Top 10 Australian middle-order batsmen of all time

#4 Allan Border

He may not have been among the finest batsmen that Australia produced but former Australian captain Allan Border made the most of his talents and went on to become one of the most iconic batsmen in the history of the nation.

Border had batted at number 3 on some occasions as well but it was as a middle-order batsman that he made the bulk of his career runs and he batted at all positions from 4 to 7 at different points of his career.

His batting was completely functional and efficient, with no tendency for going for unnecessary strokes and it is this discipline that made him a colossus. Border made 9562 runs at an excellent average of 51.13 and notched up 23 centuries and as many as 55 half-centuries in the process.