21 Facts About Allan Border

1. In 2009 Allan Border was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.

2. Allan Border was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1990, was named Queenslander of the Year in 1994, and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

3. Allan Border became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986, and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1989.

4. Allan Border wrote an autobiography entitled Beyond Ten Thousand: My Life Story, published in 1993.

5. Allan Border served as an Australian selector from 1998 until his resignation from the panel in 2005.

6. Allan Border was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1982.

7. Allan Border ended his career by leading the first Australian team to play a Test series against South Africa after their return to international cricket.

8. Allan Border scored 105 in the Third Test on his home ground at Brisbane.

9. In 1993, Allan Border became the first player since Joe Darling to lead Australia in England on three Ashes tours.

10. Allan Border sprang to his feet and hurled his ball into the floor.

11. Allan Border was named the 1989 Australian of the Year for his part in helping Australia regain the Ashes.

12. Allan Border had consciously fashioned a more aggressive approach to the captaincy.

13. Allan Border hit 205 in the drawn Second Test at Adelaide, his highest Test score which took him past Greg Chappell as Australia's highest run-scorer.

14. Allan Border finished unbeaten on 98 in a total of 255.

15. In 1981, Allan Border made his first Ashes tour and scored a half-century in each of the first two Tests.

16. Allan Border resigned from his job as a clerk in the film library of BHP to spend the 1977 English season playing for Downend in the Gloucestershire Western League.

17. Allan Border attended North Sydney Boys High School, and earned his leaving certificate in 1972.

18. In 2016, Allan Border was a recipient of the Queensland Greats Awards.

19. Allan Border was one of the 55 inaugural inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

20. Allan Border retired as Australia's most capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs.

21. Allan Border played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh.