How do you personally define top order, middle order and lower order/tail?

[mr_mister]

Ways I've seen it done:


Top order is just openers
Middle order is 3-6
Lower order 7-9 and tail is 10-11


Some have top order 1-3, middle order 4-7 and just call 8-11 the tail



You also see the term engine room now for 6-9(at least by the kiwis on this forum) which I think is a cool term, the middler-lower order hybrid

 

[flibbertyjibber]

For England it is

1-4 Diamonds and Turds

5-7 The run scorers

8-11 Funky annoying gits who opposition fans hate

 

[Daemon]

Top 1-3
Middle 4-6
Lower 7+
Tail - bowlers who can't bat

Sometimes use lower middle to mean 6-7

 

[harsh.ag]

Top 1-3
Middle 4-6
Lower 7+
Tail - bowlers who can't bat

Sometimes use lower middle to mean 6-7

Historically for New Zealand.

 

[mr_mister]

6 is a weird position isn't it

 

[fredfertang]

First drop must be part of the top order surely?

After all he could and from time to time certainly will be facing the second delivery of the match

 

[Red]

Openers
Number 3s: they're their own category
4-6: middle order batsmen
7-8: should have some batting ability
9-11: tail

 

[Athlai]

Top order 1-3

Number 3

Middle order 3-7

Lower order 6-7 or 8 depending on the team

Tail 8 or 9-11

All gliffords are glergs but not all glergs are gliffords.

 

[Blocky]

Top Order: 1 to 3
Middle Order: 4 to 6
Lower Middle Order: 7 to 9
Tail End: 10 and 11.

 

[Bijed]

Top Order: 1-3, with 3 being a bit of a special case
Middle Order - 3-7, but generally 4-6
Lower Order 7+
The tail being variable depending on where in a batting line-up you actually stop having people who can bat at least a bit

 

[Noble One]

Openers: 1, 2
Top order: 1, 2, 3
Middle order: 4,5,6
Lower order: No fixed criteria.
Tail: No fixed criteria.

Someone like Shane Warne is where I would set the cut-off between lower order and tail.

 

[Slifer]

Usually

Openers: 1-2
Middle order: 3-7
Tail: 8-11.

Harden
Langer
Ponting
Waugh M.
Waugh S.
Martyn
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath.

As an example. Of course, with past teams like RSA when they had Pollock, Klusener, McMillan etc there are exceptions.

 

[Shady Slim]

the top is 1-3
the middle is 4-6
the lower is based on the team, england's lower is longer than say pakistan's (who don't have a lower order at all really, just sarfraz) and goes to when you get to whoever can't bat
the tail is whoever can't bat onwards

 

[Victor Ian]

Given 3 brackets, then 12 / 3 = 4 in each brackets

but only 11 in a team so

top order 1-3
middle order 4-7
lower order 8-11

but it varies, for instance, current Australia

tail 1-11