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 Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union, immediately following the Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 2nd class. When worn in the presence of orders and medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence. The Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" awarded to those killed on duty or that have died, along with their relevant award certificates, are transferred to the families for safekeeping and as a memento. The Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" was a 32mm in diameter