Paul Collingwood has been fined £1,000 by the England management team after being caught visiting a lap-dancing bar in between two crucial games in the ICC World Twenty20.

Newspaper reports today revealed the England one-day captain had visited the bar in the early hours of Saturday, just hours after his side had suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Australia and a day before their opening Super Eights reverse to South Africa. In the latter match, Collingwood was dismissed for a first-ball duck as the tournament hosts inflicted a 19-run defeat which severely dented England hopes of reaching the semi-finals.

Those chances suffered a further blow following today's five-run loss to New Zealand and Collingwood, who got up early that morning to play golf, said: "It's obviously unacceptable and I'll have to learn from that.

"The fact is I made a mistake, that's what it comes down to, and what I need to focus on now is a big game tomorrow [England play India] for us.

"I was taken in a car with friends and taken to the bar and got there, had a beer and thought 'I need to get out of this place'."

Asked earlier if he expected censure from the England and Wales Cricket Board about his behaviour, Collingwood said: "I'm not too sure, it's entirely up to them. I've made apologies to them and I realise it was inappropriate to go there and that was my mistake.

"I'm disappointed with myself but hopefully we can quickly get over it and concentrate on this game tomorrow because mathematically we're still hoping we can get through."

His late-night antics overshadowed the start to a key match for England but chasing New Zealand's 164 for nine, they slumped to 159 for eight in reply despite a maiden Twenty20 international half-century from Darren Maddy.

The England management will be disappointed with more ill-judgment from one of their players after the infamous "Fredalo" incident at the World Cup in March.