Allan Border in 1989. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1990, was named Queenslander of the Year in 1994, and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. In 2009 Border was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. As at 2018, Border works as commentator for Fox Sports Australia. Allan Border Allan Robert Border AO (born 27 July 1955) is a former Australian international cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was
Medal for Exemplary Border Service left edge of the obverse are curved, stylized stalks of wheat which terminate with the inscription • D • D • R •. In the center is a raised embossed three-line inscription: () For Exemplary Border Service. The reverse of the medal has a raised edge with a smooth center which contains with a four-digit award number at the bottom edge. There are known to be 1.5 mm and 2 mm high numbers. The medal was worn on the left upper chest suspended from a woven 36 x 39 mm wide pentagonal shaped ribbon. The ribbon is dark green with