Visakhapatnam — England’s spinners are running high on confidence and could turn the tables on top-tanked India if a turning track were offered in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, captain Alastair Cook said on Wednesday. England’s raw spin trio of Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari shared 13 wickets between them to force the mighty Indians on the back foot in the drawn first Test in Rajkot. Leg-spinner Rashid led the charge with seven wickets as the hosts held on to a tense draw after losing six quick wickets on the final afternoon. On the same track, India’s famed spin attack struggled, with the world’s No1 bowler, Ravichandran Ashwin, returning a dismal 3/230 — his worst bowling figures at home since December 2012. Cook credited the success of his tweakers to former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, whose contract as England’s spin consultant has been extended until the third Test of the five-match series. "I thought they bowled excellently as a group of three spinners,"...
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