Written by acclaimed cricket journalist Gideon Haigh, The Border Years charts the defining era of Australian cricket under the leadership of Allan Border, one of the nation’s most influential captains.
Through detailed narrative and evocative photography, Haigh captures the grit, determination, and transformation of Australian cricket from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s — a time when Border’s leadership rebuilt the team’s character and restored national pride.
The book includes photographs supplied by Sporting Pix and other major cricket archives, illustrating pivotal Test moments and behind-the-scenes insight into Border’s career, resilience, and legacy.
The Border Years | Alan Border Biography | First Edition
Title: The Border Years
Author: Gideon Haigh
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia
Publication Year: 1994
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 1 875847 06 5
Format: Hardcover (no dustcover issued)
Pages: 135
Dimensions: 30 cm × 22 cm × 1.5 cmCondition: Cover: Very good; strong colour, minor surface wear only. Pages: Foxing to end papers, title pages and intermittent pages. Overall, still clean and bright. Inscription (“R. J. Hume”) on the endpaper and title pages. Binding: Firm and square. Good + condition — lightly handled copy with minor age marks to prelims but internally very readable.
