Paul Collingwood has come a long way in quick time as England's one-day skipper and, even though his recent four-match ban is something that will raise a lot of questions about his suitability for the captaincy, I think he is still the best man for the job. He may not have had the ultimate, head-turning start to his time in charge, but he has got the right kind of attitude to lead the team.

Collingwood was banned for the slow over rate in the one-dayers against New Zealand but it was the run-out of Grant Elliott that called his judgement into question. He stupidly refused to withdraw the appeal following Elliott's dismissal after the Kiwi batsman was left stranded by a collision with bowler Ryan Sidebottom.

Collingwood should have shown more commonsense in that incident but I think it should still be taken as a positive. The way he came out and apologised is something that needs to be lauded. It takes a big man to accept his mistake the way he did.

Nobody has questioned his authority or his tactics as captain and he is an important member of the side as a player as well. I think if England want to look towards a long-term skipper, Colly can surely take them to the World Cup.

The biggest problem that the English team has had in the recent past has not been on the captaincy front. Injuries have devastated the side that won the Ashes against Australia in 2005 and it has been pretty much downhill from there. Simon Jones has been sorely missed and Andrew Flintoff has been on and off.

Every day a player plays the game he learns something new and builds on that experience. Knowing the player that Collingwood is, he would have learned so much from this mistakes that he will return a much better player and leader for his team. He will be a role model.