Allan Robert Border, AO (born 27 July 1955) is a former Australian cricket captain. His playing nickname was \"A.B.\". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain. He was primarily a left hand batsman but also achieved sporadic success as a part time left arm orthodox spinner. Border amassed 11,174 Test runs (a world record until it was passed by Brian Lara in 2005). He hit 27 centuries in his Test career. He retired as Australia\'s most capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs.... more