Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

Player information
Surname	Paul David Collingwood MBE
Born	May 26, 1976 (age 44) Shotley Bridge , County Durham , England
Nickname	Colly, Weed, Shep, Brigadier Block, Wood
height	1.80 m
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	right-handed medium-pace bowler
Player role	All-rounder
International games
National team	England
Test debut (cap 622)	December 2, 2003 v  Sri Lanka
Last test	January 3, 2011 v  Australia
ODI debut (cap 162)	June 7, 2001 v  Pakistan
Last ODI	March 11, 2011 v  Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	5 (previously 50)
T20I debut (cap 1)	June 13, 2005 v  Australia
Last T20I	January 14, 2011 v  Australia
T20I shirt no.	5
National teams
Years	team
1995–	Durham (squad no.5)
2009-2010	Delhi Daredevils (squad no.5)
2011–2012	Rajasthan Royals (squad no.5)
2011	Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	LA
Games	68	197	266	411
Runs (total)	4,259	5,078	14,912	10,829
Batting average	40.56	35.51	36.01	34.26
100s / 50s	10/20	5/26	31/77	10/60
Highscore	206	120 *	206	132
Balls	1,905	5,144	11,647	10,888
Wickets	17th	111	154	264
Bowling Average	59.88	38.46	38.59	33.08
5 wickets in innings	-	1	2	1
10 wickets in play	-	-	-	-
Best bowling performance	3-23	6-31	5-52	6-31
Catches / stumpings	96 / -	107 / -	305 / -	200 / -
Source: cricinfo , January 1, 2015

Paul David Collingwood MBE (born May 26, 1976 ) is an English cricketer . Between 2007 and 2008 he was the captain of the English one-day team, and in T20Is he was also temporarily the captain of the English national team . He is also the captain of the Durham County Cricket Club .

Collingwood is an all-rounder with a focus as a batsman , especially in one-day cricket he is a reliable medium-pace bowler . Above all, however, he is considered to be one of the best field players worldwide and is usually in the position of a backward point or in his slips on the field . In a few cases he has also played as a substitute wicket keeper for England.

He made his first-class debut in 1996, his first appearances in the English team were in 2001 for the one-day team and in 2003 in the test team. However, it took two years, until the last test in 2005 , before he was able to secure a regular place in the test team. His highest test score with 206 runs during the 2006/07 Ashes Series in Australia was the first double-century English batsman in Australia in 78 years. Because of his three game- winning performances during the following Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia, he was hailed as a hero in the British press.

He was the captain of the English team, which was able to win a world tournament for the first time with World Twenty20 in 2010 . Collingwood is also the top player and runner in ODIs for England.

In January 2011, he announced his retirement from test cricket during the fifth test of the Ashes series . With the English team he won the Ashes for the third time this year , after England won the traditional international match against Australia 3-1 with three innings wins.

In 2007 he was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year , along with his English teammate Monty Panesar .

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ player profile . Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
2. ^ Paul Collingwood . Cricket Archives. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
3. ^ Cricinfo: NatWest Series 2001 squads . Retrieved February 17, 2007.
4. ↑ Cricinfo: England in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test . Retrieved February 16, 2007.
5. ↑ Andrew Miller: The journeyman arrives . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . Retrieved February 16, 2007.
6. ^ One Day Internationals: England - most matches , Cricinfo Statsguru.
7. ^ One Day Internationals: England - most runs , Cricinfo Statsguru.
8. ^ Paul Collingwood calls time on Test career . In: BBC Sport , British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
9. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , 2007 edition, ISBN 978-1-905625-02-4 .