<p>The man credited with rescuing Australian Cricket, Allan Border lives in a part of Brisbane that's still notionally bush. He bought the comfortable house atop the hill back when there were no neighbours, but since then others have moved in on every side, crowding him like close fielders when the ball is spinning on the fifth day. A magpie and its baby peck about in his wife's raised vegetable patch. The adult bird has it in for him and swoops every time he sets off on his bike. The worst part of these attacks, says Border, is you know they're coming. At your head. Like the West Indian quicks back in the day when AB (he is one of the few Australians identifiable by initials alone) seemed the only thing that stood between us and total indignity. These days Australian captains live in (or retire to) mansions with water views. They're made men. Ordained by the office and borne on the shoulders of mobile-phoned managers, armies of Cricket Australia spin doctors, advisers, courtiers and counsellors. They earn millions every season and multiples of that the moment they step down; they speak patriotic platitudes and strike heroic poses on cereal boxes. Equally at home in boardroom and dressing room. That's not to deny their talent or toil, but perhaps to suggest that AB had the talent and endured more toil than most. It was a grinding day job then. Not a lifestyle or a calling.</p>

Allan Border: Beyond Ten Thousand

BORDER, Allan

Swan Publishing

Ashes glory : Allan Border's own story.

<p>Allan Border is an elder statesman of Australian cricket. In the 20 years since he retired as captain he's been one of the game's closest and most astute observers. His views on cricket—based on his experiences as a player, a captain, a selector, and a commentator—are fascinating, forthright, and informed by more than three decades of involvement at the game's highest level. In this book, he gives us his thoughts and opinions on some of the most important events in Australian and world cricket. From the infamous "Monkeygate" saga, to the dumping of Steve Waugh as one-day captain, the rise of India as the dominant power in world cricket, Twenty20, Darren Lehmann's success as coach, and the Australian way of sledging, this book gives us Border's views on the game he loves.</p>

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