Allan Border 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 passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border formerly held the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153, before it was surpassed in June 2018 by Alastair Cook, and is second on the list of number of Tests as captain. He was primarily a left hand batsman, but also had
Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. In 1947, India was granted independence and the medal ceased to be awarded. Before 1963, the Jamaican competition was an annual local shooting competition which did not form part of the Queen's Medal Competitions. The first Queen's Medal Competition in Jamaica was held in 1963 and the first medal to a Jamaican was won by Private J.E.P. Daley of the 1st Battalion, The Jamaica Regiment. The medal can still be awarded annually in Jamaica. The first King's Medal Competition in New Zealand was held in 1923 and the first