Lancashire have signed Australia Test batsman Usman Khawaja as their overseas player for the remainder of the season.

Khawaja, 27, played the last of his nine Tests in Australia’s defeat at Chester-le-Street last summer – the match in which England clinched the 2013 Ashes.

The Pakistan-born left-hander has previously played for Derbyshire, and has scored almost 5000 first-class runs at an average of more than 41.

Lancashire confirmed his impending arrival on their official Twitter feed.