Sussex have secured seam-bowling Pakistan allrounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan as their overseas player for the first half of the season.
Naved played for Sussex between 2005 to 2007 and - after two years with Yorkshire - for the first month of last season. He will be available until the end of June.
He is a crowd favourite at Hove after twice playing a pivotal role in Sussex's Championship wins in 2006 and 2007. He prospered in his nine appearances last year, taking 27 wickets and scoring 258 runs, including 101 against Leicestershire.
Naved, who is currently representing Tasmanian in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 competition, has played in nine Tests, 74 one-day and four T20 internationals but is not in Pakistan's World Cup squad. He has not played for his country for almost a year, having been banned for 12 months for indiscipline on the 2009-10 tour of Australia, although that decision was overturned in October.
Sussex coach Mark Robinson said: "We're delighted that Rana is returning this summer as he was like a breath of fresh air when he was with us last year. The energy and match-winning threat he gives us will be an important ingredient for what hopefully will be a successful season."
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