Kevin Pietersen was named England's stand-in captain for the next four limited-overs internationals, following the ICC's decision to ban Paul Collingwood. Collingwood was given a four-match ban by cricket's governing body for England's slow over rate during Wednesday's one-day defeat to New Zealand.
Paul Collingwood hit a superb century to guide England to a nailbiting four-wicket victory over Australia in the opening tri-series final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
After the Twenty20 success, Paul Collingwood now wants to add the 50-over trophy to his collection from the Feb.9-April 2 event.
Discarded England batting all-rounder Paul Collingwood has signed with Perth Scorchers to play in Australia's revamped domestic Twenty20 competition, the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) said on Tuesday.
England captain Paul Collingwood said his team, who eased into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals on Monday, were reaping the benefits of a year of hard work behind the scenes.
Their pride restored after an emphatic 48-run win against Pakistan in the the ICC T20 World Cup, England skipper Paul Collingwood was a relieved man.
Paul Collingwood, who stepped down as England one-day captain last year, was on Friday named to lead the Twenty20 side in next month's World Cup. Collingwood resigned the captaincy at the same time as Test skipper Michael Vaughan because he felt it was affecting his Test form. The tournament starts on June 5 and ends with the final at Lord's on July 21.
Too much time off over Christmas was probably to blame for England's cricketing failure against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, former captain Paul Collingwood said on Monday.
Australia reduced England to 169 for seven at tea in their second innings on the final day of the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on Sunday during an attritional afternoon session. Paul Collingwood fought a dour, rearguard act to reach 55 not out after more than four hours at the crease but at the interval England still trailed by 70 on the first innings with 34 overs remaining.
With little over a month to go for the ICC Cricket World Cup, England middle-order batsman Paul Collingwood has predicted that India, South Africa, Australia and his native country will make it to the semi-finals of the mega-event starting February 19 in Dhaka.
Angry and frustrated after the Duckworth-Lewis system cost them a win over West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup in Guyana on Monday, England captain Paul Collingwood has demanded that rain rules be revised for the shortest format of the game.
"We still have an opportunity to win this series," all-rounder Paul Collingwood said.
England scored 271 for 9 against Pakistan in the third ODI after Shoaib Akhtar struck with the first ball.
England's middle-order batsman says the ace Indian leggie is tough to play on any wicket.
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood has said that the team must snap out of their post-Ashes slump - or be thrashed in the remaining one-dayers.
England captain Paul Collingwood and his men were fired up to win their crucial Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match at Lord's after they were booed by Indian fans during and prior to the game.
Collingwood hit an unbeaten 80 and impressed in the field as England cruised to a 152-run win in their ICC Champions Trophy match.
Dismissed as a 'bits and pieces player' and ridiculed by Shane Warne, Paul Collingwood has endured a series of trials by fire. Through a strength of character and a dedicated work ethic, he has prevailed to emerge triumphant as the first England captain to win a global One-day tournament.
England scored 400 in reply to the West Indies' 287 and then reduced the tourists to 83 for three by close on Day 4 of the fourth Test.
Paul Collingwood, who has played a key role making sure England go into Thursday's fourth and final Test against South Africa 1-0 up in the series, said he loves annoying the opposition with long, defiant innings. The middle-order batsman hit 50 and 26 not out in the first Test at Centurion, 91 in the innings victory in Durban and 19 and 40 in Cape Town, the latter spanning 188 balls and leading the visitors to a battling draw.
England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has slammed critics, who said that he is past his best after an average performance in the 2009 Ashes and the NatWest Series against Australia, and said that he was enjoying the best phase of his career.
First-innings centurion Andrew Strauss struck another half-century to help England regain the ascendancy in the first Test against India in Chennai on Saturday. England were 172 for three at the close on the third day to take their overall lead to 247 with seven wickets remaining.
Disappointed at their comprehensive seven-wicket loss to South Africa, England captain Paul Collingwood has promised to regroup and come hard against India in their next Super Eight match of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup on June 14.
England batsman Paul Collingwood said his team was hoping that it gets a green signal from England and Wales Cricket Board's security delegation to play the first Test in Chennai as the players realised that terror-struck India needed cricket at the moment. Collingwood said the team is awaiting security delegation's decision which will be informed to them on Sunday but there is no pressure on anyone to go to India.
England included five uncapped players in their provisional 30-man squad for the World Twenty20 to be staged in the Caribbean from April 30 this year, announced on Monday.
'They haven't done a lot wrong. That's without some of their stars actually performing in that final.'
His side cruised to victory at the Oval to reclaim the Ashes but England batsman Paul Collingwood says no matter how comfortable the win was, he was jittery all through and even dropped a catch out of nervousness.
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood on Thursday heaped praise on debutant Sarfaraz Khan, whose aggressive 62 allowed India to score 326 for five on day one of the third Test.
Collingwood, 42, became the first England captain to win a trophy at a global tournament when he guided them to the ICC World T20 in 2010. He was part of three Ashes series wins over Australia before retiring from international cricket in 2011.
Rising off-spinner Graeme Swann beat competition from his skipper Paul Collingwood among others to clinch the 'England Cricket of the Year' award at Lord's in London.
'It's time now to keep playing as much IPL and franchise cricket as I can'
McCullum, who is currently in charge of Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders, was keen on taking the job
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between England and the West Indies, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Friday.
McCullum replaced Chris Silverwood who left the role in February
England will be keen to overcome a lack of ideal preparation due to rain and hit the ground running when they face Scotland in their T20 World Cup opener
Mohammed Siraj's self-belief and never-say-die attitude are his real strengths, said batting legend Sunil Gavaskar after the pacer set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's four-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru on Saturday.
The England cricket board (ECB) look set to return to a split coaching set-up after inviting applications for two new head coaches, following Chris Silverwood's resignation.
Jonny Bairstow's 'controversial dismissal' on the final Day of the second Ashes Test at the Lord's has left the cricketing world divided.
India's struggling batsmen should brace up for a very tough battle if Australia decide to field an all-out pace attack on the dreaded WACA track during the third Test in Briabane, feels former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood.
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