Prince aiming to extend reign of the Red Rose

The 34-year-old will join them for a third time, following successful spells in 2009 and 2010, after signing to play in the LV County Championship and CB40.

Prince’s arrival bolsters a squad which won the club’s first outright County Championship title in 77 years last season without an overseas player.

The arrangement also suggests Lancashire are keeping options open for the Friends Life t20 competition, in which two overseas players are permitted.

Prince, who has scored 11 centuries in 66 Tests, joins the Red Rose, who have lost a top-order batsman following the retirement of former captain Mark Chilton.

Hashim Amla hit 92 to lead South Africa to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the the second one-day international in Napier.

Amla struck 12 fours in his 107-ball knock and JP Duminy contributed a quickfire 43 as the Proteas reached 231-4 with more than 11 overs to spare to clinch the series.

Morne Morkel earlier took five wickets as New Zealand collapsed from 163-2 to 230 all out, despite 85 from Brendon McCullum.

Morkel took 5-38 and Lonwabo Tsotsobe 3-43 as New Zealand lost eight wickets for 67 runs in 16 overs on a flat pitch.

George Bailey, Brad Haddin and Nathan Lyon have been included in Australia’s 15-man one-day squad to tour the West Indies, and Shane Watson returns as vice-captain in the Twenty20 squad.

The ODI squad did not have room for fast bowlers Ryan Harris or Mitchell Starc, who have both played for Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Series, although Starc will be travelling to the Caribbean.

Champions India have omitted Virender Sehwag from their squad for next month’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

The opening batsman has been left out of the 15-man selection on fitness grounds, along with Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav.

Giles Clarke is set to continue as chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board until 2015.

Clarke has been nominated for the role by the 18 first-class counties and MCC. There were no other nominations.