Top 5 wicketkeepers from England 

#3 Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart was one of the pillars of English cricket during the dark days of the 1990s

Known for his stroke-filled batting, Alec Stewart was one of the pillars of English cricket during the dark days of the 1990s and he will go down as one of the country's best wicket-keepers.

In the 133 Test matches that he played, he kept wickets in 82 and claimed 241 (227 catches/14 stumpings) dismissals. In one-dayers, he has 163 dismissals to his name. Stewart was an extremely dependable wicket-keeper and had the ability to read the game well from behind the stumps, which often made the bowlers' task easier.

In addition to that, he was an extremely fit cricketer and continued to keep wickets till he was 40. With Stewart behind the stumps, English bowlers never worried about catches being dropped.