County ins and outs
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With the 2026 county season completed, stay up to date with the latest player signings and speculation.
Key to abbreviations: REL = released; RET = retired; YTH = from youth teams; UKP = born overseas, but has UK passport.
Counties have been permitted to field two overseas players in all competitions since 2021.
Players who moved counties or retired during the 2026 season are included on the 2026 list. Not included are players signed on short-term arrangements purely for non-competitive friendly matches.
Most recent confirmed playing moves
The latest player moves and all domestic news can be found on our county cricket index.
Derbyshire
2026 overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Akif Javed (Pakistan), Sufyan Moqim (Pakistan), Brett Randell (New Zealand)
Overseas players:Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
In: None
Out: None
Durham
2026 overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Kemar Roach (West Indies), Duanne Olivier (South Africa), Mayank Agarwal (India)
Overseas players:David Bedingham (South Africa)
In:Charlie Harmison (YTH), Luke Symington (YTH)
Out:Nathan Sowter (Surrey), Scott Borthwick (RET), George Drissell, external (REL)
Other news: Borthwick will take a full-time role on the coaching staff following his retirement. Head coach Ryan Campbell has become director of cricket and high performance coaching, replacing Marcus North who became England national selector in May 2026.
Essex
2026 overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Grant Roelofsen (South Africa)
In:George Bell (Lancashire), Laurie Evans (Surrey, white-ball contract)
Out: Dean Elgar (RET), Robin Das (REL)
Other news: Tom Westley has stepped down as captain.
Glamorgan
2026 overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Ryan Hadley (Australia), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan), Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Mir Hamza (Pakistan), Ray Toole (New Zealand)
In:Ben Mike (Leicestershire)
Out:Chris Cooke (RET), Billy Root (RET), Ben Morris (REL)
Other news: Head coach Richard Dawson has left to become an assistant coach with England men. Long-term overseas player Colin Ingram has retired and will take up a coaching role with the club.
Gloucestershire
2026 overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), D'Arcy Short (Australia), Gabe Bell (Australia), Liam Scott (Australia), Duan Jansen (South Africa), Kristian Clarke (New Zealand), R Sai Kishore (India)
Overseas players:Cameron Bancroft (Australia)
In:Henry Brookes (Middlesex), Tom Alsop (Sussex), Che Simmons (Warwickshire), James Hayes (Nottinghamshire)
Out:Ben Charlesworth (Lancashire), Luke Charlesworth (RET), Ed Middleton (REL), Ahmed Syed (REL), Craig Miles (RET)
Hampshire
2026 overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Hilton Cartwright (Australia), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa), Codi Yusuf (South Africa), Delano Potgieter (South Africa), Ashutosh Sharma (India)
In:Rishi Patel (Leicestershire), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Sussex)
Out:Brad Wheal (RET), Ali Orr (Middlesex)
Other news: Lead batting coach Jimmy Adams has left the club to take up a coaching position with Tasmania.
Kent
Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa), Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa), Glenton Stuurman (South Africa), Tom Rogers (Australia), Dian Forrester (South Africa), Hasan Mahmud (Bangladesh), Khaled Ahmed (Bangladesh)
In: None
Out:Joey Evison (Sussex), Mikey Cohen (REL)
Other news: Director of cricket Simon Cook has left the club to pursue "a more hands-on coaching role".
Lancashire
2026 overseas players: Chris Green (Australia), Marcus Harris (Australia), Ben McDermott (Australia), Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Noman Ali (Pakistan)
Overseas players:Marcus Harris (Australia), Chris Green (Australia)
In:Ben Charlesworth (Gloucestershire), George Brown, external (YTH)
Out:Kesh Fonseka (REL), Harry Singh (REL), George Bell (Essex)
Other news: Director of cricket performance Mark Chilton has left the club and has been replaced Paul Farbrace, who has has left Sussex. Championship captain James Anderson will reportedly not be offered a new contract, with other counties interested in signing the former England seamer.
Leicestershire
2026 overseas players: Ashton Turner (Australia), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand), Jake Weatherald (Australia), Nick Kelly (New Zealand), Ruan de Swardt (South Africa)
Overseas players:Peter Handscomb (Australia)
In:Hamza Sheikh (Warwickshire), Josh Blake (Surrey)
Out:Lewis Hill (RET), Rishi Patel (Hampshire), Liam Trevaskis (REL), Ben Cox (REL), Ben Mike (Glamorgan), Sam Wood (REL)
Middlesex
2026 overseas players: Eathan Bosch (South Africa), Matt Boyle (New Zealand), Danru Fearns (New Zealand)
In:Harry Duke (Yorkshire), Ali Orr (Hampshire)
Out:Henry Brookes (Gloucestershire), Leus du Plooy (ended UKP status)
Other news: Director of cricket Alan Coleman has left the club.
