Paul Collingwood is expected to escape serious censure from the England and Wales Cricket Board after admitting visiting a lap-dancing bar until the early hours of Saturday morning.

As captain of England's one-day side Collingwood is expected to set an example for discipline, but was revealed by a national newspaper to have visited the bar only a day before his side's crucial 19-run defeat to South Africa in Cape Town.

Although he was fit enough to play golf at 7.30am that morning, it was still sufficient an offence to merit possible disciplinary action from coach Peter Moores in the middle of a tournament.

But after publicly apologising for his actions, Collingwood is expected to escape with a reprimand for his behaviour as England attempt to win their final match of the Super Eight stage tomorrow against India and hope other results fall in their favour to allow qualification for this weekend's semi-finals.

"It's obviously unacceptable and I'll have to learn from that," admitted Collingwood. "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 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 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".

The decision whether to discipline Collingwood would have been made by Moores in consultation with chairman of selectors David Graveney, who is a full-time member of the tour party both here and during the one-day series in Sri Lanka which follows.

They would consult with David Collier, the ECB's chief executive, but Graveney suggested that during his time in South Africa he has been nothing but impressed by the standards of England's behaviour.

"In my experience of being here, the players have committed themselves to training and the tournament," said Graveney. "The results haven't gone our way, but they've been outstanding in their preparations."

This incident, however, comes just five months after five players were fined and Andrew Flintoff was stripped of the England vice-captaincy for drinking in the early hours after their opening World Cup match against New Zealand and just 24 hours before their next match against Canada.

On this occasion Collingwood's late night ended nearly 36 hours before England's next match against South Africa on Sunday evening.

While England were addressing the issue of Collingwood's late night, Graveney was also busy calling up Durham's Phil Mustard into the one-day squad for Sri Lanka after Matt Prior was ruled out with a broken right thumb sustained in training yesterday.

Prior's place behind the stumps and as opener was taken by Vikram Solanki for today's match and he will continue in the same role for tomorrow's game against India.

But if England should reach the semi-finals, Mustard will be called upon having impressed the selectors with his performances in the Friends Provident Trophy this season when he averaged 44 and hit a superb 49 off 38 balls during the final triumph over Hampshire.

"We're still in the competition, albeit only mathematically and our fate may be decided before we bowl a ball against India, but if that develops in our favour we will react accordingly," explained Graveney.

"His form, particularly in one-day cricket has been outstanding. We believe as a result of winning the one-day series against India that we have a formula we want to stick with so Phil is a like-for-like replacement as an opener, which will be very effective for us".

Collingwood has also welcomed the call-up of the 24-year-old left-hander, whose style he believes is reminiscent of the attacking strokeplay which Adam Gilchrist provides at the top of the order for Australia.

"He's a great timer of the ball and hits it very hard," added Collingwood. "I hate associating people with Adam Gilchrist but the way he swings the bat is very similar.

"He's had a great season with Durham, deserves his chance and I look forward to him coming out here.

"He's a great lad, he looks at the ball and hits it. Sometimes you can get over-confused when you play cricket and he keeps it very simple."