Top 10 South African middle order batsmen of all time

#8 Hansie Cronje

The ex-South African skipper, who represented the country from 1992 to 2000 initially started his career as a number 3 in the batting line up but later on he moved to the middle-order and in 49 out of his 68 career Test matches, he batted in the middle-order.

His preferred position was number 5, although he did bat at other middle-order positions as well. Cronje was primarily an attacking batsman and believed in leading from the front. He had a decent technique and was fairly comfortable against both pace and spin.

In those 49 Tests, he scored 2638 runs at an average of 36.13. Cronje scored 3 centuries and 17 half-centuries.