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.

London, Nov 11 : English middle order batsman Paul Collingwood has insisted that England has the firepower to crush India — and put down a marker for next summer’s Ashes.

Collignwood believes the pace attack of Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison will be crucial against India over the next six weeks, The Sun reported.

The Durham all-rounder said: “Apart from the Allen Stanford match, we’ve had two successful months under Kevin Pietersen’s captaincy. Our seam attack, firing on all cylinders, is very hard to beat. And the balance in our side is there now, just look at the team-sheet.”