Durham's Phil Mustard has been called into the England one-day squad to replace Matt Prior.

Mustard has been in red hot form all summer and was likened to Australia's swashbuckling Adam Gilchrist by Shane Warne after a memorable innings at Lord's in Durham's Friends Provident Trophy victory.

Now he will get the opportunity to prove Warne right.

Prior broke his thumb in practice at the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa and with the one-day tour party set to arrive on the sub-continent in a weeks time there is no time for him to recover.

Mustard, 24, has been rewarded for an impressive season in which he has scored 893 runs in domestic one-day cricket at an average of 49.61.

"Phil has been in outstanding form for his county this season, has experience of opening the innings in domestic one-day cricket, and this is an excellent opportunity for him to test himself at a higher level,'' said chairman of selectors David Graveney.

England are due to play a warm-up match against Tamil Union in Colombo on September 28 before embarking on five-match one-day series, ahead of three Test matches.

Mustard will play his final domestic game of the season tomorrow when Durham go to Canterbury to take on Kent in their decisive County Championship game of the season.