Yorkshire are reported to have received clearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board for fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan to play for the county this summer despite his participation in the unauthorised Indian Cricket League.

It had been thought that the PCB would refuse to issue a No Objection Certificate in view of his ICL links, and even when Mushtaq Ahmed was granted an NOC last week, it was believed that was not relevant to Naved-ul-Hasan as he had played international cricket more recently.

The news that the PCB had given its clearance seems to indicate a breaking of ranks as all major countries had united against the ICL and said that anyone participating in it would be barred from playing elsewhere.

Naved-ul-Hasan will now have to submit his application for registration to the ECB but it is unlikely that it will be refused as the board has always maintained that the NOC was the key document in the process.