Was Allan Border the greatest overseas Test batsman of all time? (Qual: Minimum 50 Tests overseas)

[Joseph Gomes]

His test numbers outside Australia is staggering. Average in respective countries

England - 65.06 (25 test)
India - 51.06 (9 test)
New Zealand - 50.16 (10 test)
Pakistan - 61.91 (9 test)
South Africa - 38.00 (3 test)
Sri Lanka - 48.33 (4 test)
West Indies - 53.06 (10 test)

Only place he averages below 45 is South Africa, where he played his lowest number of tests (just 3), that too in his final year (1994)

He also averages above 50 in 5 countries. Keeping in mind, he wasn't fortunate enough to play against minnows (except maybe, Sri Lanka, against whom he has his second lowest average).

His overall away average is a whopping 56.57, which is almost 11 points higher than his home average (45.94). This makes little sense and is a huge outlier.

Just to get an idea of what bowlers he faced in his career, here are the top bowlers in their home countries from 1978 - 1994 (excluding Australia, of course). Qual: Min 50 wickets

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...7;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=bowling

Waqar - 15.95
Imran - 16.80
Marshall - 20.06
Hadlee - 21.51
Garner - 21.94
Walsh - 22.67
Ambrose - 22.94
Wasim - 23.04
Iqbal Qasim - 23.28
Bob Willis - 24.64

One thing one could hold against him is that unlike Tendulkar, he didn't get to face the two GoAT spinners of all time in their prime (Murali and Warne). Not that it's his fault however.

Thoughts?

 

[ManFan]

Absolute legend and tough as nails. He was reluctant to be captain at first but once he took it on, he grabbed it with both hands. AUS in the 80's was in a downwards spiral until Border along with Bob Simpson turned them around. AUS Cricket could never thank Border enough for saving their cricket team. Border was the first in-the-trenches guy who laid down a foundation for Taylor, the master strategist. And the rest is history...

 

[Ab Fan]

Yes agreed. An absolute legend of the game. One of the greatest captain of all time. He is among the five greatest Australian post-war cricketer IMO.

Imagine if we combine the talent of younger AB + mental strength of old AB, it would equate to what will be the greatest cricketer to have played on game, even better than Bradman.

 

[ManFan]

Yes agreed. An absolute legend of the game. One of the greatest captain of all time. He is among the five greatest Australian post-war cricketer IMO.

Imagine if we combine the talent of younger AB + mental strength of old AB, it would equate to what will be the greatest cricketer to have played on game, even better than Bradman.

Yeah but the original AB was something else. He was an extravagant stroke-maker in his youth but had to tone that down once made captain. Can still remember him tossing the ball when AUS lost by 1 run to the WI's. Now that's passion.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Steve Waugh virtually dead heats Border,if not edging him overseas.Outstanding in England,India,South Africa and West Indies.Above all turned or won more games.Outstanding in West Indies in 1995 and in South Africa in 1997 apart from 2 glorious tours of England in 1989 and 1993.

Adding WSC games in West Indies in 1979 Greg Chapel comes into the picture who averaged over 69 with 3 centuries.Greg averaged over 76 in Pakistan and was outstanding in England in 1972.Rahul Dravid has a more outstanding record statistically but not against the same calibre of bowling.

 

[ManFan]

Steve Waugh virtually dead heats Border,if not edging him overseas.Outstanding in England,India,South Africa and West Indies.Above all turned or won more games.Outstanding in West Indies in 1995 and in South Africa in 1997 apart from 2 glorious tours of England in 1989 and 1993.

Adding WSC games in West Indies in 1979 Greg Chapel comes into the picture who averaged over 69 with 3 centuries.Greg averaged over 76 in Pakistan and was outstanding in England in 1972.Rahul Dravid has a more outstanding record statistically but not against the same calibre of bowling.

Dravid does not have a good record in SA, SL, ENG.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

His test numbers outside Australia is staggering. Average in respective countries

England - 65.06 (25 test)
India - 51.06 (9 test)
New Zealand - 50.16 (10 test)
Pakistan - 61.91 (9 test)
South Africa - 38.00 (3 test)
Sri Lanka - 48.33 (4 test)
West Indies - 53.06 (10 test)

Only place he averages below 45 is South Africa, where he played his lowest number of tests (just 3), that too in his final year (1994)

He also averages above 50 in 5 countries. Keeping in mind, he wasn't fortunate enough to play against minnows (except maybe, Sri Lanka, against whom he has his second lowest average).

