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Allan Border reveals he has Parkinson's disease

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:02:41 GMT

Former Australia captain was diagnosed with the disease in 2016

Gill as opener, Pant as keeper - Gavaskar, Border give their views on India's XI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The former players, after whom the trophy is named, feel Prithvi Shaw is playing 'too many' shots at the start

'They're bloody good human beings and I love them dearly'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann is often in touch with Smith, Warner and Bancroft, while former captain Mark Taylor says Smith could prove to be a better captain if given a second chance

Former captains stand by Clarke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A chorus of former Australian captains stood staunchly behind the incumbent Michael Clarke after he faced questions about his leadership upon his return home from a dreadful Test series defeat

Tail better than top three - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border, the former Australia captain, has spoken of his bewilderment at how the vastly talented allrounder Shane Watson is skating desperately close to a failed career,

Dilley 'an unsung hero' - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has described Graham Dilley as "one of the good guys"and a forgotten hero of England's 1981 Ashes triumph at Headingley

Ashes autopsy report close at hand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australian cricket's reckoning for a disastrous Ashes series, and the decline from greatness to mediocrity that preceded it, is belatedly at hand

Hussey's spot under threat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has doubts over the Test future of Michael Hussey

Tendulkar should play fewer ODIs - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The former Australian captain has said Sachin Tendulkar should cut down on ODIs to prolong his Test career

Ponting passes Border as Australia's top run-scorer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has become Australia's leading Test run-scorer after passing Allan Border's mark of 11,174 during the third Test at Edgbaston

Pietersen switches opinion of 'superstar' Flower

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen has backed Andy Flower as England coach and is confident he has the necessary attributes to lead England through a hugely busy summer of international cricket, despite earlier this year calling for his sacking

Warne hopes Ponting learns from mistakes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Warne believes Ricky Ponting could learn something from Allan Border and Ian Chappell, two of the former captains who criticised Ponting over his tactics in the fourth Test in Nagpur

Ponting predicts return to winning ways

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting believes that Australia are capable of reaffirming their status as the leading nation in Test cricket

Nielsen explains Ponting's tactics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tim Nielsen, Australia's coach, has launched a lengthy defence of the fourth-day tactics that have landed Ricky Ponting in the firing line from a wide range of commentators and former players

Steve Waugh joins list of Ponting critics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Waugh, the man who Ricky Ponting succeeded as Australia's Test captain, has said Ponting made a mistake by using part-time bowlers instead of his main strikers on the fourth day in Nagpur

Ponting disappointed with criticism

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has defended himself against claims that he put himself above the team on the fourth day in Nagpur

Former captains back Katich Test quest

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Simon Katich has used Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn and Justin Langer as role models during his record-breaking campaign to regain a Test spot

Border backs Hussey as Test opener

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border believes Australia should overlook Phil Jaques and Chris Rogers for the first Test against Sri Lanka and promote Michael Hussey to open with Matthew Hayden

Border slams Gavaskar over Hookes reference

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border said it was "totally inappropriate" and "plain wrong" for Sunil Gavaskar to link the death of David Hookes to the conduct of Australian cricketers on the field

Decision sad but for the best - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The absence of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the World Cup could mean cricket avoids "another black eye", according to Allan Border

Nielsen ideal for a changing team - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tim Nielsen's knowledge of cricket technique and skills-based approach were two of the key reasons he was chosen as Australia's new coach

Pietersen set for finals recall?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen could be set to make a surprise return to England's one-day team, just three weeks after breaking a rib while batting against Glenn McGrath in the opening match of the CB Series at Melbourne

Border claims Pietersen left tour too quickly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border and Graham Thorpe have questioned the speed at which Kevin Pietersen left the tour of Australia after cracking a rib

Hodge deserves Test place - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brad Hodge should not be written off as an international player and could have four years of Test and one-day cricket ahead of him, according to Allan Border

Healy wants suitable exits for 100-Test veterans

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ian Healy believes Australian players who have reached 100 Tests should be allowed to enjoy farewells similar to those of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer

