Overseas Specialists: 10 batsmen who performed better overseas in Test cricket

(8) Allan Border (Australia)

Allan Border was the first batsman to score 11000 Test runs.

Home- Matches: 86, Runs: 5743, Average: 45.94, Highest: 205, 100/50: 13/35.

Away- Matches: 70, Runs: 5431, Average: 56.57, Highest: 200*, 100/50: 14/28.

Average Difference: 10.63.

Allan Border played at a time when there was a dearth of quality batsmen in Australia. He was unperturbed by the happenings around him and carried the team on his shoulders admirably for well over a decade.

Border was the first batsman to score 11000 Test runs and finished his career as the leading run scorer in Test history. It is made more impressive by the fact that he played most of his matches consecutively(153 to be exact), and performed significantly better in overseas conditions.

Border also captained Australia in 93 tests, and scored 6623 runs in them, Only Graeme Smith has done better than Border in both those areas.

Border played 86 Tests in Australia, he scored 5743 runs in those tests at an average of 45.94. Away from home, Border was a different beast. Sri Lanka and South Africa are the only countries where Border does not average in excess of 50. He played a grand total of 7 Tests combined in the two countries.

Border scored 2082 runs in England at a ridiculous average of 65. Border toured England on 5 occasions, and scored more than 400 runs in 4 of them, and never averaged less than 50 in any tour.

West Indies was the alpha team during Border's team, and he stood up against them defiantly. Border played 10 Tests in the Caribbean and scored 796 runs at an average of 54. Unlike many overseas batsmen, Border had a spectacular record in India and Pakistan.

The left-hander scored 766 runs at an average of 51 in India including 2 hundreds. He was even better in Pakistan, scoring 743 runs at an average of 62 with 3 hundreds to his name. Border vs Hadlee was a battle for the ages, Border seems to have the edge over here as he scored 602 runs in New Zealand at an average of 50 with Hadlee dismissing him only once.