 Collingwood has been a drinks carrier for his Delhi Daredevils team-mates
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England will aim to arrest a poor record in Twenty20 cricket when they name their captain and 15-man squad on Friday for June's ICC World Twenty20.
Paul Collingwood is favourite to take the lead role, nine months after resigning England's one-day captaincy.
England host the second edition of the latest global cricket tournament.
The uncapped players from a provisional squad of 30 looking for call-ups are Graham Napier, Joe Denly, Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan and Adil Rashid.
A news conference has been called for 1315 BST at Lord's, when national selector Geoff Miller will reveal all.
Collingwood, who led England in 24 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 games, was at the centre of an ugly incident in a match against New Zealand last June during a year he described as the worst of his career.
In a tense climax during a one-day international at The Oval, Grant Elliott was given run-out after he was knocked to the ground colliding with England seamer Ryan Sidebottom.
The Durham all-rounder later apologised after his decision to uphold the appeal was deemed by some to be against the spirit of the game.
Although England were not always a roaring success under his leadership, there were impressive 50-over series wins at home to India and in Sri Lanka.
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BBC Sport's Jamie Lillywhite
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However England's Twenty20 cricket is particularly weak, epitomised by the ill-conceived Stanford Super Series finale last November when they were bowled out for 99 in Antigua.
They have lost nine of their 15 internationals, including four out of five at the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007, where they could only beat Zimbabwe.
Collingwood finished a short stint for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League on Thursday having not been selected for any of the five matches for which he was available.
Last week he told the Daily Telegraph "it would be an exciting challenge" to lead the national side in June.
His strongest challenger for the job might be Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas, who has bowled well for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL but does not yet have an ECB second-tier "increment" contract, let alone a central contract.
England squad (to be reduced to 15 at 1315 BST, 1 May):
Kabir Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gareth Batty (Worcestershire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steve Davies (wk, Worcestershire), Joe Denly (Kent), James Foster (wk, Essex), Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire), Steve Harmison (Durham), Rob Key (Kent), Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Dimitri Mascarenhas (Hampshire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Graham Napier (Essex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Matt Prior (wk, Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Owais Shah (Middlesex), Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Chris Tremlett (Hampshire), Shaun Udal (Middlesex), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex).
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