WATCH: What are England doing to develop world class spinners?
Saturday 22 October 2016 09:53, UK
With England facing a trial by spin in the subcontinent this winter, we hear from the men involved in trying to help England develop world class spin bowlers.
Alastair Cook has gone with a three-pronged spin attack in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, with Adil Rashid and 39-year-old Gareth Batty joining current first choice Moeen Ali in the XI.
Questions have been asked about whether any of them can reach the same heights as the last England spinner to be widely-regarded in the world class bracket - Graeme Swann - and it is something that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are keen to rectify, as Matt Floyd found out.
He spoke to Cook, Andrew Strauss and Shane Warne as well as Peter Such, the former England off-spinner and now the ECB's lead spin bowling coach, about the plans to ensure the long-term health of English spin bowling.
Click play on the video above to hear from the likes of Cook, Strauss and Warne and see what the ECB are doing to aid England's quest to find a top class international spin bowler.
