Top 10 New Zealand middle order batsmen of all time

#6 Chris Cairns

One of New Zealand's greatest ever all-rounders provided the team with great balance during the course of his 12-year career spanning 62 Test matches. Chris Cairns batted at plenty of positions but the majority of his career was spent at numbers 6 and 7 and in 49 of his career Test matches, he batted in those positions.

Cairns was primarily an attacking batsman and helped New Zealand stage recoveries with his exploits with the lower middle-order.

Cairns is the 10th highest run scorer among middle-order batsmen but his average of 36.89 is better than many and he also scored 5 centuries in addition to 15 half-centuries during his stint as New Zealand's lower middle-order anchor.