Paul David Collingwood MBE is a former English cricketer. He was a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One Day International team. He captained his county club, Durham County Cricket Club, for the final six seasons of his career. In 2010 he led the England team to their first ICC trophy, the 2010 World Twenty20.
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Paul David Collingwood MBE is a former English cricketer. He was a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One Day International team. He captained his county club, Durham County Cricket Club, for the final six seasons of his career. He retired from first-class and List A cricket in September 2018. He is a big fan of Sunderland AFC. His nicknames are Colly, Weed and Shep; the latter is an apparent homage to the famous Blue Peter Collie dog, Shep. He currently lives in Northumberland, divorced from former wife Vicky, whom he married in February 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa, and their three daughters Shannon, Keira,and Hannah Mae. He made his Test match debut in 2003 and made his ODI debut in 2001. In 2010 he led the England team to their first ICC trophy, the 2010 World Twenty20. 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. He announced his retirement from Test cricket in January 2011, during the 5th Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series. He finished on a high, becoming a three-times Ashes winner as England won a series for the first time in 24 years, with three innings victories contributing to a 3–1 win. Until May 2019, he was England’s most capped ODI cricketers and was, until passed by Ian Bell in 2015, the leading ODI run scorer.
He played for Durham, his local county cricket side, in 1995, playing first in List A one-day cricket. As a teenager, his father, David, persuaded him to give up football and concentrate on cricket. He has three daughters, Shannon, Keira and Hannah Mae, and a son, Paul, who was born in 1996. He also has a daughter, Charlotte, with whom he has two step-daughters, Charlotte Colly and Charlotte A. Colly. He won the ODI World Cup with England in 2010. He took the wicket of former England all-rounder David Capel with his first ball and scored 91 runs in his first innings with the bat. In his early years as a player he was a top-class player, but his first years were as a top player were top class player as well as a wicket-keeper. He became a professional in 1996, making his first class debut against Northamptonshire at Riverside Ground, Durham. His first ODI cap was in 2001 and he made his first appearance for England in ODI cricket in 2001, playing for England against South Africa at Lord’s. In 2006 he became England’s first T20I cap for England. In 2007 he became the first England player to win a T20 World Cup medal. In 2008 he was named ODI Player of the Year. In 2009 he was awarded a knighthood by the County of Durham.
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