County ins and outs 2024
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Here are details of all the county signings and departures from the 2024 season.
Guide to abbreviations | |
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REL: Released | RET: Retired |
YTH: From youth teams | UKP: Born overseas, but has UK passport |
Also shows, where relevant, players' previous counties | |
Counties have been permitted to field two overseas players in all competitions since 2021.
Players who moved counties or retired during the 2023 season are included on the 2023 list. A list of players who were unavailable for the One-Day Cup as they had 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: Blair Tickner (New Zealand, until 1 June), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan, final six T20 group games), Daryn Dupavillon (South Africa, from May), Cam Fletcher (New Zealand, from 7 June for T20) |
In | Out |
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David Lloyd (Glamorgan) | Leus du Plooy (Middlesex) |
Pat Brown (Worcestershire) | George Scrimshaw (Northamptonshire) |
Aneurin Donald (Hampshire) | Billy Godleman (REL) |
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) | Mark Watt (REL) |
Ross Whiteley (Hampshire) | Tom Wood (REL) |
Jack Morley (Lancashire, loan until 23 May and from 22 August) | Archie Harrison (REL) |
Cam Fletcher (Glamorgan) | Mattie McKiernan (RET) |
Martin Andersson (Middlesex, loan from 8 September then permanent move) | |
Other news: New signings Lloyd and Patel replace Du Plooy as Championship and T20 captains, with Patel replacing Brooke Guest as One-Day Cup skipper. Ben Smith has been appointed batting coach, replacing Ian Bell who had held role in a consultancy capacity for the last two seasons.
DURHAM
Overseas players 2024: David Bedingham, external (South Africa), Scott Boland (Australia, 12-15 April), Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20), Peter Siddle (Australia, for County Championship, 26 April-3 July), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, for T20), Neil Wagner (New Zealand, 28 July to end of August), Chemar Holder (West Indies, from 7 September) |
In | Out |
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Colin Ackermann (Leicestershire) | Liam Trevaskis (Leicestershire) |
Callum Parkinson (Leicestershire) | Harry Crawshaw, external (REL) |
Daniel Hogg, external (YTH) | Luke Doneathy, external (REL) |
Peter Siddle (Somerset) | Ross Whitfield, external (REL) |
Haydon Mustard, external (YTH) | Tom Mackintosh, external (RET) |
Neil Wagner (Somerset) | Migael Pretorius (Somerset) |
James Minto, external (YTH) | |
Emilio Gay (Northamptonshire, loan from 16 September then permanent move for 2025) | |
Other news: Graham Onions has rejoined the club from Lancashire, taking the role of lead bowling coach.
ESSEX
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia, for T20), Eathan Bosch (South Africa, 23 June-1 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Jordan Cox (Kent) | Dan Lawrence (Surrey) |
Dean Elgar (ex-South Africa, as a non-overseas player on unspecified terms) | Will Buttleman, external (REL) |
Harry Duke, external (Yorkshire, loan from 26 April-6 May) | Eshun Kalley, external (REL) |
Simon Fernandes (YTH) | Josh Rymell, external (REL) |
Aron Nijjar, external (REL) | |
Alastair Cook (RET) | |
Beau Webster (Gloucestershire) | |
Ben Allison (Worcestershire, loan from 23 June-3 July) | |
Feroze Khushi (Kent, loan from 30 June-12 July) | |
Other news: Chief executive John Stephenson will leave at the end of the season and take up a similar position with Western Australia, with head coach Anthony McGrath becoming director of cricket., external
GLAMORGAN
Overseas players: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia, until late July), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Mir Hamza (Pakistan, until 27 May), Fraser Sheat (New Zealand, 22 August-12 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Henry Hurle (YTH) | David Lloyd (Derbyshire) |
Asa Tribe (YTH) | Andrew Salter (RET) |
