Collingwood targets more success

Paul Collingwood
12 April 2012

Paul Collingwood has led England to a piece of cricket history and is already planning some more from his "scary" team in the near future.

Sunday's seven-wicket trouncing of Australia at Kensington Oval gave England their first International Cricket Council tournament triumph in 35 years of trying. But after winning the World Twenty20, Collingwood made it clear he has his sights set on the type of lasting success that defines a truly outstanding team.

"We're not going to get carried away; well, we are for the next couple of days. We're going to savour the moment and enjoy it, because we deserve to," Collingwood said. "But good teams kick on and that's exactly what we'll get drilled into the guys. We've got a lot more potential as well, that's the scary part about it. We can go even further."

Collingwood cited player of the tournament Kevin Pietersen's welter of runs, new opening pair Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb and the bowling unit as the pillars of England's success in the Caribbean.

"The bowlers have done a fantastic job," he added. "No team has really got hold of us throughout the tournament. A lot of credit goes to them for their thought processes and the execution of plans have been absolutely spot on."

A Test series against Bangladesh starts next week for some of the Twenty20 squad, with one-day internationals on the agenda against the same opposition and Australia this summer before a sub-continental World Cup and Ashes next winter.

"We've got a big smile on our face," Collingwood added. "I'm sure we'll get our feet back on the ground in a few days' time and keep working hard.

"Straussy [Andrew Strauss] comes back as captain and we'll get his team ethos and ideas. That's been a big part of this victory as well, what (coach) Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss have done over the past year. It's been magnificent and they've got the team pointing in the right direction.

"There are guys who've come into this squad and made a name for themselves, like Kiesy and Lumby at the top of the order. Yards [left-arm spinner Michael Yardy] has done a fantastic job for us as well.

"These are guys nobody would have known when they came into this tournament."

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