His overall away average is a whopping 56.57, which is almost 11 points higher than his home average (45.94). This makes little sense and is a huge outlier.

Just to get an idea of what bowlers he faced in his career, here are the top bowlers in their home countries from 1978 - 1994 (excluding Australia, of course). Qual: Min 50 wickets

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...7;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=bowling

Waqar - 15.95
Imran - 16.80
Marshall - 20.06
Hadlee - 21.51
Garner - 21.94
Walsh - 22.67
Ambrose - 22.94
Wasim - 23.04
Iqbal Qasim - 23.28
Bob Willis - 24.64

One thing one could hold against him is that unlike Tendulkar, he didn't get to face the two GoAT spinners of all time in their prime (Murali and Warne). Not that it's his fault however.

Thoughts?

Great post .Morally very close although not such a great entertainer.The ultimate man when the chips were down.A master in al conditions.

I feel in many ways it was more challenging For Border to play on the fast Australia tracks which aided the genuine speedsters.Some Greats like Greg Chappell preferred facing the Calypso quartet on the slower Carribean tracks than the bouncy surfaces in Australia.

Steve Waugh virtually dead heats Border,if not edging him overseas.Outstanding in England,India,South Africa and West Indies.Above all turned or won more games.Outstanding in West Indies in 1995 and in South Africa in 1997 apart from 2 glorious tours of England in 1989 and 1993.

Adding WSC games in West Indies in 1979 Greg Chapel comes into the picture who averaged over 69 with 3 centuries.Greg averaged over 76 in Pakistan and was outstanding in England in 1972.Rahul Dravid has a more outstanding record statistically but not against the same calibre of bowling.
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[jeeteshssaxena]

Dravid does not have a good record in SA, SL, ENG.

Eng

 

[ManFan]

Eng��

Meant AUS.

 

[Robert]

Loved AB.

The epitome of the Aussie battler. Pure ANZAC spirit. So many times he stood between England and victory. There he was, jaw jutting, batting on and on, piling up ton after ton.

Marshall said he was the best batter against the mighty Windies bowling of the time.

 

[Mamoon]

One of the toughest cricketers - if not the toughest - in history.

The wall that would not break.

 

[jeetu]

Steve Smith could soon be in running too

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[tr][td]neutral [/td][td]2010-2014 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]274 [/td][td]34.25 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Bangladesh [/td][td]2017-2017 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]119 [/td][td]29.75 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in England [/td][td]2010-2015 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]953 [/td][td]43.31 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in India [/td][td]2013-2017 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]660 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in New Zealand [/td][td]2016-2016 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]262 [/td][td]131 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in South Africa [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]399 [/td][td]49.87 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Sri Lanka [/td][td]2016-2016 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]247 [/td][td]41.16 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in U.A.E. [/td][td]2014-2014 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]174 [/td][td]43.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in West Indies [/td][td]2015-2015 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]283 [/td][td]141.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
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[jeetu]

Very few players have managed over 50 away average.

