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
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.
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.
last time
We were 3-1 down the last time and managed to take it to three-all.
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.
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.
further good
It was a pretty good ball, I should've got further up.
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.
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.
challenge everybody forward looking major
It's a major challenge but everybody is looking forward to it.
relief
It's a big relief to get a hundred.
batting change hopefully
As long as I keep batting like that hopefully I can change people's minds.
tough
Kumble is a world-class bowler. He is tough to play on any wicket.
bowler close difficult face great taken
Kumble is a great bowler having taken close to 500 wickets. He is a difficult bowler to face on any wicket.