England allrounder Paul Collingwood will retire from test cricket when the Ashes series finishes this week. Collingwood told teammates yesterday and the England Cricket Board confirmed the decision today, on the fourth morning of the fifth Ashes test.

Collingwood has scored 4,259 runs in 68 test matches at an average of 40 since his debut against Sri Lanka in 2003, but has struggled in the current Ashes series and scored only 83 runs.