The former Durham allrounder has promised the successes of the Trevor Bayliss regime will continue under new leader Chris Silverwood
Paul Collingwood has promised that England's new coaching setup will continue to operate in the template set by Trevor Bayliss.
Collingwood worked closely with Bayliss in a consultant capacity throughout his four years at the helm, and is now set to sign the paperwork to become Chris Silverwood's assistant on a full-time basis.
The former allrounder, who made 300 appearances for his country before continuing as Durham captain until the end of the 2018 season, was advised to complete the formal application process when the end of Bayliss' tenure was announced over the summer.
"It's nice not having to invoice and to get on the payroll!" he joked ahead of England's series-levelling win over New Zealand in Napier this morning.
"I'm delighted to be involved. The leadership of the playing group have built this really good culture and I guess it could have been damaged if they added someone from the outside with new ideas.
"This is something they've built over a long period, this isn't something they've just done overnight, and that's very powerful."
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After Silverwood's promotion from the role of bowling coach was announced in October, Collingwood says the management setup has been working to ensure everything was business as usual for the players ahead of their winter schedule.
"Probably our most powerful thing was to not try to change a thing," he said.
"The white-ball form of the game is still moving in the right direction. We didn't want to come in and reinvent the wheel when it didn't need to be changed whatsoever.
"Eoin Morgan is very much the head man, the leader when it comes to the white-ball stuff and how he wants it to run. We see it as a simple transition moving forward and so far it's been very easy to move on.
"We're very happy just to come in and continue in the way Trevor had the environment."
Before joining the England setup, Collingwood worked with Scotland at the 2015 World Cup
Following the conclusion of the T20 series in Auckland on Sunday, attention will shift to a two-Test series which begins later this month.
With these matches not forming part of the World Test Championship, the series provides Silverwood and his team a valuable opportunity to evaluate the state of the squad and a quartet of new faces ahead of next month's trip to South Africa.
Openers Dominic Sibley and Zak Crawley could be in line for maiden caps following the news that incumbent Joe Denly has sustained ligament damage and may not be fit for the series, while Lancashire bowlers Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson will hope their performances in the T20 portion of the tour can count in their favour for the Test side.
"The white-ball team are very much impulsive; they want to go out there and not think too much, not have too much structure imposed on them, they like to be able to breathe," Collingwood added.
"The red-ball team, they're a lot more structured as players, red-ball cricketers tend to be like that, especially the top three (batsmen).
"You've got to adapt your coaching style to who you're dealing with. The red-ball cricketers probably do need a bit more planning, preparation and structure put in there, so we'll try to adapt that."
Posted by Pat Fyfe on 08/11/2019 at 15:44
Really pleased to see paul being appointed on a permanent basis. He thiroughly deserves this post