CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Allan Border
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
AB
429Internationals
17,698Career runs
30Centuries
112Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 156
- Innings
- 265
- Runs
- 11,174
- Average
- 50.56
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 205
- Not outs
- 44
- 100s
- 27
- 50s
- 63
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- 1,161
- 6s
- 28
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 156
- Innings
- 98
- Balls
- 4,009
- Maidens
- 197
- Runs conceded
- 1,525
- Wickets
- 39
- Average
- 39.10
- Economy
- 2.28
- Strike rate
- 102.79
- Best innings
- 7/46
- Best match
- 11/96
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 2
- 10 wickets
- 1
Fielding
- Matches
- 156
- Innings
- 277
- Catches
- 156
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 156
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 156
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.563
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 273
- Innings
- 252
- Runs
- 6,524
- Average
- 30.62
- Strike rate
- 71.42
- Highest score
- 127*
- Not outs
- 39
- 100s
- 3
- 50s
- 39
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- 500
- 6s
- 43
- Balls faced
- 9,134
Bowling
- Matches
- 273
- Innings
- 87
- Balls
- 2,661
- Maidens
- 11
- Runs conceded
- 2,071
- Wickets
- 73
- Average
- 28.36
- Economy
- 4.66
- Strike rate
- 36.45
- Best innings
- 3/20
- Best match
- 3/20
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 273
- Innings
- 270
- Catches
- 127
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 127
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 127
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.470
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
428 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-04-08 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | Australia won by 1 runs |
| 1994-04-06 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | Australia won by 36 runs |
| 1994-04-04 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 26 runs |
| 1994-04-02 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 1994-03-25 | Australia v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1994-03-17 | Australia v South Africa | Test | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 1994-03-04 | Australia v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 197 runs |
| 1994-02-24 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 7 wickets |
| 1994-02-22 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | Australia won by 88 runs |
| 1994-02-20 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 56 runs |
| 1994-02-19 | Australia v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 5 runs |
| 1994-01-28 | Australia v South Africa | Test | Australia won by 191 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 9 | 296 | 84 | 37.00 | 30.11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 983 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 1.62 | N/A |
| 1993 | 16 | 22 | 899 | 200 | 42.80 | 44.09 | 2 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 2,039 | 9 | 1 | 102.00 | 1.67 | 366.00 |
| 1992 | 8 | 16 | 689 | 110 | 53.00 | 41.68 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 1,653 | 6 | 1 | 105.00 | 2.91 | 216.00 |
| 1991 | 10 | 17 | 518 | 83 | 37.00 | 42.21 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 1,227 | 6 | 8 | 33.75 | 2.64 | 76.50 |
| 1990 | 6 | 9 | 284 | 78 | 47.33 | 34.21 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 830 | 4 | 2 | 27.00 | 2.18 | 74.00 |
| 1989 | 11 | 17 | 818 | 85 | 68.16 | 42.98 | 0 | 11 | 85 | 1 | 1,903 | 12 | 11 | 19.36 | 2.09 | 55.45 |
| 1988 | 8 | 14 | 465 | 113 | 38.75 | 40.78 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 1,140 | 6 | 0 | N/A | 1.86 | N/A |
| 1987 | 4 | 6 | 371 | 205 | 61.83 | 41.87 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 886 | 1 | 1 | 25.00 | 1.92 | 78.00 |
| 1986 | 10 | 19 | 1,000 | 140 | 62.50 | 43.10 | 5 | 3 | 111 | 2 | 2,320 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 2.45 | N/A |
| 1985 | 11 | 20 | 1,099 | 196 | 64.64 | 47.57 | 4 | 2 | 116 | 5 | 2,310 | 4 | 0 | N/A | 3.31 | N/A |
| 1984 | 11 | 20 | 831 | 100 | 48.88 | — | 1 | 6 | 77 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | N/A | 4.75 | N/A |
| 1983 | 6 | 8 | 584 | 118 | 97.33 | 48.74 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 1,198 | 4 | 1 | 65.00 | 2.42 | 161.00 |
| 1982 | 11 | 20 | 573 | 126 | 35.81 | 37.57 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 1,525 | 10 | 6 | 25.16 | 2.87 | 52.50 |
| 1981 | 13 | 24 | 915 | 124 | 43.57 | 39.85 | 3 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 2,296 | 5 | 1 | 45.00 | 2.25 | 120.00 |
| 1980 | 10 | 16 | 730 | 153 | 66.36 | 44.43 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 9 | 1,643 | 5 | 1 | 40.00 | 2.35 | 102.00 |
| 1979 | 13 | 26 | 1,073 | 162 | 46.65 | — | 3 | 6 | 116 | 2 | — | 12 | 6 | 36.00 | 1.83 | 117.66 |
| 1978 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 14.50 | 22.83 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.10 | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 16 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13 | 12 | 325 | 69 | 36.11 | 93.93 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 346 | 6 | 8 | 18.00 | 4.67 | 23.12 |
| 1993 | 13 | 13 | 221 | 86 | 22.10 | 68.42 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 323 | 5 | 5 | 33.60 | 5.09 | 39.60 |
| 1992 | 15 | 14 | 212 | 38 | 17.66 | 81.85 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 259 | 5 | 2 | 52.00 | 4.72 | 66.00 |
| 1991 | 12 | 12 | 329 | 79 | 29.90 | 72.62 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 453 | 2 | 3 | 15.00 | 4.09 | 22.00 |
| 1990 | 21 | 20 | 540 | 69 | 38.57 | 70.49 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 766 | 10 | 7 | 31.00 | 4.75 | 39.14 |
| 1989 | 17 | 17 | 533 | 84 | 35.53 | 81.74 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 7 | 652 | 13 | 16 | 21.37 | 4.22 | 30.37 |
| 1988 | 13 | 13 | 212 | 61 | 19.27 | 80.91 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 262 | 3 | 3 | 23.66 | 4.17 | 34.00 |
| 1987 | 23 | 23 | 642 | 91 | 29.18 | 62.63 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 1,025 | 6 | 6 | 29.83 | 5.11 | 35.00 |
| 1986 | 21 | 21 | 595 | 91 | 33.05 | 73.63 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 808 | 4 | 3 | 28.00 | 4.66 | 36.00 |
| 1985 | 20 | 20 | 830 | 127 | 51.87 | 78.67 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 5 | 1,055 | 6 | 3 | 23.00 | 4.81 | 28.66 |
| 1984 | 19 | 19 | 438 | 90 | 29.20 | 62.03 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 706 | 11 | 8 | 27.50 | 4.37 | 37.75 |
| 1983 | 21 | 21 | 428 | 54 | 21.40 | 72.41 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 591 | 5 | 2 | 47.50 | 3.80 | 75.00 |
| 1982 | 13 | 13 | 346 | 75 | 43.25 | 82.38 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 420 | 2 | 1 | 66.00 | 6.00 | 66.00 |
| 1981 | 16 | 16 | 454 | 85 | 30.26 | 63.05 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 720 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 5.00 | N/A |
| 1980 | 8 | 8 | 219 | 105 | 31.28 | 66.36 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 330 | 2 | 2 | 37.50 | 5.35 | 42.00 |
| 1979 | 9 | 9 | 175 | 44 | 19.44 | 47.94 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 365 | 5 | 4 | 36.75 | 5.58 | 39.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Melbourne
- First century in this archive · 105 runs
Test v Pakistan · Melbourne
- Highest recorded innings · 205 runs
Test v New Zealand · Adelaide
- Best recorded bowling · 7/46
Test v West Indies · Sydney
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Bloemfontein