Second Twenty20 international: England v Australia
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester Date: Tuesday 1 September Start: 1900 BST
Coverage: Listen to Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 LW, 5 live sports extra, Red Button and BBC Sport website, with text commentary online. Also on Sky
 Collingwood led England at this year's World Twenty20
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Paul Collingwood wants a win in the second Twenty20 clash against Australia at Old Trafford on Tuesday as he looks to cement his place as England skipper.
Collingwood's mandate as captain officially ends in Manchester, but he hopes to be in the role for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean next April.
"Until I'm told otherwise, I want to lead England into the next Twenty20 world cup," said the all-rounder.
"I'm pretty clear on my role [and] I'm happy with that arrangement."
Collingwood led England in this summer's World Twenty20 on home soil, and with Andrew Strauss unlikely to make a return to the shortest form of the game, he is best placed to lead the side beyond the current series with Australia.
The first game of the two-match series was washed out on Sunday, with England, chasing 146 to win, tottering on 4-2.
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Kent's Joe Denly made a first-ball duck in England's reply, taking on a Brett Lee bouncer, but Collingwood has told the newcomer to keep playing his shots.
"I'm glad he's got the belief and confidence to go for a shot like that," said Collingwood.
"It didn't come off, but that's the kind of attitude and approach you want from a Twenty20 player who is going to be opening the batting.
"You've got to try and take on the bowlers, but it didn't come off for him. You have to give people some time to find their feet.
"One of the areas we identified was the middle order, having some bigger hitters down there - so we dropped Luke Wright down to cover that.
"There was a space at the top - and looking at Joe Denly and Jonathan Trott's records domestically, it doesn't get any better than that. So we're giving them the chance to do it internationally."
Collingwood added that Denly would keep his place fielding at backward-point, despite dropping a straightforward catch off Cameron White on Sunday.
Collingwood has long been considered one of the world's best at backward-point, but said he was unable to do his job as captain from that area.
"When I was captaining the one-dayers I found it hard to captain from backward-point. It was too difficult with the angles and communicating to the bowlers," said the Durham all-rounder.
"So it's a position I've had to give away - someone younger can dive around in there now. Joe has done wonderfully well there for Kent, so I'm sure that the drop was just a slip."
England (from): P Collingwood (c), J Anderson, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, J Denly, E Morgan, M Prior (wk), A Rashid, O Shah, R Sidebottom, G Swann, J Trott, L Wright.
Australia (from): M Clarke (c), C Ferguson, N Hauritz, B Hilfenhaus, D Hussey, M Johnson, B Lee, D Nannes, T Paine (wk), A Voges, D Warner, S Watson, C White.
Umpires: P Hartley, N Long.
Third Umpire: I Gould.
Match referee: R Madugalle.
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