Allan Border - World Records Set

World Records Set

• Most career Test runs with 11,174 runs, a record held until November 2005, when it was passed by the West Indian Brian Lara (see: List of Test cricket records)
• Most Test matches played (156) and most consecutive Test matches played (153). Border still holds the record for most consecutive matches. The former record was surpassed by Steve Waugh.
• Batted in more Test match innings (265) than any other player (since surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar).
• Most Test scores between fifty and 100 (63) and most scores of at least 50 (90). (Since surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting).
• Captained in 93 Tests (all consecutive), both world records
• Most Test runs as captain (6,623)
• Most capped Australian player in Tests and ODI
• Leading Australian runscorer in Tests and ODIs. His ODI tally was first surpassed by Mark Waugh in 1999. His Test aggregate was superseded by Ricky Ponting in 2009.
• Most Test catches by a non-wicket-keeper (156); record since first passed by Mark Taylor in 1999.
• The only player to have scored 150 in each innings of a Test, a record which still stands at the end of March 2010.
• His twelve run out Test match dismissals remains a record.

He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1982.