Paul Collingwood the captain for England’s limited over team is going to retire at the end of the Durham season. He has made this decision of retiring after 22 bright career years.
42 years old Durham skipper captained for the team and under his captainship; team has managed to win the 2010’s World twenty20. He is also the one who named Three Ashes wining squads to his name.
Collingwood left the international cricket back in 2011. After that he decided to join the County Championship with Durham in 2013. In the following year of his joining he h led the team for the Royal London One Day Cup win.
Collingwood who started his cricket career back in 1996 and has been featured in nearly 900 matches of all formats is going to retire fully from Cricket after the final Durham County Championship season. The last match is against Middlex later in this month.
About his retirement he told media, I always knew that this day would come but it is still not easy to do so. This is an emotional decision and knowing that time is right, I am comfortable of giving every last ounce of my energy to this sport”.
He further told media, “I have achieved so much from this sport with both Durham and England. It is far more than I could have had ever imagined. I am privileged to have such a long career. I am excited about what the future holds for me and I am certainly looking for new challenges”.
Durham has named Collingwood as their “greatest ever run scorer and most illustrious player’. They have also honored him by naming a Paul Collingwood Pavilion in his services for the Durham County.
Collingwood has already received offers for England’s field coaching and he is expected to resume this role of coaching in winter.