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[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DG Bradman (AUS) [/td][td]1930-1948 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]2674 [/td][td]102.84 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KF Barrington (ENG) [/td][td]1960-1968 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]3459 [/td][td]69.18 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WR Hammond (ENG) [/td][td]1927-1947 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]4245 [/td][td]66.32 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JB Hobbs (ENG) [/td][td]1908-1929 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]3475 [/td][td]59.91 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AR Border (AUS) [/td][td]1979-1994 [/td][td]70 [/td][td]5431 [/td][td]56.57 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]1986-2003 [/td][td]76 [/td][td]5083 [/td][td]55.85 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SPD Smith (AUS) [/td][td]2013-2018 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]2823 [/td][td]55.35 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]L Hutton (ENG) [/td][td]1938-1955 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]3041 [/td][td]55.29 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]8705 [/td][td]54.74 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GC Smith (ICC/SA) [/td][td]2003-2012 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]4854 [/td][td]53.93 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JH Kallis (ICC/SA) [/td][td]1997-2012 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]5919 [/td][td]53.8 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KC Sangakkara (SL) [/td][td]2000-2015 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4888 [/td][td]53.13 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) [/td][td]1996-2012 [/td][td]94 [/td][td]7690 [/td][td]53.03 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]1972-1983 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2595 [/td][td]52.95 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (INDIA) [/td][td]1971-1986 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5055 [/td][td]52.11 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Amarnath (INDIA) [/td][td]1976-1986 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]3008 [/td][td]51.86 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RN Harvey (AUS) [/td][td]1948-1961 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3343 [/td][td]51.43 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Sobers (WI) [/td][td]1956-1973 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3957 [/td][td]50.73 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB de Villiers (SA) [/td][td]2005-2015 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3396 [/td][td]50.68 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IVA Richards (WI) [/td][td]1974-1991 [/td][td]73 [/td][td]5404 [/td][td]50.5 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]31 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AC Gilchrist (AUS) [/td][td]2000-2006 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]2512 [/td][td]50.24 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
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[Justcrazy]

Border is very underrated on this forum , just like Allan Donald.

Both Allan are tremendous players

 

[Rishta Aunty]

Border has a fair shout along with Steve Waugh. As do some of the Indian batting greats though they generally have poor records in certain countries which hurts their claims.

Ponting for example has a 11 point average difference between home and way, which people forget when ranking him against some of the past Aussie greats.

Interesting graphic from cricinfo here.

Rahane and Bravo are more recent names who have been outstanding away from home, but considerably less stellar at home. Dunno if those cases should count in this discussion though!

 

[barah_admi]

His test numbers outside Australia is staggering. Average in respective countries

England - 65.06 (25 test)
India - 51.06 (9 test)
New Zealand - 50.16 (10 test)
Pakistan - 61.91 (9 test)
South Africa - 38.00 (3 test)
Sri Lanka - 48.33 (4 test)
West Indies - 53.06 (10 test)

Only place he averages below 45 is South Africa, where he played his lowest number of tests (just 3), that too in his final year (1994)

He also averages above 50 in 5 countries. Keeping in mind, he wasn't fortunate enough to play against minnows (except maybe, Sri Lanka, against whom he has his second lowest average).

His overall away average is a whopping 56.57, which is almost 11 points higher than his home average (45.94). This makes little sense and is a huge outlier.

Just to get an idea of what bowlers he faced in his career, here are the top bowlers in their home countries from 1978 - 1994 (excluding Australia, of course). Qual: Min 50 wickets

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...7;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=bowling

Waqar - 15.95
Imran - 16.80
Marshall - 20.06
Hadlee - 21.51
Garner - 21.94
Walsh - 22.67
Ambrose - 22.94
Wasim - 23.04
Iqbal Qasim - 23.28
Bob Willis - 24.64

One thing one could hold against him is that unlike Tendulkar, he didn't get to face the two GoAT spinners of all time in their prime (Murali and Warne). Not that it's his fault however.

Thoughts?

Border never played Wasim or Waqar in away tests did he? They werent playing in 88. In the series before that, in 82, he was pretty rubbish against a depleted Pakistan pace attack. He did have one exceptional series in 1980 though.

 

[Napa]

England - 65.06 (25 test)
India - 51.06 (9 test)
Pakistan - 61.91 (9 test)

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...7;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=bowling

Waqar - 15.95
Imran - 16.80
Marshall - 20.06
Hadlee - 21.51
Garner - 21.94
Walsh - 22.67
Ambrose - 22.94
Wasim - 23.04
Iqbal Qasim - 23.28
Bob Willis - 24.64

Thoughts?

My thought is that it is odd that his average in India was significantly lower than his averages in England and Pakistan, yet no Indian bowler features in the above list though there are a total of 5 from England and Pakistan.

 

[Hasan123]

Very underrated player .

 

[barah_admi]

My thought is that it is odd that his average in India was significantly lower than his averages in England and Pakistan, yet no Indian bowler features in the above list though there are a total of 5 from England and Pakistan.

Didnt play against Imran, Wasim or Waqar in 88, and only one match against Imran in 82 I think. Did well against a strong WI attack though.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

My thought is that it is odd that his average in India was significantly lower than his averages in England and Pakistan, yet no Indian bowler features in the above list though there are a total of 5 from England and Pakistan.

