Paul Collingwood

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

Collingwood is an all-rounder with a focus than batsman, particularly in One -day cricket he is a reliable medium - pace bowler. But above all, he is regarded as one of the best fielders in the field and is usually on the position of backward point or in the slips. In isolated cases, he has already played for England as a replacement wicket-keeper.

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

He was captain of the England team that won a world tournament with the World Twenty20 in 2010 for the first time. Collingwood is also the player with the most runs in ODIs and inserts for England.

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

In 2007 he was, together with his English team-mate Monty Panesar, one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.