County ins and outs
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With the 2025 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 2025 season are included on the 2025 list. Not included are players signed on short-term arrangements purely for non-competitive friendly matches.
Most recent confirmed playing moves
8 April - Gloucestershire sign Middlesex seamer Henry Brookes on loan for their next five Championship matches
1 April - Sussex confirm Australian batter Daniel Hughes is returning as an overseas player, external
1 April - Leicestershire sign former Worcestershire seamer Yadvinder Singh on a short-term deal
Derbyshire
Overseas players:Caleb Jewell (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan, played for Nottinghamshire in 2025), Sufiyan Muqeem (Pakistan, for T20 until 7 June), Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan, for T20 from 28 June)
In:Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Out:David Lloyd (RET), Alex Thomson (REL)
Other news: Bowling coach Ajmal Shahzad has left the club and has been replaced by former Leicestershire bowler Chris Wright. Aneurin Donald has replaced Samit Patel as T20 captain, external, after the latter departed at the end of last season's Blast campaign.
Durham
Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Kemar Roach (West Indies, for Championship until 22 June, played for Surrey in 2025)
In:Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)
Out:Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire), Bas de Leede (REL)
Other news: Will Gidman has left his role as batting coach to take up the role of academy director, external, after John Windows stepped down for health reasons, external. Former Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein has joined as batting consultant.
Essex
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Wiaan Mulder (South Africa, until 9 June)
In:Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)
Out: Nick Browne (RET), Jamal Richards (REL), Adam Rossington (REL)
Other news: Former Zimbabwe seamer Douglas Hondo has been named bowling coach after working with the club last season. Browne will coach Essex women's batters following his retirement from playing.
Glamorgan
Overseas players:Colin Ingram (South Africa), Nathan McAndrew (Australia, for T20 and June Championship matches, played for Sussex in 2025), Ryan Hadley (Australia, until 18 May), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan, for T20 Blast)
In:Sean Dickson (Somerset), Jack Hope-Bell, external (YTH)
Out:Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (REL), James Harris (RET)
Other news: Kiran Carlson has replaced the departed Northeast as Championship captain. Ian Harvey has joined as assistant coach, having worked with the first-team last season.
Gloucestershire
Overseas players:Cameron Bancroft (Australia), D'Arcy Short (Australia, for T20), Gabe Bell (Australia, until 18 May), Liam Scott (Australia, for T20 and June Championship matches)
In:Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire), Alfie Johnson, external (YTH), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire, for T20), Henry Brookes (Middlesex, loan from 10 April-18 May)
Out:Archie Bailey (Durham), Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire), Dom Goodman (Sussex), Zaman Akhter (Essex), Tom Price (Sussex), Josh Shaw (Somerset)
Other news: Former England women's coach Jon Lewis has joined the club as director of cricket, while Ed Joyce has joined as a batting consultant, external until the end of the first block of Championship games. Tom Smith took up a coaching position in pre-season after retiring from playing in July 2025, but left in March for a position with England Women.
Seamer Marchant de Lange has signed a new contract just for T20 cricket. All-rounder Ben Charlesworth will leave the club at the end of the season.
Hampshire
Overseas players:Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Hilton Cartwright (Australia, for T20), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa, for T20), Codi Yusuf (South Africa, until 18 May, played for Durham in 2025)
In:Jake Lehmann (UKP)
Out:Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Joseph Eckland, external (REL), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire), Mark Stoneman (RET)
Other news: Head coach Adrian Birrell has stepped down and has been replaced by Russell Domingo, while Shane Burger has left Somerset to become Hampshire's bowling coach. Michael Neser and his replacement, fellow seamer Jayden Seales, were pulled out of their overseas player deals for the early season by Cricket Australia and the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board respectively.
Kent
Overseas players:Keith Dudgeon (South Africa), Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa, from 22 May), Glenton Stuurman (South Africa, until 18 May), Tom Rogers (Australia, for T20 Blast)
In: Matt Milnes (Yorkshire), Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)
Out:Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire), George Garrett (RET), Marcus O'Riordan (REL), Mohammed Rizvi (REL), Jack Leaning (Sussex)
Other news: Kent have appointedJaahid Ali and Sam Faulkner as assistant coaches for batting and bowling respectively, while former Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens returns as bowling consultant.
Lancashire
Overseas players:Chris Green (Australia, for T20), Marcus Harris (Australia), Ben McDermott (Australia, for T20)
In:Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)
Out:Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden, external (REL)
Other news: Lancashire have appointed interim head coach Steven Croft on a full time basis, while bowling coach Craig White has left the club and has been replaced by Kabir Ali.
Former England white-ball coach Matthew Mott has been appointed as a specialist T20 coaching consultant. Danny Salpietro has been named second XI coach, external, with predecessor Karl Krikken becoming talent identification manager.
Luke Wood, Liam Livingstone and Jos Buttler, external have moved to T20-only deals. James Anderson has been appointed as the club's new Championship captain. Australian seamer Mitch Perry pulled out his overseas player deal because of a back injury.