I don't think he did. He did bat against Imran in 1980 though. In 1988 Pak still had Abdul Qadir and Iqbal Qasim, btoh of whom were top bowlers at home in tests

 

[jnaveen1980]

He is not famous for "overseas" playing abilities. Not sure why this factor gets unnecessary hype. He was famous for his clutch innings. Be it is home or away. But for Alan Border India would have won an away series in Australia long back.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...dia-2nd-test-india-tour-of-australia-1985-86/

This was one of the monumental knock i have seen against India. When the 9th wicket fell Australia was just 49 runs ahead of India and there was a rain threat on the last day as well. So Border just has to stretch that innings of Ausralia as long as possible. Oh by he did or what. 77 runs for the last wicket partnership. India needed 126 to win. But with rain threat India had to be content with 59/2 in 25 overs. Match drawn. Even in the third test he was injured i think in the 2nd innigns. So he batted at 7. played out few balls before got out. He prevented an innings defeat for Australia. One of the best clutch player. His best was against WI . 196 runs. His ability was much more than just playing well overseas. He could do when his team needed the most.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...dia-3rd-test-india-tour-of-australia-1985-86/

 

[Napa]

Didnt play against Imran, Wasim or Waqar in 88, and only one match against Imran in 82 I think. Did well against a strong WI attack though.

I don't think he did. He did bat against Imran in 1980 though. In 1988 Pak still had Abdul Qadir and Iqbal Qasim, btoh of whom were top bowlers at home in tests

Though Waqar had not yet debuted, both Imran and Wasim were active in Tests when Australia visited in 1988. Were they injured or was there some other reason?

 

[The_Odd_One]

Anybody who underrates him has not watched cricket in the 20th century.

 

[barah_admi]

Though Waqar had not yet debuted, both Imran and Wasim were active in Tests when Australia visited in 1988. Were they injured or was there some other reason?

I dunno what happened but they did not play, and he faced a depleted attack before that too. So as I always say, stats must have proper research and context.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I dunno what happened but they did not play, and he faced a depleted attack before that too. So as I always say, stats must have proper research and context.

Most of the analysis we do purely with stats have zero context. There are times stats and reality go hand and hand. There are other times stats don't tell the whole story. There are few dogged, determined batsmen in the 80s who were not exactly copy book technically masterful players. But they fought the fight. Border was one of them like Javed Miandad.

 

[barah_admi]

Most of the analysis we do purely with stats have zero context. There are times stats and reality go hand and hand. There are other times stats don't tell the whole story. There are few dogged, determined batsmen in the 80s who were not exactly copy book technically masterful players. But they fought the fight. Border was one of them like Javed Miandad.

I agree but the op posted that Border had played well against Wasim and Waqar, which he hadnt, not in Pakistan anyway.

 

[Proactive_]

No. Since the standards were lower hence his away performances don't mean anything tbh. Any contemporary batsman averaging 20 away is better. Amirite [MENTION=134300]Tusker[/MENTION]?

 

[Joseph Gomes]

I agree but the op posted that Border had played well against Wasim and Waqar, which he hadnt, not in Pakistan anyway.

Border did play against Wasim and Waqar, not just in Pakistan.

 

[barah_admi]

Border did play against Wasim and Waqar, not just in Pakistan.

And that undoes the point of this thread lol

 

[Joseph Gomes]

And that undoes the point of this thread lol

So not facing two bowler undoes the whole thread? I mentioned their names to show what kind of bowlers were playing during his career. He doesn't have to play all of them.

 

[Tusker]

No. Since the standards were lower hence his away performances don't mean anything tbh. Any contemporary batsman averaging 20 away is better. Amirite [MENTION=134300]Tusker[/MENTION]?

looks I have trampled on your nerves without even making a single post on this thread or about Allan Border ... this is to be expected with headless fanbois of old era )

 

[Proactive_]

looks I have trampled on your nerves without even making a single post on this thread or about Allan Border ... this is to be expected with headless fanbois of old era )

LOL I just asked a simple question and you got agitated. Obviously, since you know based on your hilarious standards of judgement would mean that Border's performances mean nothing since cricketing standards improved with time. See the basic flaw in your incredible logic lol?

