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
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

List of Test centuries scored by Allan Border[12]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105  Pakistan341/2Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome10 March 1979Lost[13]
2 162  India311/6M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiAway11 September 1979Drawn[14]
3 115  England331/3WACA Ground, PerthHome14 December 1979Won[15]
4 150*  Pakistan613/3Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway18 March 1980Drawn[16]
5 153  Pakistan633/3Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway18 March 1980Drawn[16]
6 124  India523/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome7 February 1981Lost[17]
7 123*  England545/6Old Trafford, ManchesterAway13 August 1981Lost[18]
8 106*  England516/6Kennington Oval, LondonAway27 August 1981Drawn[19]
9 126 ‡  West Indies433/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome30 January 1982Lost[20]
10 118  Pakistan522/5Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneHome25 November 1983Drawn[21]
11 117*  Pakistan513/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome9 December 1983Drawn[22]
12 100* ‡  West Indies632/5Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainAway16 March 1984Drawn[23]
13 196 † ‡  England422/6Lord's, LondonAway27 June 1985Won[24]
14 146* †  England434/6Old Trafford Cricket Ground, ManchesterAway1 August 1985Drawn[25]
15 152* †  New Zealand431/3Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneHome8 November 1985Lost[26]
16 163 † ‡  India332/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 1985Drawn[27]
17 140 † ‡  New Zealand412/3Lancaster Park, ChristchurchAway28 February 1986Drawn[28]
18 114* † ‡  New Zealand432/3Lancaster Park, ChristchurchAway28 February 1986Drawn[28]
19 106 †  India511/3M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiAway18 September 1986Tied[29][N 1]
20 125 †  England522/5WACA Ground, PerthHome28 November 1986Drawn[31]
21 100* † ‡  England433/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome12 December 1986Drawn[32]
22 205 † ‡  New Zealand422/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome11 December 1987Drawn[33]
23 113* † ‡  Pakistan622/3Iqbal Stadium, FaisalabadAway23 September 1988Drawn[34]
24 106 † ‡  Sri Lanka613/3Tyronne Fernando Stadium, MoratuwaAway8 September 1992Drawn[35]
25 110 †  West Indies612/5Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 1992Won[36]
26 200* † ‡  England524/6Headingley, LeedsAway22 July 1993Won[37]
27 105 †  New Zealand513/3Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneHome3 December 1993Won[38]

ODI cricket centuries

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