middle order

Warner has offered to come out of retirement for the series, with Australia needing an opener after Steve Smith's move back to the middle order.

Regular wickets had heaped the pressure on the middle order, with Melie Kerr, Maddy Green and Rosemary Mair departing for single-figure scores to Dottin but Izzy Gaze's 20 not out provided a late flurry for New Zealand to reach their eventual match-winning total.

Pakistan’s spinners ripped through England's middle order to turn the second Test on its head on the second day in Multan.

Their batters attack the powerplay, Nat Sciver-Brunt is ruthlessly consistent in the middle order with her 360 scoring and they boast three of the best spinners in the world to tie batting opposition in knots.

Schutt finished with scarcely-believable figures off 3.2 overs, while all-rounder Annabel Sutherland blew away the middle order en route to 3-21.