5 best batsmen of spin for England till date

#4 Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick was one of best openers for England

One of the finest openers for England - Marcus Trescothick never had a flawless technique but that did not hinder him from scoring big runs at a brisk rate as an opener.

6 ft 3 inches tall, Trescothick had a great reach and a sharp vision which made up for his lack of technique. Like any other southpaw, he had a natural flair while playing on the offside.

For almost all the English players of that era, the historic 2005 Ashes series was the highlight of their respective careers and the same was with Trescothick. Although he did not score a century, he consistently gave his side good starts, seeing off the new ball.

He attacked the spinners as well. Trescothick used his long reach to sweep the spinners especially the slog sweep which he had mastered. He also used the depth of crease very well to cut the ball spinning away from him.

During the third Ashes Test, Trescothick became the fastest batsman to reach 5000 Test runs. He also scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year for three consecutive years 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was also one of the Wisden cricketers of the year 2005.

Trescothick's career came swooping down when he suffered from clinical depression in the year 2006.

However, he did make a few a comebacks but never recovered completely from his illness and eventually had to retire from all forms of cricket in the year 2008.