Border elected to Queensland Cricket Board
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.
- He played 156 Tests for Australia, the world record for the most Tests.
- He scored 11,174 Test runs, also a world record, and has a Test average of 50.56.
- Captained Australia in 93 Test matches, winning 32 of them, and 178 one day internationals, winning 107 of those.
- Played 385 first class matches, scoring 27,131 runs at an average of 51.38, between 1976-77 and 1995-96.
- Was a member of the first Queensland team to win the Sheffield Shield in 1994-95.
- Captained Queensland on 41 occasions.
- Has been a National selector for the past three seasons.
- He coached Australia to India and Sharjah in 1997-98 and has coached Australia 'A' and the Australian Youth team.
- He is Australia's representative on the influential ICC Cricket Committee - Playing, and has been an ICC Ambassador to developing regions, including visits to Papua New Guinea, South Korea and the Pacific Islands.
- He is club patron of Brisbane XXXX Grade club Valley.