With the clinical victory in the finals of the Twenty20 World Cup, now England has all reasons to celebrate after more than three decades of long wait. This was the maiden ICC event title in 35 years for the English team.

The skipper Paul Collingwood has said that a huge monkey has been off the back with the victory in the final. He has expressed his contentment over this as even England is the grooming den of Cricket but unfortunately the English team could not be able to win any of the prestigious titles throughout.

The English skipper believes that his team can make it to the finals. He is anticipating that England can beat the Sri Lankans in the Twenty 20 World Cup in West Indies to reserve a berth for the finals. He has also said that this is probably the best team even in T20.

It is the most powerful team as well. He has said that even the No. 10 batsman has the guts to swing his bat to go for a six. The team has played more than their on paper potential and this has been the key factor of the success of the English cricket team.

Cape Town, Nov. 29 : England al-rounder Paul Collingwood is insisting that he has never felt better, two months after his international career appeared to be on the brink of collapse.

He credits his resurrection to having a decent break after more than six months of relentless international cricket.

A brilliant ton in the opening one-day win at Centurion, where Collingwood became England''s most-capped one-day player, was followed by a spanking 86 as South Africa squared the series on Friday.

London, Nov. 19 : All-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that his best is yet to come despite becoming England''s most capped one-day player today when he faces South Africa in his
171st one-day international. He will overtake former captain and wicketkeeper Alec Stewart.

He reckons that the current England team has the potential to become the finest of his career.

Johannesburg, Nov. 16 : England have been hit by a growing injury crisis, with four players sitting out training on Saturday.

T20skipper Paul Collingwood has a stiff back, James Anderson''s sore right knee has flared up again, Graeme Swann has a mild side strain and Stuart Broad still cannot bowl without severe pain.

Of all the injured players, Broad is causing the most concern. He has had a cortisone injection in his right shoulder in a bid to get him fit for the 50-over match against South Africa A on Tuesday.

London, Oct. 26 : England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has urged the team to exorcise the demons of four years ago and continue their hot streak against world No. 1 team South Africa.

England lost to in Pakistan before suffering a 5-0 whitewash Down Under the following year.

Collingwood is determined England do not suffer a similar fate when they fly to South Africa.

England has decided to rest all-rounder Paul Collingwood and fast bowler James Anderson for next three and two ODI matches against Australia respectively in the ongoing NatWest Series.

England is trailing by 3-0 in the seven ODI match series and they will have to win next ODI match to keep their hopes alive in the series. The fourth ODI match between England and Australia will be played tomorrow at the Lords.

London, Sep 11 : Despite facing a three nil scoreline in the seven match ODI series against Australia, England have rested all-rounder Paul Collingwood and paceman James Anderson ahead of the must-win match at Lord''s on Saturday.

Collingwood and Anderson have opted to take short breaks for three and two matches respectively.

Collingwood will comeback for the final match of the series at Chester-le-Street next weekend, while Anderson will join for the second of back-to-back day-nighters at Trent Bridge, The Independent reports.

London, Sep. 9 : England one-day captain Paul Collingwood has been told by the IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils to show up for next month’s Champions League.

Collingwood is frustrated at having to join up with Delhi Daredevils for the event in India that is contested by Twenty20 winners from around the world.

The smallprint of his contract says that he had to play in the Champions League if Delhi qualified.

London, Sep. 8 : 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.

"We need to win the next game at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday, simple as that. We wanted to peak for the Ashes because we''d been building up to that series for a long time. Now this could be a period when we start relaxing. But when you play against Australia, you can''t give them a sniff," The Sun quoted Collingwood, as saying.

After setting a mammoth target of 522 runs, England has been cruising towards victory as Australia lost two wickets for just 76 runs on the board at the lunch on the fourth day of the second test match of the Ashes series at the Lords on Sunday.

Yesterday, England declared their inning at the score of 311/6 with a lead of 521 runs with the help of quick 61 runs by the wicket-keeper Matt Prior while Paul Collingwood contributed 54 runs with bat.

N Hauritz took three wickets and P Siddle showed the way to pavilion to two English batsmen.

London, July 14 : England batsman Paul Collingwood has said that he was terribly upset and thought that the match was over when he lost his wicket against the Australians in the first Ashes Test at Cardiff.

Collingwood was the ninth batsman to be out, before Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar ensured a draw with a historic 69 ball partnership.

"I was gutted because I thought the game was up. But it shows what can be done when you put your mind to it," The Sun quoted Collingwood, as saying.

London, June 11 : Australian spin legend Shane Warne may have slated Paul Collignwood for showing a lack of imagination in his captaincy, but England T20 captain took innovative swipe on Australia’s elimination from the World Twenty20.

“It’s a bit disappointing that they’ve been knocked out, to be honest,” Collingwood said today, joking that he was upset that his side had not had an early chance to beat the Australians.

London, June 10 : Playing with a clear head and without fear helped England to beat Pakistan and enter the super eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup, believes the team's skipper, Paul Collingwood.

London, June 5 : England 20-20 cricket captain Paul Collingwood believes that either New Zealand or South Africa will be the winners of this year's Twenty20 World Cup.

London, June 3 : England captain Paul Collingwood believes his team can exploit their role as unfancied outsiders and become a dangerous dark horse to lift the Twenty20 World Cup.

Collingwood believes without that pressure, England can thrive during the coming weeks and perhaps build up enough momentum to become serious challengers on home soil.

London, May 13 : England all rounder Paul Collingwood claims the team is bristling with confidence after hammering West Indies in the first Test at Lord''s last week.

The Durham all-rounder believes England is back on track.

London, Apr. 27 : All rounder Paul Collingwood has been persuaded to captain England in this summer’s World Twenty20.

His appointment, which will be confirmed on Friday, shows England’s confused plight in the shortest form of the game, reports The Sun.

Initially, he was adamant he did not want to lead his country again after his form plummeted during his year as one-day skipper.

He quit last August on the same day as Michael Vaughan stood down as Test captain.

London, Feb. 4 : England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has defended his decision to play in the IPL at the start of the Ashes summer.

Collingwood, who has a reserve price of 175,000 pounds in Friday's auction, knows he could risk injury or burn-out in the quest for big bucks. But he insists the money and desire to play Twenty20 cricket against the best in the world outweigh those fears.

The auction is due to start in Goa at 5 a. m. UK time.

London, Jan. 23: England all-rounder Paul Collingwood wants to be the team's vice-captain and seems certain to get the job.

Collingwood is in the frame to be Andrew Strauss's right-hand man on the field less than six months after he quit as one-day skipper.

The Durham batsman would be a better choice than the three possible other candidates - Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and Alastair Cook.

Collingwood is the perfect deputy - enthusiastic, well liked and loyal.