Garlands of flowering plants were placed around the necks of the England players as they walked in to the group road house in Dhaka yesterday dusk and Paul Collingwood arrived wearing an one some-more layer of responsibility.
For both the three-match one-day array opposite Bangladesh and the two-Test array after it, Collingwood will be vice-captain to Alastair Cook.
His graduation came as something of a surprise, since Collingwood had pronounced after the Twenty20 improved to Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday that a vice-captain would not be announced. He additionally pronounced that, carrying formerly quiescent as one-day captain, the purpose was not something I am seeking at.
But in a contention with Andy Flower, the England group director, late on Saturday evening, Collingwood concluded to take the purpose on a short-term basement for the Bangladesh tour.
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Kevin Pietersen, who quiescent as Test captain in Jan last year, was considered, but Collingwood was elite in what Flower pronounced was a elementary cricketing decision. It seems a advantageous move since there has been a risk of England carrying some-more chiefs than Indians. If Pietersen, or any one alternative than Collingwood, had been allocated vice-captain, an damage to Cook would have left England with 4 captains: the behaving captain, the debate captain (Cook), the Twenty20 captain (Collingwood) and the lazy captain (Andrew Strauss).
Collingwood had returned to the Twenty20 captaincy last summer with a little reservations after Andrew Strauss opted to combine on Tests and one-day internationals. So once again, it seems, the demure personality has answered his countrys call for the debate to Bangladesh. England fool around 50-over warm-up matches tomorrow and on Thursday prior to the one-day array starts on Sunday.
Collingwood is one of 3 Indian Premier League players in the squad, along with Pietersen and Eoin Morgan, who are available a inform from Reg Dickason, the teams security adviser, on the credit of threats from al-Qaeda to interrupt the tournament. The report, commissioned by the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) and the reflection in Australia and South Africa, is approaching to be accomplished in the subsequent twenty-four hours.
Security for the players is paramount, Vikram Solanki, authority of the PCA pronounced yesterday. Thats piece of [our] shortcoming and we perspective that really seriously. Well suggest the players according to that report.
England have cancelled a net use currently and will outlay this afternoon in the gym instead, sparking memories of Englands usually prior debate here in 2003, when Michael Vaughan determined a pen in his fledgeling captaincy by insisting on higher levels of fitness.
Flower believes that the group are reaching new levels underneath the harsh gawk of Huw Bevan, the strength and conditioning coach. In the dual Twenty20 internationals opposite Pakistan in Dubai, a array that accomplished 1-1, England looked some-more jaunty than they have finished for a little time.
We did the fitness contrast prior to we came out here and Id be astounded if any England side has had improved fitness results, Flower said. Huw is a marvellous tutor for us. Hes helped people have outrageous strides.
Englands patrol has one new part of after Craig Kieswetter, the former South Africa Under-19 wicketkeeper-batsman, was combined on Saturday, fast-tracked after his hard-hitting innings of 81 for England Lions opposite the comparison group in Abu Dhabi last week.
Flower has no lorry that England might be reaching a point where they have as well most South African-raised players in the squad. He [Kieswetter] competent for England 4 days ago and we will collect the most appropriate side, he said.