Branson calls for Ashes to remain in Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sir Richard Branson's company Virgin Atlantic is under contract to fly the urn back to England when the series ends, but in a comical performance, in which he was flanked by Ian Botham and Allan Border, he requested it stay in Australia

Ashes competition No.4 results

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Just when you thought Christmas was all over for another year here it comes again - well, at least for the five lucky winners of our Melbourne Ashes competition

Former players shocked Warne could be going

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Reports that Shane Warne will announce his retirement on Thursday have caught the cricket world off guard

Quick singles: 10,000 Brits flock to Brisbane

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There are so many England supporters in Queensland that Andrew Flintoff feels like he's back in Lancashire. It's not a surprise as Brisbane is currently Little Britain - conservative predictions are for an influx of 10,000 supporters for the Test

Border and Taylor undecided on new blood

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border and Mark Taylor have weighed into the debate on whether Australia's team is too old, but neither seemed confident of the answer

Benaud picks Ponting as best modern captain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Richie Benaud has turned his back on some of Australia's greatest captains to pick Ricky Ponting as the leader of his ultimate Ashes XII of the past 30 years

Bring Johnson in for first Test - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mitchell Johnson should be rushed into Australia's squad for the first Ashes Test, according to Allan Border

'I'm on track for the Ashes' - McGrath

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As the nation's cricket critics line up Glenn McGrath, he has insisted he is "on track for the Ashes"

Former greats want Ashes edge back

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A growing group of former Ashes winners including Allan Border believes the Australian team needs a harder edge during its battles with England

Candidates line up to replace Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia already has three former Test players to consider for Allan Border's spot on the national selection panel when the board meets on Friday

Border denies beer company conflict

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border reportedly had the choice between two beer companies as he stepped down suddenly from the position of national selector

Border resigns as selector for second time

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has stepped down as a Test selector for the second time in less than two years and only four months after re-accepting the position

Watson a favourite for No.6 - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has tipped Shane Watson for the No. 6 spot in Australia's batting order ahead of the Ashes

Taylor leads hunt for Buchanan's replacement

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mark Taylor, the former Test captain, will chair the five-man committee that will recommend the coach to follow John Buchanan's seven-year reign

Greg Chappell in the running for Australia coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Greg Chappell, the former Australia captain who is currently coaching India, has been shortlisted as one of the candidates to replace John Buchanan as the national coach

Border stands by Jones

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border believes Dean Jones has already been punished enough for his on-air description of South Africa's Hashim Amla as a "terrorist"

Mushtaq denies Border's match-fixing allegation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mushtaq Mohammad in his book Inside Out has rejected claims made by Allan Border that Mushtaq offered him $1 million to lose in Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 1993

Border eyes the future

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With a number of Australia's top internationals nearing the end of their careers over the next couple of years, the forthcoming Top End series takes on greater importance as an opportunity for younger emerging players to stake their claim to the national

Border back as national selector

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has ended his one-year retirement from the Australian selection panel and will replace the former chairman Trevor Hohns, who resigned in April

Border predicts 2-1 win for Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has tipped a 2-1 Ashes series win for Australia, but he warned the hosts would under-rate England "at our own peril"

Inching forward in the gloom

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Paul Coupar's verdict from Mohali

Lara sweeps past Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brian Lara has spent his cricketing life exciting fans with spectacular deeds and he marked his step into Test run-scoring's unknown with an extraordinary single

Play five batsmen - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border, the former selector, wants to know if Australia can cope with playing only five batsmen

Allan Border questions official status

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Alan Border, former Australian great, has questioned the decision to award official `Test' and `ODI' status to the Super Series matches and considers it a "slap in the face" of all former cricketers

Late, late shows are coming just too late

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Peter English's Verdict from the fourth day of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge

I was there at Melbourne, too

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steven Lynch recalls that he was also present at the MCG Test of 1982-83, where England won by another close margin, 3 runs

