CRICKET star Paul Collingwood has revealed the chat-up line that he used with wife-to-be Vicky after feeling completely stumped. The Durham all-rounder revealed he was in a Newcastle nightclub when he made his pitch. He said: “I was at the bar getting the beers in and she was standing about 10 yards away with her friends. I shouted over “Oi”, which wasn’t a very good pick-up line. “She looked around and I thought, ‘She’s lovely.’ So I said, ‘Come here, like’ and she started walking over. “She said ‘Yes?’ and I panicked because I didn’t expect her to come over. I said, ‘I don’t know what to say.’ And that was it. I guess it’s one way of breaking the ice.” His direct technique worked because the couple, who now live in Consett, County Durham, wed in South Africa in 2005, and are now the proud parents of nine-month-old daughter Shannon. THE England one-day captain isn’t the only star who has a cheesy chat-up line. Here are some used by other celebrities, and those on the receiving end. “Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” — ANT McPARTLIN. “You don’t sweat much for a fat lass do you?” — Viz editor SIMON DONALD. “When I started out by being a mobile disco DJ I probably used the awful line ‘Can I play you a record?’ to impress the girls.” — BBC Radio Newcastle presenter PADDY MacDEE. “I used to use quite a few, years ago, like ‘Beauty is skin deep . . . you must be inside out’ or ‘You are the light of my life and my bulb needs changing’.” — Radio presenter MIKE “THE MOUTH” ELLIOTT. “I use stupid lines like ‘Let’s go to the cinema . . . you buy the tickets and I’ll buy the popcorn’, or ‘Let’s have dinner at home . . . I’ll bring the candles’.” — Comedian RICHARD BLACKWOOD. “Here’s 10p. Go and call your mum and tell her you’ve tapped.” — Ex-Atomic Kitten star KERRY KATONA. “I’m Robbie Williams’s best mate’. It has to be the best chat-up line in history.” — Actor and singer JONATHAN WILKES. “I think the best way to chat up a girl is don’t use silly chat up lines. Just be yourself, go over and say ‘Hello! How are you? Would you like me to buy you a drink?’” — KIAN EGAN of Westlife. “How do you like your eggs?” — TV presenter DERMOT O’LEARY. “ ‘Hi, I’m Peter Stringfellow. I own the place.’ It seems to work well for me.” — Nightclub entrepreneur PETER STRINGFELLOW. | 
