England one-day captain Paul Collingwood is predicting a golden future for pinch hitter Luke Wright after being impressed by his ability to handle pressure situations.

Wright is set to be given an extended run at the top of the order in the NatWest Twenty20 and one-day internationals with New Zealand during the next three weeks.

The Sussex all-rounder was handed his first opportunities there during the winter meetings with the Kiwis.

But it was in the role of death bowler in one of the 50-over meetings, when a tight last over in Napier earned England a tie against the odds, that Collingwood became aware of his ability to cope under the spotlight.

Collingwood said: "Luke really did well in the winter. The one thing that stood out for me was, not so much his batting, but that over I gave him at the end of the one game in Napier.

"That was a real pressure situation and he enjoyed it and, when you get a character like that, you know you are onto a winner.

"He has got a big future. He seems to like the pressure situations. He wants to be the one who is winning games. Luke has got the opportunity now to go out there and do that."

Collingwood continued: "Luke is a big player, he can pretty much do everything. He is an all-round cricketer which is pretty much what you want in a one day side.

"Luke hits the ball very hard, he can get the ball through when he is bowling. He just needs to get that experience and that confidence going for years to come.

"Will Luke get a run at the top of the order? He will. He will be going upfront and hopefully doing what he does for Sussex."

Collingwood is seeking to regain his form after a disappointing Test series against New Zealand - starting with the Twenty20 meeting at Old Trafford on Friday.

And he is adamant that he is feeling no problems with his shoulder after undergoing a recent third cortisone injection.

The Durham all-rounder, who returned five for 14 for his county against Derbyshire in Wednesday's Twenty20 meeting, said: "The shoulder has felt fine.

"Until the actual injection wears off, and with all the rehab and prehab work I do, we won't know how it is going to affect it.

"Until it starts hurting, I'll answer the question like I've always answered it, that the shoulder is 100% fine and hopefully it stays that way.

"It might wear off in a month, two months. It might be 100% from now on.

"I know people who've had jabs in the shoulder before and, with the first one, they've got pain coming back from it. Then they've had another jab and never had pain in it again so hopefully my shoulder stays 100%."

Collingwood is also unconcerned about the shoulder problem resurfacing ahead of the megabucks Twenty20 game between England and a Stanford All Stars XI in Antigua on November 1.

He added: "Is it a worry it might cause me to miss the game in Antigua? None at all, not yet. If it starts hurting, it might come into the back of my mind then but it is 100 per cent at the moment."

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