Mal Loye is to undergo a scan to determine the seriousness of his recent back problems. Loye was forced to sit out a chunk of Lancashire's Twenty20 matches and, although he returned for the Championship match against Kent and Pro40 against Nottinghamshire, things are still not right.

He told the club website: "I will have this scan to determine the extent of the problem which I hope shouldn’t be too bad. I want to try and get to the end of the season with pills and what ever else it takes."

Loye has a history of back problems stretching back to his days at Northamptonshire.