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 January - Yorkshire sign Western Australia batter Sam Whiteman, who holds a UK passport
19 December - Somerset sign Australia all-rounder Daniel Sams as an overseas player for the T20 Blast
19 December - Lancashire sign Australian seamer Mitch Perry for their first six Championship fixtures
19 December - Nottinghamshire sign South Africa all-rounder George Linde as an overseas player for T20 cricket
Derbyshire
2025 overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan)
Overseas players:Caleb Jewell (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan, played for Nottinghamshire in 2025)
In:Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)
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Other news: Bowling coach Ajmal Shahzad has left the club and has been replaced by former Leicestershire bowler Chris Wright.
Durham
2025 overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand), Neil Wagner (New Zealand), Codi Yusuf (South Africa), Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Shafiqullah Ghafari (Afghanistan)
In:Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)
Out:Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)
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.
Essex
2025 overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Kasun Rajitha (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan), Khaleel Ahmed (India), Curtis Campher (Ireland), Doug Bracewell (New Zealand)
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)
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
2025 overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Hayden Kerr (Australia), Matt Kuhnemann (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan)
Overseas players:Colin Ingram (South Africa)
In:Sean Dickson (Somerset)
Out:Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (REL)
Gloucestershire
2025 overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia), D'Arcy Short (Australia), Todd Murphy (Australia)
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), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire, for T20)
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 Tom Smith has taken a coaching position after retiring in July 2025. Seamer Marchant de Lange has signed a new contract just for T20 cricket.
Hampshire
2025 overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Brett Hampton (Australia), Bjorn Fortuin (South Africa), Tilak Varma (India), Chris Lynn (Australia), Hilton Cartwright (Australia), Washington Sundar (India)
Overseas players:Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Michael Neser (Australia, until 18 May)
In:Jake Lehmann (UKP)
Out:Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Joseph Eckland, external (REL), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire)
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.
Kent
2025 overseas players: Wes Agar (Australia), Tom Rogers (Australia), Kashif Ali (Pakistan), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
Overseas players:Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
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
2025 overseas players: Chris Green (Australia), Anderson Phillip (West Indies, until the end of July), Marcus Harris (Australia, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20, 29 May-4 July)
Overseas players:Chris Green (Australia, for T20), Marcus Harris (Australia), Mitch Perry (Australia, until 18 May)
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. Danny Salpietro has been named second XI coach, external, with predecessor Karl Krikken becoming talent identification manager. Luke Wood has signed a new white-ball only contract, and James Anderson has been appointed as the club's new Championship captain.
Leicestershire
2025 overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan)
Overseas players:Peter Handscomb (Australia), Keshav Maharaj (South Africa, for first four months of season), Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20, played for Lancashire in 2025)
In:Ben Green (Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire), Josh Davey (Somerset)
Out:Chris Wright (RET), Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury (REL), Roman Walker (REL)
Middlesex
2025 overseas players: Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Josh Little (Ireland), Dane Paterson (South Africa)
In:Caleb Falconer, external (YTH)
Out:Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)
Northamptonshire
2025 overseas players: Matt Breetzke (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Harry Conway (Australia), Lloyd Pope (Australia), Tim Robinson (New Zealand)
Overseas players:Matt Breetzke (South Africa), 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)
In:Louis Kimber (Leicestershire), Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)
Out:Freddie Heldreich (REL)
Other news: Glenn Chapple has been appointed senior assistant coach, having worked with the club in the second half of last season.
Nottinghamshire
2025 overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa), Fergus O'Neill (Australia), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Moises Henriques (Australia), Ishan Kishan (India)
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)
In:Benny Howell (Hampshire, for T20)
Out:Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Sammy King, external (REL), Dane Schadendorf, external (REL), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)
Somerset
2025 overseas players: Riley Meredith (Australia), Matt Henry (New Zealand), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
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)
Other news: Batting coach Shane Burger has left Somerset to join the coaching team at Hampshire.
Surrey
2025 overseas players: Nathan Smith (New Zealand), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Kemar Roach (West Indies), Kurtis Patterson (Australia), Adam Zampa (Australia), Sai Kishore (India), Rahul Chahar (India)
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
2025 overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Jaydev Unadkat (India), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia)
Overseas players: Jaydev Unadkat, external (India, for last eight Championship matches)
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.
Warwickshire
2025 overseas players: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Beau Webster (Australia), Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka), Corey Rocchiccioli (Australia), Will Young (New Zealand)
Overseas players:Beau Webster (Australia, for first half of season)
In: Jordan Thompson (Yorkshire), Nathan Gilchrist (Kent), Keith Barker (Hampshire)
Out:Moeen Ali (RET from county cricket), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire), Chris Rushworth (RET)
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.
Worcestershire
2025 overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand), Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, for T20), Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, for Championship)
In: None
Out:Tom Hinley (REL), Yadvinder Singh (REL)
Other news: Former Worcestershire batter Alexei Kervezee has rejoined the club, external as second XI and assistant coach.
Yorkshire
2025 overseas players: Will Sutherland (Australia), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia), Ben Sears (New Zealand), Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan), Imam Ul-Haq (Pakistan), Mayank Agarwal (India)
In:Jay Singh, external (YTH), Owen Smith, external (YTH), Charlie Taylor, external (YTH), Sam Whiteman (UKP)
Out:Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire), Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire), Matt Milnes (Kent), Dawid Malan (Gloucestershire)
