PAUL Collingwood revealed boos from the Indian supporters provided the motivation for England’s narrow World Twenty20 victory at Lord’s.

Collingwood’s men were victorious in their must-win contest by three runs – eliminating the defending champions in the process.

And the Durham allrounder explained at the postmatch presentation ceremony: ‘‘Obviously there were a lot of Indian fans here today and we got booed by them when we came off the Nursery ground after training earlier.

‘‘It’s a bit strange, to be honest, on your home ground.

And it gave everyone the motivation to go out and put a party piece on.’’ He continued: ‘‘There are areas I thought we could improve on. I t h o u g h t maybe we c o u l d have got 160 plus, 170 at one stage.

‘‘But it was a fantastic performance – the way the bowlers came out and put them under a lot of pressure.

‘‘We hoped the wicket would have a bit of pace in it and thankfully it went through pretty well and we managed to get some good balls in good areas, they kept going for it and we kept taking wickets.’’ Victory against the West Indies later today will book England’s place in the last four of the competition, and Collingwood continued: ‘‘Tomorrow’s a huge game – we’ve been playing the West Indies for what seems like the last half a year.

‘‘Both sides know each other very well, they have some dangermen in that side but we’ll enjoy this victory and know we have a massive job tomorrow.’’ Asked if playing two games in 24 hours would be a physical problem, Collingwood added: ‘‘It shouldn’t be a factor.

‘‘Twenty20 doesn’t take too much out of the body but the lads have put a lot of effort in tonight. It’s really about getting the minds focused for what’s in hand tomorrow.’’ Ryan Sidebottom, named man of the match after taking two wickets for 31 runs on his return to the side and pictured below, continued: ‘‘I didn’t think I’d play but Adil R a s h i d d r o p p e d out.

‘‘We wanted a good start, we were fired up and did well as a bowling unit.

‘‘I think we had to be aggressive up front and try to take wickets – but you need luck and it was a great catch from Luke Wright.

‘‘We played well as a team and it’s a big game tomorrow. It should be intriguing and hopefully we can do as well as we have tonight.’’ Fellow bowler Stuart Broad told Sky Sports: ‘‘Picking up key wickets in the middle helped us on our way.

‘‘Now we know if we win three games we win a cup – and that’s the incentive.’’