Veteran Indian Batter, Cheteshwar Pujara redeemed himself with a century for Sussex in the second innings of the 2022 County Championship on Sunday, April 17.
The 37-year-old right-arm medium pacer has been accused of applying hand sanitiser in a match against Middlesex last month in which he took three wickets.
After passing a medical, Lace will be available for Gloucestershire's next Bob Willis Trophy match against Glamorgan starting Saturday.
The format of the season, however, is yet to be announced and will rather be discussed and agreed upon by the 18 First-Class Counties in early July
In his career-to-date, Bresnan has played 199 first-class matches, taking 557 wickets and scoring 6,714 runs.
This comes after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last week announced that no domestic cricket activities will take place in the country till August 1.
All cricket has been suspended since mid-March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic and ECB are looking to begin their season in early August.
Stewart compared the financial standing of County clubs to that of football clubs in England's third tier and fourth tier league and said that testing players before starting the season could be a costly exercise.
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a statement on their official website said on Monday that the contracts of R. Ashwin, Keshav Maharaj and Nicholas Pooran have been cancelled by mutual consent.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) recently suspended all forms of professional cricket till July 1 due to the pandemic which has wreaked havoc across the globe.
The club also announced pay-cuts across all sections of the staff to protect its long-term well being and stability.
George Hankins has been arrested for a drunk-driving incident in Surrey following a car crash.
With the COVID-19 outbreak forcing a cricket shutdown in UK until May 28, means the trioka will not be able to play for the club this season.
The New Zealand pacer had a highly productive stint with the club in 2018, clinching 75 wickets from 11 matches to help the side win promotion to the first division of the Championship.
Cricket, like almost every other major sport in the world, has been under a near-total shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and all future tournaments, including the 2020 IPL and the 2020 T20 WC, are under a cloud of uncertainty.
Lyon joins Cheteshwar Pujara (Gloucestershire) and Michael Neser (Surrey) as the third overseas player in the Championship to have his contract cancelled for the upcoming season in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.
The County championship is set to begin on April 12 but with UK under complete lockdown, there is no professional cricket scheduled till May 28.
The County Championship, which is scheduled to start from April 12, is expected to get delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Stuart Broad, who signed for Notts from Leicestershire in 2008, enjoyed a Testimonial Year in 2019 and was instrumental in trophy successes for his county in 2010, 2013 and 2017.
Cheteshwar Pujara's spell with Gloucestershire is set to be his fourth county stint, following spells at Derbyshire (2014), Yorkshire (2015 and 2018) and Nottinghamshire (2017).
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