Monty Panesar has been out of form and struggled in the recent series in India. His place is under threat and he must look at improving his game. Ian Bell has fallen away since his brilliant 199
Collingwood hit 113, following hundreds against South Africa at Edgbaston and India in Chennai to make it three in nine innings.
"It was important that we backed up a good day on Sunday, started again and built on what we had done," added the Durham batsman, who faced a hostile greeting from Fidel Edwards following nightwatchman James Anderson's second-over dismissal.
"To get through Fidel's fast spell in the first hour got us off to a great start.
"Jimmy did his job on Sunday as nightwatchman - but for me, it was good to get in early against the hard ball and score a few runs."
"Short balls are going through pretty quickly - but the more and more you can hit those areas where the halfway line is, the more you can extract inconsistent bounce.
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