Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

MBE
Collingwood in 2019
Personal information
Full name
Paul David Collingwood
Born (1976-05-26) 26 May 1976 (age 48)
Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England
NicknameColly, Brigadier Block
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 622)2 December 2003 v Sri Lanka
Last Test3 January 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 162)7 June 2001 v Pakistan
Last ODI11 March 2011 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.5 (previously 50)
T20I debut (cap 1)13 June 2005 v Australia
Last T20I13 September 2017 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.5
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–2018Durham (squad no. 5)
2009–2010Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 5)
2011–2012Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 5)
2011–2012Perth Scorchers
2012Impi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 68 197 306 428
Runs scored 4,259 5,078 16,938 11,240
Batting average 40.56 35.51 35.65 34.26
100s/50s 10/20 5/26 35/85 10/65
Top score 206 120* 206 132
Balls bowled 1,905 5,144 12,706 11,482
Wickets 17 111 166 273
Bowling average 59.88 38.46 38.53 33.80
5 wickets in innings 0 1 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/23 6/31 5/52 6/31
Catches/stumpings 96/– 108/– 352/– 207/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 September 2018

Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976) is an English cricket coach and former player, who played in all three formats of the game internationally for England. He played for Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood was a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One Day International (ODI) team (2007–2008). He was the first T20I captain for England. As captain, he led the England team to win their first ICC trophy, the 2010 World Twenty20, and scored the winning run in the final.

He captained his county club, Durham County Cricket Club, for the final six seasons of his career.[1][2][3] A batting all-rounder, whose batting combined natural strokeplay with great tenacity, Collingwood also bowled reliable medium pace. Described as a "natural athlete", he was regarded as one of the finest fielders of his time, usually fielding at backward point or at third or fourth slip in Tests; he also deputised as wicket-keeper for England.[1][4][5][6]

His first-class debut was in 1996 and he made his first appearance for England in One Day International cricket in 2001 and made his Test match debut in 2003.[7][8][9] 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 and in a match that England lost. 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.[10] Until May 2019, he was England's most capped ODI cricketer[11] and was, until surpassed by Ian Bell in 2015, the leading ODI run scorer.[12][13][14]

He announced his retirement from Test cricket in January 2011, during the fifth Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series.[15] He finished on a high, becoming a three-times Ashes winner as England won a series in Australia for the first time in 24 years, with three innings victories contributing to a 3–1 win. He retired from first-class and List A cricket in September 2018.[16]

Having retired from playing, Collingwood moved into coaching. He was part of the coaching team for Scotland and for Durham CCC, before joining the staff of the England Cricket Team in 2014 as a limited-overs specialist and fielding coach. In February 2022, he was named interim head coach of the men's England cricket team.

  1. ^ a b "Paul Collingwood player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  2. ^ The Cricketers' Who's Who. Queen Anne Press. 1997. p. 122.
  3. ^ "Collingwood named one-day captain". BBC Sport. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Paul Collingwood player profile". Cricket Web. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  5. ^ BT Sport (30 November 2017), Cricket Masterclass: Slip catching | The Ashes on BT Sport, retrieved 1 December 2017
  6. ^ cricket.com.au (21 May 2017), Ponting's Top Five fielders of all time, archived from the original on 14 November 2021, retrieved 27 November 2017
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference FirstClassDebut was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ODIDebut was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference TestDebut was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Andrew Miller. "The journeyman arrives". Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. Retrieved 16 February 2007.
  11. ^ "Joe Denly's strange role, England's deadly duo and Shaheen Afridi's fielding nightmare... ODI Talking Points". The Cricketer. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Paul Collingwood praises Ian Bell after losing his ODI batting record". BBC Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ^ [1], Cricinfo Statsguru. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  14. ^ [2], Cricinfo Statsguru, Retrieved on 25 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Paul Collingwood calls time on Test career". BBC Sport. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  16. ^ "Former England captain Paul Collingwood announces retirement". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 September 2018.