Paul Collingwood hopes for more revival in Pakistan Cricket
I will go home and say that I had a great time: Collingwood
England and Durham veteran, Paul Collingwood, promised to share a positive feedback about Pakistan which would bring back more cricket to Pakistan. Collingwood termed the ongoing ‘Independence Cup’ as a stepping stone for future of cricket in Pakistan.
Even though he wasn’t part of the eleven in the First T20I, Collingwood refreshed memories of his international career post the net sessions. World XI lost the opening match by a margin of 20 runs chasing a target of 198, powered by innings from Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam.
Collingwood is hopeful that he gets into the playing XI in the Second T2oI, to be held on Wednesday. He also revisited his experiences of the last time he toured to Pakistan in 2oo5.
Cricket in Pakistan is a religion: Collingwood
“I am on Twitter. I am on Instagram, so I am already sharing a lot (of the feedback). At this moment of time, I am having a great time. So of course if everything goes well over the next four days, then I will go home and say that I had a great time,” claimed Paul Collingwood according to Wisden India.
“The last time I came to Pakistan, I understood that cricket in Pakistan is a religion. The passion and the atmosphere that you create in the ground is something special. I experienced that certainly in Karachi in 2005 and tonight was a great start to, hopefully, a series that we can still win. So I am very much looking forward to playing in the game,” added Collingwood who recently became the oldest player to bring up a T20 ton.
“I think the intensity was there. Obviously, the crowd wasn’t 100% capacity but the noise they make, you can just sense in the ground that they were really enjoying Pakistan playing the game in their own country and you can sense something special. The way the World XI was received in the ground and on social media by a cricket-loving nation has been superb and to feel that atmosphere again… Hopefully, this is a small stepping stone for future cricket in Pakistan,” concluded the 41-year-old.
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