County ins and outs 2022
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Here are details of all the county signings and departures from the 2022 season.
Guide to abbreviations | |
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REL: Released | RET: Retired |
YTH: From youth teams | UKP: Born overseas, but has UK passport |
EUP: European Union passport | KPK: Kolpak contract (until 2020) |
Also shows, where relevant, players' previous counties | |
Counties have been permitted to field two overseas players in all competitions since 2021, following the ending of Kolpak registrations.
Kolpak contracts were signed by foreign players, using a European Court ruling to avoid counting against the quota of one overseas player per club. Following the UK's exit from the European Union, Kolpak registrations were terminated at the end of the 2020 season, but some Kolpak players remain in county cricket as overseas players.
Players who moved counties or retired during the 2021 season are included on the 2021 list. A list of players who are unavailable for the One-Day Cup as they have been selected for The Hundred can be found here. Not included are players signed on short-term arrangements purely for non-competitive friendly matches.
DERBYSHIRE
Overseas players: Dustin Melton (Zimbabwe), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka, until 15 May), Hayden Kerr (Australia, 25 May-29 June), Hilton Cartwright (Australia, for July) |
In | Out |
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Alex Thomson (Warwickshire) | Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Sussex) |
Mark Watt (Scotland) | Nils Priestley (REL) |
Ryan Sidebottom (Warwickshire, loan from 6 April-31 May) | Harvey Hosein (RET) |
Liam Hurt (Lancashire, loan 19-22 May) | Matt Critchley (Essex) |
Toby Pettman (Nottinghamshire, loan from 12-14 June and 11-14 July) | |
Adam Sylvester, external (short-term contract from 18 September) | |
Other news: Head coach David Houghton stepped down at the end of the 2021 season and was replaced as head of cricket by Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur. Batting coach Mal Loye left the club and was replaced by Ian Bell for the first two months of the season. Shan Masood took over as T20 captain, external after Matt Critchley left for Essex.
DURHAM
Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Keegan Petersen (South Africa, 14 April-22 May), Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20), Andrew Tye (Australia, for T20 from 1 June), Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand, 11-15 June), Nic Maddinson (Australia, for Championship & One-Day Cup from 25 June) |
In | Out |
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Cameron Steel (Surrey) | |
Stuart Poynter, external (REL) | |
George Drissell, external (Somerset) | Paul van Meekeren (Gloucestershire) |
Ollie Robinson (Kent, loan for T20 only) | Will Young (Northamptonshire) |
Nathan Sowter (Middlesex, loan from 10 June-16 July) | Jack Campbell, external (Hampshire) |
Ned Eckersley (REL on 10 August) | |
Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire, loan from 20 September until end of season) | |
Other news: Turner captained n the T20 Blast, replacing last season's overseas signing Cameron Bancroft. Head coach James Franklin left the club on 11 September with assistant coach Neil Killeen taking over until the end of the season.
ESSEX
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Mark Steketee (Australia, until 22 May), Daniel Sams (Australia, for T20), Grant Roelofsen (South Africa, for One-Day Cup) |
In | Out |
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Matt Critchley (Derbyshire) | Matt Quinn (Kent) |
Adam Rossington (Northamptonshire, season-long loan then permanent from 29 June) | Ryan ten Doeschate (RET) |
Jamal Richards, external (YTH) | Varun Chopra (RET) |
Peter Siddle (Somerset) | |
Jimmy Neesham (Northamptonshire) | |
Aaron Beard (Sussex, loan from 27 April-22 May) | |
Other news: Former Australia limited-overs international paceman Mick Lewis came in as bowling coach to replace Andre Nel, who left his role as assistant coach after three seasons with the club.
