Cricket:England have fined one-day captain Paul Collingwood £1,000 (€1,400) after he went to a lap-dancing club on the eve of Sunday's Twenty20 match against South Africa.

England lost the Super Eight game by 19 runs, with the married Collingwood out first ball, and he said he apologised to the England management.

"It's obviously unacceptable. I'm England captain and going to these places isn't the thing to do," he said. "You learn from these lessons and hopefully it won't happen again."

Yesterday Collingwood was out for three as New Zealand beat England by five runs. New Zealand made 164 for nine and England opener Darren Maddy, who took two wickets, scored 50 but England only managed 159 for eight. ...