COLIN GRAVES’S controversial return to Yorkshire as chair will move a step closer tomorrow if the county’s members support his loan offer for the club.

The debt-ridden county’s long search for fresh investment has brought them back to the man who served as chair between 2012 and 2015 before he left for the same role at the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The club’s existing board recommended last month that members support a special resolution at an extraordinary general meeting this morning which, if passed, could ultimately lead to Graves and three associates being appointed to the board.

The board said it was recommending a loan offer from Graves “having exhausted all other options” in its search for refinancing.

Graves’s reinstatement would represent a divisive move considering the racism scandal which has engulfed Yorkshire in recent years, an episode which partially took place during his first stint in charge.

The special resolution will only pass tomorrow if 66 per cent or more of members vote in favour. Sources have told the PA news agency there is a concerted mobilisation against Graves, but it remains to be seen whether that will be sufficient to block his return.