Stunned reaction from Down Under

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Reaction from Australian commentators to England's two-run win at Edgbaston

Beating India 'a special feeling' - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border has described the instant when Damien Martyn caught Zaheer Khan to seal the series win against India as 'one of those special moments'

Ponting not worried about losing Ashes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting is not losing any sleep over becoming the first Australian captain to lose the Ashes for 16 years

Lehmann's selector vacancy veto is 'hogwash'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Darren Lehmann says he was vetoed by Cricket Australia for a position on the Australian selection panel because he plans to carry on playing

Hughes interviewed as Border's replacement

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Merv Hughes has been interviewed for the Austalian selection panel's fourth spot following the resignation of Allan Border last month

Western Australia pick Hogan to replace Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Western Australia have nominated Tom Hogan, the former left-arm spinner, for the national selection panel following Allan Border's departure

Border resigns as Australia selector

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border, a selector since 1998, has resigned from the national panel to spend more time at home

Mark Waugh firms as national selector candidate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mark Waugh will be pushed as a possible national selector as New South Wales attempt to end 12 years without representation on the panel

Hohns says 'resting' policy will continue

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Trevor Hohns has denied that Australia's much-maligned rotation policy had been scrapped

Australian greats slam proposed rule-change

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Several of Australian cricket's luminaries have criticised the International Cricket Council's proposed changes to the rules regarding what constitutes a legal delivery

Beating India 'a special feeling' - Border

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border, the Austalian captain who won the World Cup in India but could not manage a Test series win, has described the instant when Damien Martyn caught Zaheer Khan to seal the series win against India as 'one of those special moments'

Dravid - 'there's no point getting overawed'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With the India - Australia Test series about to get under way, former and present cricketers give their opinions on what will happen, what will not, and everything in between

Dravid - 'There's no point getting overawed'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With the Australia-India Test series about to get under way, former and present cricketers give their opinions on what will happen, what will not, and everything in between

Brisbane to be venue for NZ's Indian tour preparation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand will be spending eight days in Brisbane as build-up to their tour of India

Mark Butcher's lucky 13

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1998 Lucky numbers for Mark Butcher , who scored his maiden Test hundred in his 13th Test, against South Africa at Headingley

Contract balance changes experience factor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture

A true competitor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1955 That great competitor Allan Border was born

Immovable object, irresistible force

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1998 Mike Atherton v Allan Donald

All out for 25

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1969 The day David slayed Goliath

Mischief personified

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

1970 One of Pakistan's finest legspinners is born

Coach Buchanan to miss Travelex Tour of Kenya

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australian coach John Buchanan will not lead Australia on the Travelex Tour of Kenya after sustaining a back injury this weekend during the team's training camp in Brisbane.

New president elected

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The new President of Queensland Cricket is Brisbane barrister DamienMullins following tonight's Annual General Meeting at Queensland CricketHeadquarters.

Border elected to Queensland Cricket Board

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australian and Queensland cricket legend Allan Border was last night elevated to the Board of Queensland Cricket, filling the void left by the sudden death last month of Peter Burge.

Average century score in test cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Scoring a century has always been a great achievement in Test cricket

Border confident no Aussies involved in match-fixing

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

BRISBANE, June 14 AAP - Former Test captain Allan Border is "praying" cricket's match fixing cancer had not spread to Australian players

Allan Border a big hit in Papua New Guinea

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

One of the most recent initiatives introduced in the East Asia Pacific region is that of the ICC Cricket Ambassador

Border appointed interim coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Australian Cricket Board today announced that Allan Border would take over as interim Australian coach for the upcoming October tour to Zimbabwe

Allan Border Medal to honour Australia's best cricketer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For the first time, Australia's best cricketer will be recognised and honoured with the announcement today of the creation of the Allan Border Medal to be presented annually to the most outstanding player in the country

Findings of the O'Regan Player Conduct Inquiry

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) today announced that Mr Rob O'Regan AM QC had completed the Player Conduct Inquiry instituted by the Board last December