Paul Collingwood
Paul Collingwood
Paul David Collingwood MBEis an English cricketer. He was a regular member of the England Test side, and captain of the One Day Internationalteam. He is also captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting combines natural strokeplay with great tenacity. He also bowls reliable medium pace. Described as a "natural athlete", he is also regarded as one of the finest fielders of his time; usually fielding at backward point or in the...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth26 May 1976
applied belief dressing far gave great hundred hurdle kick knew relief room score waiting
It was a great relief for me as well as everyone else in the dressing room when I got there. I've been waiting for that a long time. I got over a little hurdle when I made that first big score in Pakistan. That gave me the belief to kick on and I knew that my first hundred wouldn't be far away, as long as I applied myself as I did there.
caught defeats doom easy far india tour
It would be easy to get caught up with the defeats to India in the one-day series, but when you look back on the tour as a whole it is far from being all doom and gloom.
group rivalry structure sure year
The new group structure this year is sure to intensify the rivalry between teams.
pitches scrap time
I like the pitches out here. You have to get yourself in and you have to scrap all the time for your runs, which I enjoy.
challenge everybody forward looking major
It's a major challenge but everybody is looking forward to it.
further good
It was a pretty good ball, I should've got further up.
easy fantastic help job last played shots three time
The last three batsmen did a fantastic job and played a big part to help me along. It wasn't easy to time your shots or penetrate the field.
batting change hopefully
As long as I keep batting like that hopefully I can change people's minds.
couple early friday good pressure
If we can get a couple early on Friday and put them under pressure we're in with a good shout.
easy failed innings score second test total work wrong
It was easy to work out what went wrong in the second Test - we failed to score a big enough first innings total - and Anil Kumble had a big part to play in that.
relief
It's a big relief to get a hundred.
saying talking
We were talking about it this morning, saying we're the new Surrey!
positives taking
We're two down, but are taking a lot of positives from these matches.
issue key played players rather
Humidity, rather than the sun, will be the key issue here. But we're professional players who have played around the world in different conditions.