7 players who always stepped up in the Ashes

#5 Allan Border

Border celebrating winning the urn

Border is one of those cricketers that come along once in a while, pick up a team when they are down in the dumps, and remind them what it feels like to be world champions again. On his first Ashes tour, Border batted consistently and scored a half-century in each of the two Tests.

Even though he had a fractured finger in the fifth Test, he still bowled. He scored 533 at an average of 59.22, which led to Sir Leonard Hutton calling him the best left handed batsman in the world. In 1993, he carved a record for himself by becoming the second player to lead Australia in England on three Ashes tours.

In the 1990-91 Ashes, Australia won 3-0, and Border scored 281 runs. But his most memorable win was the 1989 Ashes tour, where Australia performed its best since the Invincibles tour of 1948. For his contribution, he was named the 1989 Asutralian of the Year.