5 best players of spin from England

#1 Alastair Cook

He is among the greatest batsmen that England has ever produced and certainly among the greatest opening batsmen to have ever played the game. As an opening batsman, Alastair Cook is peerless and a superb batsman against the moving ball.

He is equally good against spin bowling and what is often incredible to fathom is that his range of strokes against spin bowling is pretty limited. Cook uses the sweep, perhaps a steer to the leg side, the cut and the drive.

His game does not have the big sixes or the expansive charge down the wicket. Yet, he has proven to be effective against the best spinners in the world.

He has scored the highest runs among English batsmen in the sub-continent and although the last tour to India was one to forget, the one before that was a resounding success. He averages 52.52 in the sub-continent and has scored as many as 8 centuries and 8 half-centuries over the course of 22 Test matches.

Back in 2012-13, he cemented his place as one of England's greatest players against spin by scoring 3 hundreds against India at an average of a barely believable 80.28.