Born: 12/8/76 Team: Barbados Test debut: v Australia at Port of Spain, 1998/99 ODI debut: v Pakistan at Sharjah, 1999/00 Left-arm fast-medium bowler
Right-handed batsman |
A tall, lean bowler, Collins is certainly not from the West Indies old school of all-out pace. But his left-arm medium-fast deliveries add much-needed variety to West Indies attack, with both angle and an ability to swing the ball away from the right-hander.
Collins endured an aborted first spell in Test cricket, when he was dropped after three Tests against Australia in 1998/99.
Critics blamed a lack of stamina, but he worked on his fitness and returned to the side in 2001/02, boasting a higher arm action and an extra yard of pace.
And he was able to reap the rewards with a career-best 6-76 against New Zealand at his home ground of Bridgetown.
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