PAUL Collingwood showed there's plenty of life in the old dog yet as he made his highest one-day score at Northampton today.

A magnificent 132 off 97 balls took Durham to 313 for eight after being put in as they began their defence of the Royal London Cup.

Collingwood, who plans to play on beyond his 40th birthday next May, hit the only two sixes of the innings over mid-wicket in the 49th over before being caught behind with one ball left.

Mohammad Azharullah was left to rue missing the chance to run out Collingwood on 93 when he did well to stop a fierce return drive.

Collingwood had set off for a run and kept coming, but instead of turning round to throw down the non-striker's stumps the bowler threw the ball to the wicketkeeper to run out Ryan Pringle.

Collingwood capitalised by reaching his hundred off 85 balls in the next over then plundered a further 32 runs off 12 balls.

His previous highest one-day score for Durham was 118 not out against Nottinghamshire in 2002.