England have been forced to shelve plans to use Mushtaq Ahmed as a coach with their Performance Programme squad in India.

The former Pakistan and Sussex leg-spinner was recruited by the England and Wales Cricket Board at the end of last season to help with their spin development programme.

It was planned to send him to India to work with the Performance Programme squad - including Monty Panesar, before he joins the Test party but the ECB have failed to secure a work permit for the 38-year-old.

The ECB have also acted to reassure the International Cricket Council about their concerns over Mushtaq's links to match-fixing several years ago and his role as a fringe member of the Lahore Badshahs squad in the unofficial Indian Cricket League tournament.

They intend to submit a plan to measure and monitor Mushtaq's performance to cricket's world governing body, and have stated that he will come under the same terms of reference as any other member of the management staff - who are all required to abide by the ICC's Code of Conduct.