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Paul Collingwood
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Personal information
Full name Paul David Collingwood MBE
Born 26 May 1976 (1976-05-26) (age 47)
Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England
Nickname Colly, Weed, Shep, Brigadier Block, Wood
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side England
Test debut (cap 622) 2 December 2003 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 3 January 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 162) 7 June 2001 v Pakistan
Last ODI 2 March 2011 v Ireland
ODI shirt no. 5 (previously 50)
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995–present Durham (squad no. 5)
2009–2010 Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 05)
2011–2012 Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 05)
2011 Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 68 197 233 394
Runs scored 4,259 5,078 13,139 10,189
Batting average 40.56 35.51 35.89 33.62
100s/50s 10/20 5/26 26/69 8/57
Top score 206 120* 206 120*
Balls bowled 1,905 5,144 10,574 10,191
Wickets 17 111 134 242
Bowling average 59.88 38.46 39.67 34.11
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/23 6/31 5/52 6/31
Catches/stumpings 96/– 108/– 271/– 198/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 October 2013

Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976) is an English cricketer. He is a regular member of the England Test side and was captain of the One Day International team from 2007, resigning on Sunday 3 August 2008, and he is also the current England Twenty20 captain. He is also vice-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; he usually fields at backward point or in the slips, but in 2009, in the second Test against the West Indies, Paul Collingwood substituted for an injured Matt Prior as wicket keeper, the first time he had done so in first-class cricket.

His first class debut was in 1996, and he made his first appearance for England in One Day International cricket in 2001 and in Test cricket in 2003. For two years he remained an occasional Test player, but after selection for the final Test of the 2005 Ashes, he secured a regular place. His 206 during the 2006–07 Ashes was the first double century by an England batsman in Australia for 78 years. A series of three consecutive match-winning performances by Collingwood at the end of the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia brought him enthusiastic approval in the British media. His "allround display of incredible nerve and tenacity" helped to secure the trophy for England. He has continued as a regular ODI player for England, and is now England's most ODI capped cricketer, overtaking Alec Stewart's record for appearances (170 in 2nd ODI) against South Africa on 22 November 2009.

Achievements[]

Test matches[]

Records:

  • 1,000+ Test runs in a calendar year in 2006.
  • England fourth wicket partnership record against Australia - 206 in a partnership of 310 with Kevin Pietersen in 2006.
  • Double century against Australia in 2007 - only the third English batsman to score a double century in Australia, and the first since Wally Hammond in 1936.
  • First Durham player to score a Test century for England, and first to hit one at Riverside Ground.

Test Centuries:

# Date Opponent Ground Score
1 2 March 2006 India VCA Ground, Nagpur 134*
2 14 July 2006 Pakistan Lord's, London 186
3 2 December 2006 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 206
4 18 May 2007 West Indies Lord's, London 111
5 18 June 2007 West Indies Riverside, Chester-le-Street 128
6 1 August 2008 South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham 135
7 14 December 2008 India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 108
8 16 February 2009 West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 113
9 7 March 2009 West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 161

External links[]

Flag of England
England squad 2007 Cricket World Cup

1 Knight 2 Caddick 3 Hussain 4 Stewart 6 White 11 Flintoff 15 Irani 22 Hoggard 23 Trescothick 28 Harmison 29 Giles 37 Blackwell 40 Anderson 50 Collingwood 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher

Flag of England
England squad 2007 Cricket World Cup

5 Collingwood 7 Bell 9 Anderson 11 Flintoff 14 Strauss 17 Plunkett 18 Lewis 19 Mahmood 24 Pietersen 34 Dalrymple 36 Joyce 39 Broad 42 Bopara 46 Panesar 47 Nixon 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher

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