Collingwood could face League blow

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All-rounder Collingwood is contracted to play for Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils in the 20-over club competition held in India from October 8-23.

However, his fitness will be reviewed before he jets off to the subcontinent after tweaking a muscle in one of his buttocks - the same injury which kept Stuart Broad out of Friday's Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to Australia.

"We have a contract with the IPL about making our players available, however, Collingwood has picked up a little niggle in his buttock," revealed England coach Andy Flower.

"He is going back to England with us and will have a scan. A proper assessment and decision will be made on him.

"It is a genuine injury. We don't know how bad it is but he definitely did something when he played one of his first pull shots on Friday against Australia.

"He actually struggled through the game with that problem. It is not in any way trying to get him rest."

With England's Test and one-day tour of South Africa beginning on November 1, there is no let-up in 33-year-old Collingwood's personal schedule.

But the next four weeks will provide Broad, who has picked up a number of niggles throughout a hectic Ashes year, with the chance to rest his troublesome left knee.

Flower said: "He has been playing a lot of cricket and he's only a young bloke. He needs to get this balance between rest and strength and conditioning. Our physical people work closely with him on that."