GLAMORGAN
Overseas players: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia, until 5 June), Colin Ingram (South Africa, as cover for Labuschagne then full-time until the end of August), Michael Neser (Australia, until the end of August), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand, from 5 September), Shubman Gill (India, from 5 September) |
In | Out |
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Ed Byrom (Somerset) | Roman Walker (Leicestershire) |
James Harris (Middlesex) | Nick Selman (REL) |
Tegid Phillips (YTH) | Hamish Rutherford (Leicestershire) |
Sam Northeast (Hampshire) | |
Other news: David Lloyd replaced Chris Cooke as Championship and T20 Blast captain, with Kiran Carlson becoming his deputy but remaining One-Day Cup captain.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan, pay-by-appearance to end of July, full-time afterwards), Naseem Shah (Pakistan, until end of T20 Blast group stage), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand, until July, mostly for T20), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan, 28 April-15 May and from 16 June for T20) |
In | Out |
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Ajeet Dale (Hampshire) | Dan Worrall (Surrey, as domestic player with UKP) |
Marcus Harris (Leicestershire) | George Hankins (REL) |
Paul van Meekeren (Durham) | Harry Hankins (REL) |
Will Naish, external (YTH) | George Scott (Somerset, loan from 19-23 August) |
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire, loan 12-15 May) | |
Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire, loan from 11 May) | |
Brad Wheal (Hampshire, loan from 11-26 May) | |
Other news: Dale Benkenstein was appointed as head coach, after Ian Harvey filled the role on a temporary basis in 2021. Graeme van Buuren was only able to play as an overseas player in 2021 after losing his non-overseas status, external - but he has now earned UK citizenship and captained the side in the Championship and One-Day Cup following Chris Dent's resignation. Steve Snell returned from Somerset as performance director, while former batsman William Porterfield returned as a consultant coach.
HAMPSHIRE
Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan, for County Championship), Ben McDermott (Australia, for T20), Nathan Ellis (Australia, for T20) |
In | Out |
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Nick Gubbins (Middlesex) | Sam Northeast (Glamorgan) |
Ross Whiteley (Worcestershire) | Ajeet Dale (Gloucestershire) |
Harry Petrie, external (YTH) | Ryan Stevenson (RET) |
Ben Brown (Sussex) | Brad Taylor (RET) |
Jack Campbell, external (Durham) | Tom Scriven (Leicestershire) |
Dom Kelly, external (YTH) | Tom Alsop (Sussex, loan from start of season then permanent from 7 June) |
Lewis McManus (Northamptonshire, loan then permanent from 1 August) | |
Colin de Grandhomme (Surrey) | |
Mason Crane (Sussex, loan from 27 April-26 May) | |
Brad Wheal (Gloucestershire, loan from 11-26 May) | |
Brad Wheal (Warwickshire, loan from 24-29 July) | |
Other news: Assistant coach Alfonso Thomas left at the end of 2021, external and was replaced by Graeme Welch, who became bowling lead coach, external after leaving Warwickshire. Nick Gubbins was appointed captain, external of the One-Day Cup side.
KENT
Overseas players: Matt Henry (New Zealand, 10 July-2 August), Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan, for T20), George Linde (South Africa), Jackson Bird (Australia, until 21 April), Jacob Duffy (New Zealand, for Championship, 12-29 June), Navdeep Saini (India, 19 July-19 August) |
In | Out |
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Matt Quinn (Essex) | Grant Stewart (Sussex, loan from 21-24 April) |
Ben Compton (Nottinghamshire) | Ollie Robinson (Durham, loan for T20 only) |
Toby Pettman (Nottinghamshire, loan from 26-29 June) | |
Joey Evison (Nottinghamshire, loan for One-Day Cup) | |
Harry Finch (initially for One-Day Cup) | |
Conor McKerr (Surrey, loan from 16 September) | |
Other news: Batting coach Michael Yardy left to rejoin Sussex as academy director, and was replaced by former Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate. Joe Denly captained the side in the One-Day Cup.
LANCASHIRE
Overseas players: Dane Vilas, external (South Africa), Tim David (Singapore/Australia, for T20), Hasan Ali (Pakistan, until 22 May), Will Williams (New Zealand, 11 June-6 July), Washington Sundar (India, for Championship and One-Day Cup, July and August) |
In | Out |
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Phil Salt (Sussex) | Alex Davies (Warwickshire) |
George Bell, external (YTH) | Taylor Cornall (Worcestershire) |
Tim David (Surrey) | George Burrows (Sussex) |
Will Williams (UKP, previously overseas) | Ed Moulton, external (REL) |
Josh Boyden, external (YTH) | Owais Shah, external (REL) |
Liam Hurt (Derbyshire, loan 19-22 May) | |
Other news: Director of cricket Paul Allott stood down at the end of the 2021 season to take up a consultancy role with the club. Assistant coach Mark Chilton took his position. Chilton was replaced as assistant coach by Carl Crowe.
LEICESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan, for T20), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan, for T20), Beuran Hendricks (South Africa, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand, for T20 Blast) |
In | Out |
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Roman Walker (Glamorgan) | Dieter Klein (REL) |
Tom Scriven (Hampshire) | Marcus Harris (Gloucestershire) |
Vikai Kelley, external (Warwickshire) | |
Hamish Rutherford (Glamorgan) | |
Joey Evison (Nottinghamshire, six-week loan from 20 June) | |
Michael Finan (Cheshire) | |
Sol Budinger (Nottinghamshire, loan from 12 September then permanent at the end of the season) | |
Other news: Former Leicestershire player Claude Henderson was appointed to a new role of director of cricket. Assistant/bowling coach Tom Smith and head of academy Alistair Maiden left to take up coaching roles with Yorkshire. Alfonso Thomas replaced Smith, having left a similar role at Hampshire. Callum Parkinson replaced Colin Ackermann as Championship captain on 18 May.
MIDDLESEX
Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia, until 22 May), Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan, until 8 May), Jason Behrendorff (Australia, for T20), Chris Green (Australia, for T20 in June), Pieter Malan (South Africa, from 19 July), Umesh Yadav (India, 11 July-21 August) |
In | Out |
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Mark Stoneman (Surrey) | Nick Gubbins (Hampshire) |
James Harris (Glamorgan) | |
Pieter Malan (Warwickshire) | Steven Finn (Sussex) |
Paul Stirling (Warwickshire) | |
Nathan Sowter (Durham, loan from 10 June-16 July) | |
Other news: Head coach Stuart Law and his assistant Nic Pothas left at the end of the 2021 season. Alan Coleman was appointed to a new "men's performance cricket" role, while Richard Johnson returned from Surrey as first-team coach. Mark Ramprakash was named consultant batting coach to the end of the season with Owais Shah coming in as white-ball batting coach and ex-Surrey seamer Jade Dernbach as consultant fast bowling coach. Tim Murtagh has taken the role of club captain, and took over as skipper for the Championship and One-Day Cup after Peter Handscomb's overseas deal was curtailed, while Stevie Eskinazi replaced Eoin Morgan as T20 skipper.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Overseas players: Will Young (New Zealand, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand, for T20), Matt Kelly (Australia, until June), Chris Lynn (Australia, for T20), Ryan Rickleton (South Africa, for County Championship from 25 June-15 July), Lizaad Williams (South Africa, from 5 September) |
In | Out |
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Gus Miller, external (YTH) | Richard Levi, external (REL) |
Will Young (Durham) | Adam Rossington (Essex, season-long loan then permanent from 29 June) |
Jimmy Neesham (Essex) | |
Lewis McManus (Hampshire, loan then permanent from 1 August) | |
Other news: Head coach David Ripley stepped down from his current role at the end of the 2021 season to take up a new position within the club, and was replaced by his assistant John Sadler. Graeme White will combine playing in the T20 Blast with coaching the second XI, as well as being the club's lead fielding and spin bowling coach, while Ben Smith was appointed batting coach. Ricardo Vasconcelos replaced Adam Rossington as County Championship captain, but stepped down after eight games with Will Young taking the role for the rest of the season. T20 skipper Josh Cobb was named as One-Day Cup captain in place of Vasconcelos, but was then drafted into The Hundred, so Young also skippered the 50-over side.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Overseas players: Dane Paterson (South Africa), James Pattinson (Australia, until end of August), Dan Christian (Australia, for T20) |
In | Out |
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Ben Martindale, external (YTH) | Ben Compton (Kent) |
Tom Barber, external (REL) | |
Peter Trego (RET) | |
Zak Chappell (Gloucestershire, loan from 11 May) | |
Toby Pettman (Derbyshire, loan from 12-14 June and 11-14 July) | |
Joey Evison (Leicestershire, six-week loan from 20 June) | |
Toby Pettman (Kent, loan from 26-29 June) | |
Joey Evison (Kent, loan for One-Day Cup) | |
Sol Budinger (Leicestershire, loan from 12 September then permanent at the end of the season) | |
Other news: Haseeb Hameed succeeded the retired Trego as One-Day Cup captain. Christian captained the T20 Blast side after Stephen Mullaney filled in for him last season.
