• Five wickets for veteran all-rounder Collingwood
• Pietersen hits 170 on Surrey return
In his 39th year Paul Collingwood is expected to take on the senior citizen’s role. He bats, he stands at slip sagely and waves his arms around a bit; sometimes he coaches Scotland; he regularly gets touted for a recall to the England regime – as a coach of some sort rather than as a player – and some day soon he might do that since he is a decent bloke and canny. But in his dotage he might reasonably be considered as a bowler of the last resort.
Yet here he was on the first day of the season, skipping up to the crease throughout most of the afternoon session and conjuring five wickets from nowhere to give his team the advantage after an engrossing day’s play. In April, pace is not essential and Colly wobbled the ball here and there; he changed his pace cleverly and preyed on the minds of batsmen seeking to ease themselves into the season.
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