"I was gutted, I thought the game was up", says Collingwood.Byline: ANI London, July 14 (ANI): England batsman Paul Collingwood Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976), is an English cricketer. He is a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One-Day International team. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. has said that he was terribly upset and thought that the match was over when he lost his wicket against the Australians in the first Ashes Test at Cardiff. Collingwood was the ninth batsman to be out, before Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson (born January 22, 1976 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a starting pitcher who plays for the Florida Marlins organization. and Monty Panesar Monty Panesar (born Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, 25 April, 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), is an English cricketer. A left-arm spinner with a classical action, Panesar plays Test and ODI cricket for England, and county cricket for Northamptonshire. ensured a draw with a historic 69 ball partnership. "I was gutted because I thought the game was up. But it shows what can be done when you put your mind to it," The Sun quoted Collingwood, as saying. "I thought Jimmy and Monty played sensationally well. They were calm, focused, played straight and played the ball late - everything you could possibly ask of them," he added. Collingwood also disapproved of Australian captain Ricky Ponting's allegations that England used tactics to delay the match. "We've received the spirit of cricket award from the ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce a couple of times recently, and we are happy with the way we play the game," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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