Alastair Cook's men went on the offensive in a rejigged batting order.

Root's return will give the England batting order a timely boost.

The hole in the batting order may be harder to fill.

Sox got the middle of their batting order coming up.

Again the formidable head of Place's batting order was up.

We came up short this week. Cook said the problem was not with England's batting order.

And reports suggest that, rather than reshuffle the batting order, Australia will open with Shane Watson.

Tiptoe down that batting order and there is a very distinct sense of diminishing marginal returns.

It seems as if England have been fretting over their batting order for the past two years.

TV footage showed some fans watching in Pakistan shedding tears of joy after India's batting order collapsed.

The batting order was not the same, so it must be given as it came on either side:

It is nice that the captain has backed me to deliver in a key position in the batting order.

For a side boasting an explosive batting order and a balanced attack to go with, England's passage proved bumpier.

The selection means the Australian batting order will get a massive shake-up with captain Michael Clarke dropping to No.

However, if South Africa selectors opt to shore up their batting order then left-hander Dean Elgar could come into contention.

Afghanistan's repeated tinkering with their batting order also hurt the side, who finished with nine defeats in as many matches.