Paul Collingwood
Paul Collingwood
Paul David Collingwood MBEis an English cricketer. He was a regular member of the England Test side, and captain of the One Day Internationalteam. He is also 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; usually fielding at backward point or in the...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth26 May 1976
challenge everybody forward looking major
It's a major challenge but everybody is looking forward to it.
relief
It's a big relief to get a hundred.
crucial hard variation wickets
The crucial thing with Kumble, even on wickets that don?t turn, is his variation in pace, which is very hard to read.
pitches scrap time
I like the pitches out here. You have to get yourself in and you have to scrap all the time for your runs, which I enjoy.
further good
It was a pretty good ball, I should've got further up.
couple early friday good pressure
If we can get a couple early on Friday and put them under pressure we're in with a good shout.
bowler close difficult face great taken
Kumble is a great bowler having taken close to 500 wickets. He is a difficult bowler to face on any wicket.
issue key played players rather
Humidity, rather than the sun, will be the key issue here. But we're professional players who have played around the world in different conditions.
batting change hopefully
As long as I keep batting like that hopefully I can change people's minds.
group rivalry structure sure year
The new group structure this year is sure to intensify the rivalry between teams.
last time
We were 3-1 down the last time and managed to take it to three-all.
positives taking
We're two down, but are taking a lot of positives from these matches.