Mason Crane (Hampshire, season-long loan then permanent from 15 July) | Callum Taylor (REL) |
Craig Miles (Warwickshire, loan from 5-22 April) | Michael Neser (Hampshire) |
Brad Wheal (Hampshire, game-by-game loan from 19 April) | Cam Fletcher (Derbyshire) |
Ned Leonard (Somerset, loan from 22 August for County Championship) | |
Other news: The departing Lloyd has been replaced by Sam Northeast as County Championship captain, with One-Day Cup skipper Kiran Carlson taking over the T20 side as well. Grant Bradburn has joined as head coach for all formats, replacing the split coaching roles of Matthew Maynard and Mark Alleyne. Former Northamptonshire player Toby Bailey joined as a coach until the T20 World Cup in June.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft, external (Australia), Zafar Gohar, external (Pakistan), Beau Webster (Australia, for T20 plus two Championship games in June), Curtis Campher (Ireland, 14 August) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Archie Bailey, external (YTH) | Tom Lace, external (REL) |
Tommy Boorman, external (YTH) | Will Naish, external (REL) |
Ahmed Syed, external (YTH) | |
Cameron Bancroft, external (Somerset) | Jared Warner, external (REL) |
Beau Webster (Essex) | Marcus Harris (Leicestershire) |
Ben Wells (RET on 1 June) | |
Others news: Head coach Dale Benkenstein and bowling coach Robbie Joseph have left for the same roles at Lancashire and Kent respectively - with ex-captain Mark Alleyne returning for a second spell as head coach. Assistant coach William Porterfield has followed Benkenstein to Lancashire. Jack Taylor has been appointed white ball captain, returning to the T20 leadership after stepping down mid-way through last season and replacing Graeme van Buuren in the One-Day Cup.
HAMPSHIRE
Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Michael Neser (Australia, mid-May to late June), Ben McDermott (Australia, for T20) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Ali Orr (Sussex) | Aneurin Donald (Derbyshire) |
Michael Neser (Glamorgan) | Jack Campbell (Sussex) |
Harry Petrie, external (REL) | |
Ross Whiteley (Derbyshire) | |
Scott Currie (Leicestershire, season-long loan) | |
Mason Crane (Glamorgan, season-long loan then permanent from 15 July) | |
Brad Wheal (Glamorgan, game-by-game loan from 19 April) | |
Ian Holland (Leicestershire, loan from 23 May then permanent move from 28 August) | |
Other news: Performance analyst Joe Maiden has become 2nd XI coach. Seamers Naveen ul-Haq of Afghanistan and Ottniel Baartman of South Africa both cancelled planned overseas stints.
KENT
Overseas players: Wes Agar (Australia, until 25 May), Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, 1 May to mid-August), Xavier Bartlett (Australia, for T20, 31 May-21 June), Charlie Stobo (Australia, 20 May-16 September), Tom Rogers (Australia, for T20 from 5 July); Akeem Jordan (West Indies, 22 August-20 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Matt Parkinson (Lancashire) | Jordan Cox (Essex) |
George Garrett, external (Warwickshire) | Alex Blake (REL) |
Michael Cohen (ex-Derbyshire) | James Logan (REL) |
Feroze Khushi (Essex, loan from 30 June-12 July) | Michael Hogan (RET) |
Ekansh Singh, external (YTH) | Ben Lister (Nottinghamshire) |
Alfie Ogborne (Somerset, loan from 22 August-1 September) | Yuzvendra Chahal (Northamptonshire) |
Other news: Director of cricket Paul Downton stepped down at the end of the 2023 season and was replaced by bowling coach Simon Cook,, external while batting coach Alex Gidman, external has left to become assistant coach of the England women's team. They have been replaced by Robbie Joseph, who joins from Gloucestershire, and Toby Radford respectively. Second XI coach Mark Dekker will lead the side during the One-Day Cup, while Matt Walker is away at The Hundred.
Club captain Sam Billings has stepped down, having already relinquished the Championship and One-Day Cup leadership in 2023, but will continue as T20 skipper. Daniel Bell-Drummond succeeds Jack Leaning as Championship captain with Leaning named as vice-captain, but will also skipper the One-Day Cup side in succession to Joe Denly.
