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Paul Collingwood has revealed that he would be happy to captain England in this summer’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. The former One-day International wasn’t expected to put his name forward, but it appears Collingwood would be willing to take on the role.

With Andrew Strauss out of the squad completely, England need to name the man to lead their team quite soon and Paul Collingwood is now likely to be the front runner.

Speaking about the possibility of taking the position, Paul Collingwood said that it would be an ‘exciting challenge’ and one that he is definitely ‘interested’ in doing.

The Durham man went on to say that he was ‘still waiting to hear’ whether he would be offered the captaincy, with a decision expected to be made before Friday when the final squad is announced.

At this moment in time though, Paul Collingwood is in South Africa as part of the Delhi Daredevils squad in the Indian Premier League. However, he has yet to play a game for them after being overlooked in the first three fixtures.

Paul Collingwood said that ‘only an injury’ to either AB de Villiers, Tillakeratne Dilshan, Daniel Vettori or Dirk Nannes would present him with an opportunity to play because all four of the overseas players at the moment are completely ‘on the money’ with their performances.

The England man has had the chance to watch how a successful Twenty20 team operates though as the Daredevils have won all of their games so far. Perhaps this will stand Paul Collingwood in good stead if he is to lead his country this summer.