 

[Tusker]

LOL I just asked a simple question and you got agitated.

You tried to troll and needle and got trolled back in response and now you are bent out of shape

However if you want a proper serious discussion (highly unlikely) come back here with a better post and a promise to indulge in making sensible posts and I will oblige. So decide and let me know so that I can respond accordingly.

 

[Proactive_]

You tried to troll and needle and got trolled back in response and now you are bent out of shape

However if you want a proper serious discussion (highly unlikely) come back here with a better post and a promise to indulge in making sensible posts and I will oblige. So decide and let me know so that I can respond accordingly.

As I expected, the rhetoric has started. I ask you a simple question - How do you rate Allan Border's overseas record and where would he rate in your all time overseas batsmen list? So can we cut to the chase instead of your 500 posts boring rhetoric please?

 

[Tusker]

As I expected, the rhetoric has started. I ask you a simple question - How do you rate Allan Border's overseas record and where would he rate in your all time overseas batsmen list? So can we cut to the chase instead of your 500 posts boring rhetoric please?

Unlike you I do not judge batsman based on how they perform in their gully, then school, then town, then district, then state then home country then abroad. Nobody steps out on the ground to play Intl Cricket differently whether the ground is in their hometown or a far off place. Each match is important.

However the skills reqd to play in different conditions are different with no one condition being more important than other. Given the variety of conditions and the infrequent/unequal/selective nature of tours it is hard to make sensible conclusions abut who did better where due to sample size issues .... there is no batsman that can claim to have done well in all conditions. The closest we have is Tendulkar who is the only batsman to have scored a hundred in each of his first 3 away tours to three major countries ENG/SA/AUS with the first set of tours while he was still a teenager.

 

[DeadBall]

[MENTION=145164]Proactive_[/MENTION] and [MENTION=134300]Tusker[/MENTION], a better love story than Twilight of late.

 

[Bilal7]

Very few players have managed over 50 away average.

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[tr][td]DG Bradman (AUS) [/td][td]1930-1948 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]2674 [/td][td]102.84 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KF Barrington (ENG) [/td][td]1960-1968 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]3459 [/td][td]69.18 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WR Hammond (ENG) [/td][td]1927-1947 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]4245 [/td][td]66.32 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JB Hobbs (ENG) [/td][td]1908-1929 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]3475 [/td][td]59.91 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AR Border (AUS) [/td][td]1979-1994 [/td][td]70 [/td][td]5431 [/td][td]56.57 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]1986-2003 [/td][td]76 [/td][td]5083 [/td][td]55.85 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SPD Smith (AUS) [/td][td]2013-2018 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]2823 [/td][td]55.35 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]L Hutton (ENG) [/td][td]1938-1955 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]3041 [/td][td]55.29 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]106 [/td][td]8705 [/td][td]54.74 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GC Smith (ICC/SA) [/td][td]2003-2012 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]4854 [/td][td]53.93 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JH Kallis (ICC/SA) [/td][td]1997-2012 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]5919 [/td][td]53.8 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KC Sangakkara (SL) [/td][td]2000-2015 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4888 [/td][td]53.13 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) [/td][td]1996-2012 [/td][td]94 [/td][td]7690 [/td][td]53.03 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]1972-1983 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2595 [/td][td]52.95 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (INDIA) [/td][td]1971-1986 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5055 [/td][td]52.11 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Amarnath (INDIA) [/td][td]1976-1986 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]3008 [/td][td]51.86 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RN Harvey (AUS) [/td][td]1948-1961 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3343 [/td][td]51.43 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Sobers (WI) [/td][td]1956-1973 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3957 [/td][td]50.73 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB de Villiers (SA) [/td][td]2005-2015 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3396 [/td][td]50.68 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IVA Richards (WI) [/td][td]1974-1991 [/td][td]73 [/td][td]5404 [/td][td]50.5 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]31 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AC Gilchrist (AUS) [/td][td]2000-2006 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]2512 [/td][td]50.24 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Can you do one without Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?

 

[jeetu]

Can you do one without Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?

