Pedro Tyrone Collins (born 12 August 1976) is a cricket coach and former
cricket
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er who played as a
fast bowler
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for the
West Indies
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.
Collins also featured for
Barbados
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,
Surrey
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and
Middlesex
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in his cricketing career.
International career
As a left-handed seam bowler, Collins shot to fame after getting
Sachin Tendulkar
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out three times and twice for a duck during the 2001-02
India
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vs West Indies Test series.
He later took 6 for 53, on the 7 June 2004, at
Sabina Park
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History
Sabina Park was originally a Pen (urban residence and adjoining land of a wealthy merchant, shopkeepe ...
in the second test of a
two match test series against
Bangladesh
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. Collins' feats with the ball helped the Windies to win the test and the series by 1-0 margin.
Collins picked up 5–43 against
Australia
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at
Adelaide Oval
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in an ODI match of the
2005–06 VB Series.
On 12 June 2006, Collins collected his 100th wicket in test match cricket by dismissing
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...
for two on the first day in the second test against India. He eventually took 4 for 75 on the first day in the said test played at the
Beausejour Stadium
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Origi ...
of the
2006 four match series.
Collins eventually claimed 106 wickets at 34.13 in his test match career. He was later selected to be part of the Windies
2007 World Twenty20 squad.
Domestic career
Collins signed for
Surrey
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on 10 October 2007 on a two-year
Kolpak deal. He eventually left the club in October 2009.
On 30 March 2010
Middlesex
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announced his signing for the 2010 season.
Coaching career
Collins attained a level 2 coaching certificate from
Cricket Australia
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and a level 3 coaching certificate from
Cricket West Indies
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. He went on to work as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Knights of the
Global T20 Canada
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,
Barbados women's national cricket team
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In 2 ...
together with the
St Lucia Zouks
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of the
Caribbean Premier League
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. Collins later assumed the role of a head coach with the
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team. He currently works as a cricket coach with the Academy of Sport at the
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.
Personal life
He is the half brother of fellow Barbadian pacer
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards (born 6 February 1982) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. A pace bowler, his round-arm action is "not unlike" that of former fast bowler Jeff Thomson. He was spotted in the nets by Brian Lara and ...
. Collins is also a fan of footballer
Lionel Messi
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and football team
Barcelona C.F.
References
1976 births
Living people
Barbadian cricketers
West Indies One Day International cricketers
West Indies Test cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Surrey cricketers
Barbados cricketers
Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
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