England hopeful about winning against Pakistan
September 5th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANICardiff, Wales, Sept 5 (ANI): England’s Twenty20 captain, Paul Collingwood, has said that his team will give its best to win the series opener against Pakistan.
The players would give their 100 percent despite ‘an air of sadness’ because of the ’spot-fixing’ row involving three Pakistani players, The News quoted Collingwood, as saying.
“The guys are looking forward to getting on with the cricket and hopefully winning the game,” the captain said.
Collingwood accepted that the last Sunday Test match was a difficult day for his team but the players are now focusing on the coming limited over series comprising of two Twenty-20 matches and five one-dayers.
“The guys are very much 100 per cent prepared to get on with the job in hand and play against Pakistan,” he added. (ANI)
- England and Pakistan captains vow to put fixing scandal behind - Sep 04, 2010
- Afridi rubbishes allegations of third ODI against England being fixed - Sep 19, 2010
- Pakistan cricketers say they knew Majeed as agent not bookie (Roundup) - Sep 04, 2010
- Afridi still optimistic of World Cup 2011glory despite match-fixing turmoil - Sep 08, 2010
- Pakistani trio dropped from ODI squad, get legal help (Round Up) - Sep 02, 2010
- Pakistan drop Riaz over spot-fixing links - Nov 21, 2011
- Don't know if series can go ahead: Strauss - Aug 29, 2010
- Strong decisions required to eradicate corruption from cricket: Collingwood - Sep 05, 2010
- Pakistan practice amidst fixing controversy - Aug 31, 2010
- ICC orders Butt, Akmal to hand over mobile records during Asia Cup - Sep 07, 2010
- Pak fans still hoping to watch 'good and fair cricket' - Sep 06, 2010
- Pak official says Aamer should not get age benefit in 'spot-fixing' probe - Sep 07, 2010
- Pak call up Shafiq, Irfan to replace suspended trio for England ODI series - Sep 04, 2010
- Match fixing rocks cricket, Pakistani players quizzed (Roudup) - Aug 29, 2010
- Andy Flower admits spot-fixing controversy affecting England-Pak ties - Sep 19, 2010
Tags: captain paul, cardiff wales, collingwood, cricket, england, hopeful, job, last sunday, pakistan, sadness, series opener, test match, twenty20, winning the game
