Paul Collingwood Profile

Paul Collingwood

 

A natural athlete with a happy-go-lucky temperament, Paul Collingwood became the first England captain to ever deliver a global tournament when England beat Australia to win the 2010 World Twenty20. It was reward for nine years of uncomplaining professionalism, in which time he fought his way through a melee of seemingly more talented opponents to make himself indispensable in both forms of the game. 

Collingwood's greatest asset is ability to contribute to the team in several aspects. As a batsman, he stands still at the crease, plays the ball straight and has a tantalising range of strokes up his sleeve. His bowling verges towards the dibbly-dobbly, but given the right conditions he can be irresistible, as he proved with a matchwinning display of swing bowling in the third one-day game against New Zealand in 2001-02. As a fielder, he is one of the finest in the world, capable of breathtaking moments in the covers and backward point.The final tick in his column is his determination, which made him go to Melbourne in the winter of 2000-01 to play grade cricket when he realised he was treading water.

For the first few years in his international career he seemed destined to be a fill-in player. But at Lahore in the 2005 winter, he stuck 96 and 80 before hitting a brilliant maiden century at Nagpur with England in the middle of an injury crisis. He kicked on to become the rock of England's batting on the subsequent Ashes tour. His brilliant double-century at Adelaide ought to have been the defining moment of his career. Instead it was the preamble to one of the most devastating defeats in English Test history. But after an understandable period of introspection, Collingwood bounced back with back-to-back one-day centuries to secure the CB Series. It was England's first overseas one-day trophy for nine years, and his subsequent appointment to the captaincy in June 2007 was met with unanimous approval. He cemented the role with memorable victories over India at home and Sri Lanka away.

A slump in form in 2008 led to his omission from the Test team and his resignation as ODI captain, but he took back the reins for the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009, a decision that didn't look too prudent when England were embarrassed by the Netherlands in the opening match of the tournament. However, less than a year later England had developed into a ruthless power-packed Twenty20 side. Led by Collingwood, their blend of fearless hitting with dynamite fielding and thoughtful bowling brushed aside all challenges as England won the World Twenty20. They got there in style - beating Australia in the final - with Collingwood finishing with the winning runs.

 

Full name Paul David Collingwood

Born May 26, 1976, Shotley Bridge, Co Durham 

Current age 34 years 197 days

Major teams England, Delhi Daredevils, Durham

Nickname Colly

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 5 ft 11 in 

Education Blackfyne Comprehensive School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	65	111	10	4222	206	41.80	9070	46.54	10	20	468	24	91	0
ODIs	189	173	35	4978	120*	36.07	6501	76.57	5	26	359	72	105	0
T20Is	33	31	2	561	79	19.34	429	130.76	0	3	35	24	12	0
First-class	193	331	26	11236	206	36.83			24	58			222	0
List A	359	337	59	9469	120*	34.06			8	54			182	0
Twenty20	52	47	5	855	79	20.35	674	126.85	0	6	54	39	16	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	65	56	1833	1007	15	3/23	3/35	67.13	3.29	122.2	0	0	0
ODIs	189	144	4898	4095	106	6/31	6/31	38.63	5.01	46.2	3	1	0
T20Is	33	19	222	329	16	4/22	4/22	20.56	8.89	13.8	1	0	0
First-class	193		9874	5010	123	5/52		40.73	3.04	80.2		1	0
List A	359		9444	7651	221	6/31	6/31	34.61	4.86	42.7	4	1	0
Twenty20	52	33	463	579	36	5/14	5/14	16.08	7.50	12.8	2	1	0

Career statistics

 
Test debut     Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 2-6, 2003 

Last Test     Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 3-7, 2010

ODI debut     England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 7, 2001
Last ODI     England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 22, 2010

T20I debut     England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 13, 2005
Last T20I     England v Pakistan at Cardiff, Sep 7, 2010

First-class debut     1996
Last First-class     Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 3-7, 2010
List A debut     1995
Last List A     England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 22, 2010
Twenty20 debut     England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 13, 2005
Last Twenty20     England v Pakistan at Cardiff, Sep 7, 2010