SOMERSET
Overseas players: Marchant de Lange (South Africa), Matt Renshaw (Australia, until end of August), Peter Siddle (Australia, until end of August), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa, for T20), Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan, from 5 September), Sajid Khan (Pakistan, from 5 September) |
In | Out |
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Peter Siddle (Essex) | Ed Byrom (Glamorgan) |
Amar Virdi (Surrey, loan from 11-14 July) | Sam Young, external (REL) |
Andrew Umeed (ex-Warwickshire) | George Drissell, external (Durham) |
Alfie Ogborne, external (YTH) | Azhar Ali (Worcestershire) |
Josh Thomas, external (YTH) | Jack Brooks (Sussex, loan from 11-30 June for County Championship) |
Jack Harding, external (YTH) | James Hildreth (RET on 16 August) |
George Scott (Gloucestershire, loan from 19-23 August) | |
Other news: Championship captain Tom Abell replaced Lewis Gregory as T20 captain, while Ben Green skippered the One-Day Cup side. Head of talent pathway Steve Snell left to rejoin Gloucestershire as performance director. Jim Troughton, who held a role as batting consultant in 2021, took up a coaching role with Surrey.
SURREY
Overseas players: Kemar Roach (West Indies, until 16 April and from 19 July, for Championship), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand, 26 April-16 May), Sunil Narine (West Indies, for T20), Kieron Pollard (West Indies, 31 May-19 June, for T20), Aaron Hardie (Australia, 28 June-14 July) |
In | Out |
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Cameron Steel (Durham) | Mark Stoneman (Middlesex) |
Dan Worrall (Gloucestershire, UKP) | Rikki Clarke (RET) |
Chris Jordan (Sussex) | Liam Plunkett (REL) |
Jade Dernbach (REL) | |
Tom Lawes, external (YTH) | Gareth Batty (RET, becomes interim head coach) |
Colin de Grandhomme (Hampshire) | Tim David (Lancashire) |
Josh Blake, external (YTH) | Amar Virdi (Somerset, loan from 11-14 July) |
Yousef Majid, external (YTH) | Conor McKerr (Kent, loan from 16 September) |
Sheridon Gumbs, external (YTH, for One-Day Cup) | |
Tim Lloyd, external (YTH, for One-Day Cup) | |
Other news: Head coach Vikram Solanki left for a role in the IPL, while assistant coach Richard Johnson returned to Middlesex. Gareth Batty became interim head coach for the season after retiring from playing, assisted by Azhar Mahmood (until the end of July) ,Yasir Arafat (as a bowling consultant in the One-Day Cup) and Jim Troughton. Jordan rejoined the county as T20 captain, replacing Batty.
SUSSEX
Overseas players: Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan, until end of May), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan, for T20), Cheteshwar Pujara (India, until early September), Josh Philippe (Australia, from mid-June), Tim Seifert (New Zealand, mostly for T20), Obed McCoy (West Indies, for T20, 3-10 June), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan, from 11 September) |
In | Out |
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Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Derbyshire) | Mitch Claydon (RET) |
Steven Finn (Middlesex) | Stuart Meaker (RET) |
Tom Alsop (Hampshire, loan from start of season then permanent from 7 June) | Chris Jordan (Surrey) |
George Burrows (Lancashire, short-term contract) | Phil Salt (Lancashire) |
Grant Stewart (Kent, loan from 21-24 April) | Aaron Thomason (REL) |
Mason Crane (Hampshire, loan from 27 April-26 May) | Ben Brown (Hampshire) |
Aaron Beard (Essex, loan from 27 April-22 May) | Will Beer (REL, 3 July) |
Charlie Tear, external (YTH) | |
Jack Brooks (Somerset, loan from 11-30 June for County Championship) | |
Aristides Karvelas, external (ex-MCC Young Cricketers) | |
Brad Currie, external (Dorset, month's trial from mid-July) | |
Other news: One-Day Cup captain Tom Haines also became County Championship skipper after original choice Travis Head withdrew from his overseas contract, while Ravi Bopara succeeded Luke Wright as T20 skipper. Michael Yardy rejoined Sussex from Kent as academy director, while Jason Swift was replaced as batting coach by Grant Flower.