LANCASHIRE
Overseas players: Nathan Lyon (Australia, seven of first nine Championship matches), Tom Bruce (New Zealand, until 30 July), Chris Green (Australia), George Dockrell (Ireland, for T20 from 17 July), Venkatesh Iyer (India, 2 August-1 September), Anderson Phillip (West Indies, from 8 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Mitchell Stanley (Worcestershire) | Matt Parkinson (Kent) |
Rocky Flintoff (YTH) | Danny Lamb (Sussex) |
Rob Jones (Worcestershire) | |
Ollie Sutton, external (YTH) | Richard Gleeson (Warwickshire) |
Jack Morley (Derbyshire, loan until 23 May and from 1 September) | |
Other news: Head coach Glen Chapple has departed and has been replaced by Dale Benkenstein, who leaves the same position at Gloucestershire. Bowling coach Graham Onions has also left to join Durham and has been replaced by Craig White,, external who moves from a position at women's regional side Thunder. Assistant coach Carl Crowe has been replaced by ex-Ireland captain William Porterfield, who has also left Gloucestershire, while former captain Steven Croft has joined the coaching staff but will remain available for T20 cricket as a player.
LEICESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Peter Handscomb (Australia), Marcus Harris (Australia, until 27 May), Ajinkya Rahane (India, from 22 July), Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand, for T20 as cover for Mulder in July), Paul Stirling (Ireland, for T20 as cover for Handscomb from 5 July) |
In | Out |
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Liam Trevaskis (Durham) | Colin Ackermann (Durham) |
Ben Cox (Worcestershire) | Callum Parkinson (Durham) |
Ben Mike (Yorkshire) | Ed Barnes (REL) |
Scott Currie (Hampshire, season-long loan) | Will Davis (REL) |
Sam Wood, external (YTH) | Arron Lilley (REL) |
Marcus Harris (Gloucestershire) | Scott Steel (REL) |
Ben Green (Somerset, loans from 19 April-6 May, 30 June-3 July, and from 20 August for County Championship) | Nick Welch (REL) |
Ian Holland (Hampshire, loan from 23 May then permanent move from 28 August) | Michael Finan (Northamptonshire) |
Lewis Goldsworthy (Somerset, loan for T20 Blast) | Roman Walker (Warwickshire, loan from 17 September) |
Paul Stirling (Warwickshire) | |
Alex Green (YTH) | |
Other news: Last season's interim head coaches Alfonso Thomas and James Taylor have been appointed as head and assistant coach respectively. Seamer Chris Wright's announced move to Sussex was cancelled for family reasons, while Australia batter Will Pucovski's overseas stint with Leicestershire was cancelled after he suffered a concussion. Peter Handscomb has been appointed T20 captain, external after leading the club for several games in the format last season.
MIDDLESEX
Overseas players: none |
In | Out |
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Leus du Plooy (Derbyshire) | Tim Murtagh (RET) |
Noah Cornwell, external (YTH) | John Simpson (Sussex) |
Henry Brookes (Warwickshire) | Martin Andersson (Derbyshire, loan from 8 September) |
Other news: Murtagh has become a coach following his retirement.