Leicestershire
Overseas players:Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20, played for Lancashire in 2025), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand), Jake Weatherald (Australia, until 18 May)
In:Ben Green (Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire), Josh Davey (Somerset), Yadvinder Singh (Worcestershire, short-term deal from start of season)
Out:Chris Wright (RET), Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury (REL), Roman Walker (REL)
Other news: South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj's four-month spell with the club has been cancelled because of workload constraints, while club captain Peter Handscomb has also pulled out his overseas contract. Ian Holland will lead the side in the first block of Championship fixtures, while Green has replaced the departed Kimber as T20 captain.
Middlesex
In:Caleb Falconer, external (YTH)
Out:Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire), Henry Brookes (Gloucestershire, loan from 10 April-18 May)
Other news: Middlesex have appointed former New Zealand batter Peter Fulton as head coach, replacing Dane Vilas who had been interim charge of the side.
Northamptonshire
Overseas players:Yuzvendra Chahal (India, second half of the season, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Harry Conway (Australia, for first two months of the season), Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Chris Lynn (Australia, for T20, played for Hampshire in 2025)
In:Louis Kimber (Leicestershire), Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)
Out:Freddie Heldreich (REL), Ravi Bopara (RET from county cricket)
Other news: Glenn Chapple has been appointed senior assistant coach, having worked with the club in the second half of last season. Lewis McManus has stepped down as One-Day Cup captain. Matt Breetzke, who had signed a two-year overseas deal, will now not be returning to Northamptonshire this summer because of commitments elsewhere.
Nottinghamshire
Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa, for Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia, from April-June), George Linde (South Africa, for T20), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan, from August), Peter Siddle (Australia, for T20)
In:Benny Howell (Hampshire, for T20), George Munsey (Scotland, for T20)
Out:Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Sammy King, external (REL), Dane Schadendorf, external (REL), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)
Somerset
Overseas players: Migael Pretorius (South Africa), Riley Meredith (Australia, for T20), Daniel Sams (Australia, for T20, played for Nottinghamshire in 2025)
In:Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)
Out:Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey (Leicestershire), Ben Green (Leicestershire), Andy Umeed, external (REL), Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire)
Other news: Batting coach Shane Burger has left Somerset to join the coaching team at Hampshire and has been replaced by Mark Stoneman.
Surrey
Overseas players: Sean Abbott (Australia, until 18 July), Rahul Chahar (India, for Championship from 7 June)
In: None
Out: None
Other news: Alec Stewart has returned to his role as director of cricket, having worked as a high performance advisor last season.
Sussex
Overseas players: Jaydev Unadkat, external (India, for last eight Championship matches), Daniel Hughes, external (Australia)
In:Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman (Gloucestershire), Tom Price (Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent)
Out:Bertie Foreman, external (REL), Ari Karvelas, external (REL), Archie Lenham, external (REL), Zach Lion-Cachet, external (REL), Henry Rogers, external (REL)
Other news: Briggs has re-joined in a player-coach capacity. Ollie Robinson and Jack Carson will lead Sussex in the Championship and One-Day Cup respectively, with John Simpson stepping into a club captain role. Head coach Paul Farbrace will leave at the end of the season.
Warwickshire
Overseas players:Beau Webster (Australia, for first half of season)
In: Jordan Thompson (Yorkshire), Nathan Gilchrist (Kent), Keith Barker (Hampshire)
Out:Moeen Ali (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire), Chris Rushworth (RET), Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Worcestershire, loan until 13 April)
Other news: Graeme Welch has re-joined the club to replace Stuart Barnes as bowling coach. Having retired, Rushworth will now focus on coaching young bowlers with the county. Ed Barnard has taken over from Alex Davies to captain in all formats.
Worcestershire
Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan), Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, for Championship), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe, for T20 Blast)
In:Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire, loan until 13 April)
Out:Ed Pollock (REL), Tom Hinley (REL), Yadvinder Singh (Leicestershire)
Other news: Former Worcestershire batter Alexei Kervezee has rejoined the club, external as second XI and assistant coach. Australia bowler Ben Dwarshuis has pulled out a deal to play as an overseas player in the T20 Blast. Swanepoel is yet to be granted a No Objection Certificate from Cricket South Africa and can not play until he has been.
Yorkshire
Overseas players:Naveen Ul-Haq (Afghanistan, for T20), Logan van Beek (Netherlands, until 18 July, played for Leicestershire in 2025), Jhye Richardson (Australia, until 18 May), Will Sutherland (Australia, for T20 and June Championship fixtures)
In:Jay Singh, external (YTH), Owen Smith, external (YTH), Charlie Taylor, external (YTH), Sam Whiteman (UKP), Andrew Tye (UKP), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire, for T20)
Out:Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire), Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire), Matt Milnes (Kent), Dawid Malan (Gloucestershire)
