Alastair Cook - Man of the Series by some distance, Cook batted like scoring a century was a birth-right every time he came to the crease. Of his three centuries, the 190 in the third Test, his 23rd Test century, was the pick, making him the youngest cricketer to pass 7,000 Test runs and giving him the outright record for English Test tons. His leadership clearly had the desired effect on an England side that had previously been struggling. 10/10