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3 unusual facts about Allan Border


1993 English cricket season

Australia, led by Allan Border, now had a very strong team and won the Ashes with plenty to spare.

Cornelius Henry

He played in the 1979 Cricket World Cup where he took two wickets against Australia (bowling the master class batsman Allan Border).

History of Australian cricket from 1985–86 to 2000

Allan Border was an inspirational figure during the recovery period in the late 1980s.


Duncan Fearnley

Leading players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Clive Lloyd, Kepler Wessels, Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Allan Lamb, Viv Richards, Graeme Pollock, Wasim Akram, Ravi Shastri, Allan Border, Martin Crowe and many more were putting their trust in the product.

Glenn Trimble

Trimble played in 57 Sheffield Shield and other first-class matches for Queensland between 1982–83 and 1989–90 and two One Day International World Series Cup matches in Perth and Adelaide against New Zealand in 1985–86 under Allan Border.

Murray Bennett

In the final, he took 2/54, removing Australian captain Allan Border and future international batsman Glenn Trimble, and then made 10 in the first innings as Queensland took a 56-run lead.


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