Tuesday, June 16, 2009

England required to play more T20 matches to win a World Cup: Collingwood

Paul Collingwood
LONDON: If England played a few Twenty20 matches before World Cup, they would have better chances of winning World Cup. This is the after exit opinion of England skipper Paul Collingwood. England's World Cup campaign was ended after five-wicket loss in super eight. He said that the team required to play more Twenty20 matches for a realistic chances of winning the World Cup. "We have shown fighting spirit all the way through the event.

Hitting boundaries in the middle overs is obviously an area to look at for the future. We are catching up with our skills and our thought processes are there, but it is very important we play more 20-over cricket if we are realistic about winning this kind of competition," he said. Collingwood, who did find the experience of leading England at home more enjoyable than the inaugural event in South Africa two years ago, was extremely disappointed at the way the team made its way out of the tournament. "(It was) a cruel way to go out," he told reporters.

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