Future departures: Seamer Ethan Bamber and all-rounder Martin Andersson will join Warwickshire and Derbyshire respectively from next season.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Overseas players: Prithvi Shaw (India, from June), Chris Tremain (Australia, until 29 April), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe, for T20 until early July), Karun Nair (India, for first seven Championship games); Matthew Breetzke (South Africa, 3 May-late July) Siddarth Kaul (India, 8-28 May), Ashton Agar (Australia, 5-14 July, and for T20 quarter-finals), Yuzvendra Chahal (India, from 14 August) |
In | Out |
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George Scrimshaw (Derbyshire) | Tom Taylor (Worcestershire) |
George Bartlett (Somerset) | Gareth Berg (RET) |
Simon Kerrigan (RET) | |
Ravi Bopara (ex-Sussex, for T20) | Hassan Azad (REL) |
Michael Finan, external (Leicestershire, short-term contract) | Harry Gouldstone (REL) |
Yuzvendra Chahal (Kent) | Ollie Sale, external (RET) |
Dom Leech (Yorkshire, loan from 22 August then permanent move for 2025) | Josh Cobb (Worcestershire) |
Emilio Gay (Durham, loan from 16 September then permanent move for 2025) | |
Other news: Batting coach Ben Smith left the club at the end of October 2023 and was replaced by Greg Smith. Bowling coach Chris Liddle has also departed to take up a similar role with the England women's team, and has been succeeded by Rory Kleinveldt., external Head coach John Sadler left the club on 6 September, with Smith, Kleinveldt and Graeme White taking over for the remainder of the season.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Overseas players: Dane Paterson (South Africa, until early July), Will Young (New Zealand, 19 April-4 July), Ben Lister (New Zealand, for T20, 30 May-21 June), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan, for T20, 5-19 July), Kyle Verreynne (South Africa, from 29 August), Jacob Duffy (New Zealand, from 13 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Dillon Pennington (Worcestershire) | Samit Patel (Derbyshire) |
Josh Tongue (Worcestershire) | Jake Ball (Somerset) |
Jack Haynes (Worcestershire) | Matthew Carter (REL on 22 May) |
Freddie McCann, external (YTH) | Fateh Singh, external (Worcestershire, loan for One-Day Cup from 28 July) |
Ben Lister (Kent) | |
Farhan Ahmed (YTH) | |
Rob Lord (ex-Cheshire) | |
Other news: Steven Mullaney has stepped down as captain and has been replaced by Haseeb Hameed, who had already been leading the One-Day Cup team, in the Championship and Joe Clarke in the T20 Blast. Mullaney has taken up a player-coach role, will lead the second XI and remains available for first-team selection when required.
SOMERSET
Overseas players: Matt Renshaw (Australia, until 27 May), Migael Pretorius (South Africa, 12 April-4 July), Riley Meredith (Australia, 31 May-September), Brett Randell (New Zealand, from 9 September for Championship) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire) | George Bartlett (Northamptonshire) |
Migael Pretorius (Durham) | Steven Davies (RET) |
Archie Vaughan (YTH) | Jack Brooks (REL) |
Joe Heywood, external (YTH) | Cameron Bancroft, external (Gloucestershire) |
Charlie Cassell (Scotland, 31 July-16 August) | Ben Green (Leicestershire, loans from 19 April-6 May, 30 June-3 July, and from 20 August for County Championship) |
Peter Siddle (Durham) | |
Lewis Goldsworthy (Leicestershire, loan for T20 Blast) | |
Shoaib Bashir (Worcestershire, loan from 7-26 June) | |
Neil Wagner (Durham) | |
Ned Leonard (Glamorgan, loan from 22 August for County Championship) | |
Alfie Ogborne (Kent, loan from 22 August-1 September) | |
Other news: T20 captain Lewis Gregory has replaced Tom Abell as County Championship captain, with Sean Dickson as One-Day Cup skipper. Steve Kirby has returned for a second spell as bowling coach, following a stint with Zimbabwe. Assistant coach Paul Tweddle will again lead the side for the One-Day Cup while head coach Jason Kerr is working in The Hundred. Australian all-rounder Will Sutherland has pulled out of an overseas stint after sustaining an injury.
SURREY
Overseas players: Kemar Roach (West Indies, first seven County Championship games), Sean Abbott (Australia, May-June), Spencer Johnson, external (Australia, for T20, 30 May-21 June), Sai Sudharsan (India, 30 June-3 July & 22 August-1 September), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh, 8-13 September) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Dan Lawrence (Essex) | Dan Moriarty (Yorkshire) |
Ollie Sykes, external (YTH) | Conor McKerr (Surrey, loan from 9-21 June) |
Adam Thomas (YTH) | Amar Virdi (Worcerstershire, loan from 30 June-3 July and from 29 August) |
Seb Stuart-Reckling (YTH) | |
Other news: Australia cancelled all-rounder Aaron Hardie's planned overseas stint. Assistant coach Azhar Mahmood left to take up a role with Pakistan.
