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What's my batting position again?

Moeen Ali has now batted at all positions from 1-9 in Tests. A look at the five most recent players to shuffle up and down the batting order

<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8917.html?class=1;orderby=batting_position;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Moeen Ali</b> (Innings 58, Runs 1687, Average 33.07)</a><br>Positions batted at: 1-9<br>Most frequent: No. 8 (Innings 19, Runs 449, Average 28.06)  Associated Press
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/37737.html?class=1;orderby=batting_position;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Brendon McCullum</b> (Innings 176, Runs 6453, Average 38.64)</a><br>Positions batted at: 1-9<br>Most frequent: No. 7 (Innings 48, Runs 1751, Average 38.91)  Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images
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<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/55848.html?class=1;orderby=batting_position;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Guy Whittall</b> (Innings 82, Runs 2207, Average 29.42)</a><br>Positions batted at: 1-9<br>Most frequent: No. 6 (Innings 26, Runs 731, Average 31.78)  Getty Images
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/33975.html?class=1;orderby=batting_position;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Ravi Shastri</b> (Innings 121, Runs 3830, Average 35.79)</a><br>Positions batted at: 1-10<br>Most frequent: No. 6 (Innings 40, Runs 1262, Average 35.05)  PA Photos
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28624.html?class=1;orderby=batting_position;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Farokh Engineer</b> (Innings 87, Runs 2611, Average 31.08)</a><br>Positions batted at: 1-10<br>Most frequent: No. 2 (Innings 25, Runs 752, Average 30.08)  Getty Images
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