Top 10 Australian middle-order batsmen of all time

#1 Steve Smith

The current Australian captain Steve Smith came into the Test side as a leg-spinner back in 2010 and in the first handful of games in his career, he even batted as low as number 9.

However, over the past 4 years, he has turned into one of the world's best batsmen and perhaps one of the greatest middle-order batsmen to have played the game.

He has batted at number 3 as well but the majority of his career has been spent batting at number 4 or 5 and now it is quite certain, that he will be Australia's number 4 for at least the next decade.

His colossal run-scoring feats have even drawn comparisons with Sir Don Bradman.

He does not seem to have the technique to be a top Test batsman but Smith has turned that theory on its head and plundered runs everywhere he has batted. He has batted in the middle-order in 44 Tests and scored a total of 4130 runs at a jaw-dropping average of 64.53.

He has the highest batting average among all Australian middle-order batsmen and by the time he retires, he will most certainly have scored the highest aggregate runs as well.