SUSSEX
Overseas players: Jayden Seales (West Indies, until 8 June), Nathan McAndrew (Australia, 1 June-31 July), Cheteshwar Pujara (India, until 27 May), Daniel Hughes (Australia, 31 May-17 September), Jaydev Unadkat (India, from mid-August) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Danny Lamb (Lancashire) | George Garton (Warwickshire) |
John Simpson (Middlesex) | Ali Orr (Hampshire) |
Henry Rogers, external (YTH) | Jamie Atkins, external (RET) |
Jack Campbell (Hampshire) | |
Other news: Chief executive Rob Andrew left in October 2023 for a role at the ECB. New signing Simpson has been named County Championship captain for the first seven games, replacing Tom Haines. Tymal Mills will captain the T20 side, replacing the released Ravi Bopara.
WARWICKSHIRE
Overseas players: Hassan Ali (Pakistan, until end of July), Aamir Jamal (Pakistan, 26 April-8 June), Michael Rae (New Zealand, 17-28 May then from 13 August), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand, for T20 in July) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
George Garton (Sussex) | Ethan Brookes (Worcestershire) |
Richard Gleeson (Lancashire) | George Garrett, external (Kent) |
Zen Malik, external (South Asian Cricket Academy) | Manraj Johal, external (REL) |
Roman Walker (Leicestershire, loan from 17 September) | Henry Brookes (Middlesex) |
Craig Miles (Glamorgan, loan from 5-22 April) | |
Paul Stirling (Leicestershire) | |
Liam Norwell, external (REL on 9 August) | |
Other news: Will Rhodes stepped down as captain during the winter, having led the county in the Championship and One-Day Cup. He was replaced by Alex Davies as Championship captain, with Ed Barnard leading in the One-Day Cup.
WORCESTERSHIRE
Overseas players: Nathan Smith (New Zealand, until 12 July), Jason Holder (West Indies, until 13 May), Hayden Walsh (West Indies, for T20), James Hartshorn (New Zealand, from 22 August), Logan van Beek (Netherlands, from 29 August) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Rob Jones (Lancashire) | Dillon Pennington (Nottinghamshire) |
Ethan Brookes (Warwickshire) | Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire) |
Tom Taylor (Northamptonshire) | Jack Haynes (Nottinghamshire) |
Yadvinder Singh (South Asian Cricket Academy) | Pat Brown (Derbyshire) |
Josh Cobb (Northamptonshire) | Ben Cox (Leicestershire) |
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset, loan from 7-26 June) | Mitchell Stanley (Lancashire) |
Ben Allison (Essex, loan from 23 June-3 July) | Taylor Cornall (REL) |
Amar Virdi (Surrey, loan from 30 June-3 July and from 29 August) | |
Jack Home (YTH) | |
Tom Hinley (ex-Sussex) | |
Hishaam Khan, external (South Asian Cricket Academy) | |
Tommy Sturgess, external (Berkshire) | |
Fateh Singh, external (Nottinghamshire, loan for One-Day Cup from 28 July) | |
Worcestershire announced on 2 May that spin bowler Josh Baker had died aged 20.
Other news: Pakistan spinner Usama Mir pulled out of his overseas stint after he was unable to acquire the right paperwork to complete the move.
YORKSHIRE
Overseas players: Shan Masood (Pakistan), Donovan Ferreira (South Africa, for T20), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, for County Championship, 24 May-3 July) |
In | Out |
|---|---|
Dan Moriarty (Surrey) | Will Fraine, external (REL) |
Conor McKerr (Surrey, loan from 9-21 June) | Jack Shutt, external (REL) |
Noah Kelly, external (YTH) | Ben Mike (Leicestershire) |
Harry Duke, external (Essex, loan from 26 April-6 May) | |
Dom Leech (Northamptonshire, loan from 22 August then permanent move for 2025) | |