[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DG Bradman (AUS) [/td][td]1930-1948 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]2674 [/td][td]102.84 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KF Barrington (ENG) [/td][td]1960-1968 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]3459 [/td][td]69.18 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WR Hammond (ENG) [/td][td]1927-1947 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]4245 [/td][td]66.32 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JB Hobbs (ENG) [/td][td]1908-1929 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]3475 [/td][td]59.91 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SPD Smith (AUS) [/td][td]2013-2018 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]2704 [/td][td]57.53 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AR Border (AUS) [/td][td]1979-1994 [/td][td]70 [/td][td]5431 [/td][td]56.57 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]L Hutton (ENG) [/td][td]1938-1955 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]3041 [/td][td]55.29 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]1986-2003 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]4932 [/td][td]54.19 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GC Smith (ICC/SA) [/td][td]2003-2012 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]4519 [/td][td]53.16 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]1972-1983 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2595 [/td][td]52.95 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (INDIA) [/td][td]1971-1986 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5055 [/td][td]52.11 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]95 [/td][td]7645 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]34 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB de Villiers (SA) [/td][td]2005-2015 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]3323 [/td][td]51.92 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Amarnath (INDIA) [/td][td]1976-1986 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]3008 [/td][td]51.86 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RN Harvey (AUS) [/td][td]1948-1961 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3343 [/td][td]51.43 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) [/td][td]1996-2012 [/td][td]82 [/td][td]6655 [/td][td]50.8 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]32 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Sobers (WI) [/td][td]1956-1973 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3957 [/td][td]50.73 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IVA Richards (WI) [/td][td]1974-1991 [/td][td]73 [/td][td]5404 [/td][td]50.5 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]31 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JH Kallis (ICC/SA) [/td][td]1997-2012 [/td][td]69 [/td][td]5353 [/td][td]50.02 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

"Neutral" pitches are not not included.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...0;qualval1=runs;template=results;type=batting

 

[Rishta Aunty]

Can you do one without Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?

I'd remove Bangladesh, but not Zimbabwe to be honest. Most of the top cricketing nations stopped playing tests matches with Zimbabwe after 2003 when the exodus happened. Before that they had a pretty decent team, not much worse than India outside their home in the 90's for example! And Harare was one of the spiciest wickets around too!

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy birthday to Allan Border, who led Australia to their first Men's <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cricketworldcup</a> glory in 1987 <br><br> Relive the key moments of the epic Final with the legend himself and Mike Gatting! <a href="https://t.co/jM9AAUeCSD">pic.twitter.com/jM9AAUeCSD</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1419877809074450432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Happy Birthday to Allan Border - the man who epitomized Aussie true grit and had the skills to go with it!

 

[James]

Definitely the toughest batsman I have seen.

 

[PakLFC]

One helluva a batsman was Allan Border. Right up these with the best of them who performed when his country needed him the most. His captaincy changed the culture of Aussie Cricket.

 

[MenInG]

In a shocking revelation, Australian cricket legend Allan Border on Friday has said he has Parkinson's disease and it would me a "miracle" if he makes it 80. The former Australian captain, who will turn 68 on July 27, was diagnosed with the nervous disorder in 2016. "I walked into the neurosurgeon's and he said straight up, 'I'm sorry to tell you but you've got Parkinson's'," the 1987 World Cup winning Australian skipper told Newscorp.

"'Just the way you walked in. Your arms straight down by your side, hanging not swinging.' He could just tell."

Border had only confided about this to Dean Jones, who died of heart attack in 2020. "I'm a pretty private person and I didn't want people to feel sorry for me sort of thing," he said.

"Whether people care you don't know. But I know there'll come a day when people will notice. I get the feeling I'm a hell of a lot better off than most. At the moment, I'm not scared, not about the immediate future anyway. I'm 68. If I make 80, that'll be a miracle. I've got a doctor friend and I said if I make 80, that'll be a miracle, and he said, 'That will be a miracle.'"

A veteran of 156 Tests between 1979 and 1994, Border captained Australia in 93 of them and led them to the Ashes triumph over England in 1989. He was the first batter to score 11,000 runs and ended his career with 11,174 Test runs.

From 273 ODIs, he has 6524 runs. After retirement, he has served as an Australian selector and been a broadcast commentator. "No way am I going to get another 100, that's for sure," Border said. "I'll just slip slowly into the west."

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