn [23]
13 196 † ‡  England 4 2 2/6 Lord's, London Away 27 June 1985 Won [24]
14 146* †  England 4 3 4/6 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 1 August 1985 Drawn [25]
15 152* †  New Zealand 4 3 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 8 November 1985 Lost [26]
16 163 † ‡  India 3 3 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 26 December 1985 Drawn [27]
17 140 † ‡  New Zealand 4 1 2/3 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 28 February 19861 Drawn [28]
18 114* † ‡  New Zealand 4 3 2/3 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 28 February 19862 Drawn [28]
19 106 †  India 5 1 1/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away 18 September 1986 Tied [29][N 1]
20 125 †  England 5 2 2/5 WACA Ground, Perth Home 28 November 1986 Drawn [31]
21 100* † ‡  England 4 3 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 12 December 1986 Drawn [32]
22 205 † ‡  New Zealand 4 2 2/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 11 December 1987 Drawn [33]
23 113* † ‡  Pakistan 6 2 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away 23 September 1988 Drawn [34]
24 106 † ‡  Sri Lanka 6 1 3/3 Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Away 8 September 1992 Drawn [35]
25 110 †  West Indies 6 1 2/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home 26 December 1992 Won [36]
26 200* † ‡  England 5 2 4/6 Headingley, Leeds Away 22 July 1993 Won [37]
27 105 †  New Zealand 5 1 3/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 3 December 1993 Won [38]

ODI cricket centuries[edit]

List of ODI centuries scored by Allan Border[39]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. SR Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105* ‡  India 2 2 86.06 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 18 December 1980 Won [40]
2 118* † ‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 134.09 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home 28 January 1985 Won [41]
3 127* †  West Indies 4 1 90.71 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 6 February 1985 Won [42]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The match was a tie. There have been only two occasions where a Test match ended in a tie. The first was in 1960 and this match was the second of its kind.[30]

References[edit]

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  14. ^ "1st Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Sep 11–16, 1979". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  15. ^ "1st Test: Australia v England at Perth, Dec 14–19, 1979". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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  23. ^ "2nd Test: West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 16–21, 1984". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  24. ^ "2nd Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 27 – Jul 2, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  25. ^ "4th Test: England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 1–6, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  26. ^ "1st Test: Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 8–12, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  27. ^ "2nd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26–30, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  28. ^ a b "2nd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Feb 28 – Mar 4, 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  29. ^ "1st Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Sep 18–22, 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  30. ^ "The second tied Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  31. ^ "2nd Test: Australia v England at Perth, Nov 28 – Dec 3, 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  32. ^ "3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12–16, 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  33. ^ "2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Dec 11–15, 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  34. ^ "2nd Test: Pakistan v Australia at Faisalabad, Sep 23–28, 1988". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  35. ^ "3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Moratuwa, Sep 8–13, 1992". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  36. ^ "2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26–30, 1992". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  37. ^ "4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 22–26, 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  38. ^ "3rd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Dec 3–7, 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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  40. ^ "6th Match: Australia v India at Sydney, Dec 18, 1980". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  41. ^ "13th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Jan 28, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  42. ^ "1st Final: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Feb 6, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2012.