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Discover LudwigThe phrase "middle order" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used in sports, particularly cricket and baseball, to refer to the players who bat in the middle of the lineup. It can also be used in a general sense to describe the middle section of a group or organization. Example: The middle order of the cricket team struggled to score runs in the match. Example: The new policy was met with resistance from the middle order of the company.
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middle order
noun
The batsmen who bat in positions 5 to 7; often the poorer batsmen, the wicket-keeper and the bowlers who can bat best
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And, of course, there is that shoddy middle order.
Joins Jacques Kallis in a formidable middle order.
It was a macabre performance by England's youthful middle order.
Mind you, that lower middle order looks really weak.
In the middle order James Vince appears most in jeopardy.
"Our middle order hasn't got a lot of experience.
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This is not an identikit middle-order prince.
Could be undone by lack of quality spin and real (fit) middle-order pedigree.
The head says they will stick with Moeen, moving him back into the lower middle-order.
The Australian-born Nash built on a growing reputation as an obdurate middle-order grinder.
And yet for many he will remain a popular overachiever, a curiously enduring middle-order stopgap.
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