Allan Border occasional 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. His Australian record for Test Match runs stood for 15 years before Ricky Ponting overtook him during the Third Ashes Test against England in July 2009. Border was one of the 55 inaugural inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Allan Border
Medal for Exemplary Border Service two perpendicular 1.5 mm wide red stripes spaced 1.5 mm from each edge of the ribbon. Berlin sculptor Fritz Schulz designed this version of the medal. The second type of this medal was awarded from 1955-56. It is nearly identical to the first, but has no award number on the reverse and the ribbon is a lighter green. The third type of this medal was worn from 1956 to 1990. It is round, bronze colored ferrous metal 35mm in diameter. The design was changed, on the obverse in the center of the medal is a 1950s border guard holding binoculars