England one-day captain Paul Collingwood was banned for four matches on Thursday after his side failed to bowl their overs in the required time in Wednesday's one-day international against New Zealand. A statement from the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Collingwood would miss the fifth and final match against New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday.
He will also be suspended from a one-day match against Scotland on August 18, a Twenty20 match against South Africa and the first one-day international against the Proteas. The ICC said Collingwood was banned because Wednesday's offence was his team's second within a year.
Collingwood was fined 50 percent of his match fee when England fell short of the required over rate in a one-day international against India on August 24 last year. The suspension completes a miserable two days for Collingwood who admitted on Wednesday he had been wrong not to recall New Zealand batsman Grant Elliott who was run out after a collision with bowler Ryan Sidebottom.