WARWICKSHIRE
Overseas players: Nathan McAndrew (Australia, for County Championship), Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies, for T20), Paul Stirling (Ireland, for T20), Krunal Pandya (India, for One-Day Cup until 17 August), Mohammed Siraj (India, from 12 September), Jayant Yadav (India, from 12 September) |
In | Out |
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Alex Davies (Lancashire) | Alex Thomson (Derbyshire) |
Paul Stirling (Middlesex) | Ed Pollock (Worcestershire) |
Che Simmons, external (UKP) | Vikai Kelley, external (Leicestershire) |
Brad Wheal (Hampshire, loan from 24-29 July) | Tim Bresnan (RET) |
Amir Khan, external (YTH) | Ryan Sidebottom (Derbyshire, loan from 6 April-31 May) |
Hamza Shaikh, external (YTH) | Jacob Bethell (Gloucestershire, loan 12-15 May) |
George Maddy, external (YTH, for One-Day Cup) | Pieter Malan (Middlesex) |
Kai Smith, external (YTH) | Chris Benjamin (Durham, loan from 20 September until end of season) |
Other news: Carlos Brathwaite took over from Will Rhodes as T20 captain. Bowling coach Graeme Welch left at the end of 2021 to take up a similar role with Hampshire, external and was replaced by Matt Mason, while former England batter Jonathan Trott returned as batting coach before taking over as Afghanistan head coach.
WORCESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Azhar Ali (Pakistan, for County Championship & One-Day Cup), Colin Munro (New Zealand, for T20), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, for T20), Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan, for County Championship from 10 July) |
In | Out |
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Ed Pollock (Warwickshire) | Ross Whiteley (Hampshire) |
Ben Gibbon (Cheshire) | Alex Milton (REL) |
Taylor Cornall (Lancashire) | Daryl Mitchell, external (RET) |
Azhar Ali (Somerset) | Zain-ul-Hassan (REL) |
Matthew Waite (Yorkshire, loans 19 May-1 June & from 16 September, then permanent move from end of season) | |
Kashif Ali, external (Bedfordshire) | |
Henry Cullen, external (YTH) | |
Olly Davidson, external (YTH, for One-Day Cup) | |
Reece Evitts, external (YTH, for One-Day Cup) | |
Other news: Brett D'Oliveira replaced Joe Leach as captain.
YORKSHIRE
Overseas players: Haris Rauf (Pakistan, until 31 May), Shadab Khan (Pakistan, for T20), Finn Allen (New Zealand, for second half of T20 group stage), Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka, 21 April-8 May), Dominic Drakes (West Indies, 3 June-16 July), Shannon Gabriel (West Indies, 11-28 July, for Championship) |
In | Out |
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Finlay Bean, external (ex-Yorkshire) | Ben Birkhead (REL) |
Ben Cliff, external (YTH) | |
Harry Sullivan, external (YTH) | Sam Wisniewski (REL) |
Matthew Waite (Worcestershire, loans 19 May-1 June & from 16 September, then permanent move from end of season) | |
Other news: Yorkshire sacked 16 members of staff after a report found former player Azeem Rafiq was a victim of "racial harassment and bullying". Among those who departed were director of cricket Martyn Moxon, head coach Andrew Gale and his entire coaching team.
Former West Indies all-rounder Ottis Gibson took over as head coach, reporting to former Yorkshire captain Darren Gough, who was appointed interim managing director of cricket until the end of the 2022 season. Alistair Maiden and Tom Smith arrived from Leicestershire as assistant and second XI coach respectively, while former England seamer Kabir Ali took an assistant coach role.
Steven Patterson stood down as captain on 28 July, and Jonny Tattersall took up the role until the end of the season, also taking the One-Day Cup captaincy from Dom Bess. Meanwhile, overseas signing Duanne Olivier was in a contract dispute, external with Yorkshire and did not join up with the squad.