Northamptonshire
2026 overseas players: Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Harry Conway (Australia), Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Chris Lynn (Australia)
Overseas players:Matthew Breetzke (South Africa), Harry Conway (Australia), Nathan McSweeney (Australia)
In: None
Out:Rob Keogh (RET), Aadi Sharma (REL), Arush Buchake (REL)
Nottinghamshire
2026 overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa), Fergus O'Neill (Australia), George Linde (South Africa), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Tayyab Tahir (Pakistan), Fraser Sheat (New Zealand), Mitchell Hay (New Zealand), Mukesh Kumar (India)
Overseas players:Fergus O'Neill (Australia, from April-June)
In:John Simpson (Sussex)
Out:James Hayes (Gloucestershire), Travis Holland, external (REL), Francis Moore, external (REL)
Other news: South Africa wicketkeeper Verreynne, who had signed a contract to continue as an overseas player in 2027, will not return to Nottinghamshire following the signing of Simpson.
Somerset
2026 overseas players: Migael Pretorius (South Africa), Riley Meredith (Australia), Daniel Sams (Australia), Jordan Hermann (South Africa), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand)
In: None
Out:Kian Roberts, external (REL)
Surrey
Overseas players: Sean Abbott (Australia), Rahul Chahar (India), Josh Philippe (Australia), Benji Floros (Australia), Tiaan van Vuuren (South Africa), Mahipal Lomror (India), Auqib Nabi (India)
In:Henry Crocombe (Sussex), Nathan Sowter (Durham, white-ball contract)
Out:James Taylor (Yorkshire), Josh Blake (Leicestershire), Seb Stuart-Reckling, external (REL), Laurie Evans (Essex)
Other news: Batting coach Jim Troughton has rejoined Warwickshire and has been replaced by Grant Flower, external, who held the same role at Sussex.
Sussex
2026 overseas players: Jaydev Unadkat (India), Daniel Hughes (Australia)
Overseas players:Keith Dudgeon (South Africa, played for Kent in 2026)
In:Joey Evison (Kent), Alfie Smethurst (YTH)
Out:Henry Crocombe (Surrey), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Hampshire), Tom Alsop (Gloucestershire), George Thomas (Worcestershire), John Simpson (Nottinghamshire), Brad Currie (REL), Troy Henry (REL), Nantes Oosthuizen (REL), Harrison Ward (REL)
Other news: Having initially agreed to move from his head coach role to become the club's part-time director of cricket, Paul Farbrace left Sussex to become director of cricket at Lancashire. Warwickshire batting coach Matt Walker will become head coach on 1 November.
Batting coach Grant Flower has departed to take the same role at Surrey, external while bowling coach James Kirtley has also left the south coast side. Sussex have confirmed that Hughes, an overseas player in the last three seasons, won't return to the club in 2027.
Warwickshire
2026 overseas players: Beau Webster (Australia), Usman Tariq (Pakistan), Manav Suthar (India), Will Young (New Zealand)
Overseas players:Jake Weatherald (Australia, played for Leicestershire in 2026)
In: None
Out:Hamza Sheikh (Leicestershire), Che Simmons (Gloucestershire), Jake Lintott (REL), Theo Wylie, external (REL)
Other news: Batting coach Matt Walker will take over as Sussex head coach on 1 November. Former head coach Jim Troughton will rejoin to replace Walker, leaving the batting coach role at Surrey.
Worcestershire
2026 overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan), Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
In:George Thomas (Sussex), Sam Greer
Out:Rob Jones (RET), Harry Darley, external (REL)
Other news: Pakistan international Usama Mir is now classified as a local player, having played the first season of his three-year deal as an overseas.
Yorkshire
2026 overseas players: Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Jhye Richardson (Australia), Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan), Kuldeep Yadav (India)
In:James Taylor (Surrey), Brad Sylvester, external (YTH)
Out: Jawad Akhtar, external (REL), Noah Kelly, external (REL), Dan Moriarty, external (REL), Yash Vagadia, external (REL), Alex Wade, external (REL), Harry Duke (Middlesex)
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