Top 5 run scorers in the history of Ashes

#3 Allan Border

Allan Border

One of the fiercest competitors to play the game, Allan Border is credited with turning the fortunes of Australia around after taking over as the captain in 1984-85. As a batsman, he rarely threw his wicket away. Border was the kind of player you would bet your life on in an Ashes series.

Australia's former skipper scored a total of 3222 runs over a period of fifteen years from 1978-79 to 1993 with seven hundreds. He was the top batsman in the 1981 series, averaged close to 66 in 1985 and ended his Ashes journey with an unbeaten 200 in 1993.