Out of form Collingwood desperate to move up the order ahead of World Cup
By ANIFriday, January 28, 2011
ADELAIDE - England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that he is desperate to escape the No.7 spot in the ODI batting order to avoid being squeezed from the first-choice World Cup side.
The emergence of Jonathan Trott at No.3 has increased the pressure on the 34-year-old.
“I have been there before, but it is not a position I would like to keep for too long,” the Telegraph quoted Collingwood, as saying.
“Hopefully I will get myself back into some sort of form and get up the order a bit, but I understand the reasons I am there,” he added.
Collingwood has had a poor tour of Australia with the bat, but his innings of 27 from 27 balls in the fourth ODI at Adelaide Oval hinted at a return to form ahead of the World Cup.
“It was good to get past 20, I haven’t done that in a while. It’s so frustrating not being in good form,” Collingwood said.
“But I honestly think it is just around the corner, so hopefully [Wednesday] was the spark that I needed,” he added.
The 34-year-old was in the middle of one of the worst form slumps of his career during the recent Ashes series, in which he scored a paltry 83 runs at an average of 13.83. (ANI)
