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
Derbyshire
2025 overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan)
Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia)
In: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)
Out: David Lloyd (RET), Alex Thomson (REL)
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)
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)
In: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)
Out: Nick Browne (RET), Jamal Richards (REL), Adam Rossington (REL)
Glamorgan
2025 overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Hayden Kerr (Australia), Matt Kuhnemann (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan)
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)
In: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire)
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.
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)
In: None
Out: Keith Barker (Warwickshire)
Other news: Head coach Adrian Birrell has stepped down.
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)
Other news: Kent have appointed Jaahid Ali and Sam Faulkner as assistant coaches for bowling and batting 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: Marcus Harris (Australia)
In: Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)
Out: Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden, external (REL)
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)
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: None
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)
Out: Freddie Heldreich (REL)
Nottinghamshire
2025 overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa), Fergus O'Neill (Australia), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Moises Henriques (Australia), Ishan Kishan (India)
In: None
Out: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Sammy King, external (REL), Dane Schadendorf, external (REL)
Somerset
2025 overseas players: Riley Meredith (Australia), Matt Henry (New Zealand), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
In: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)
Out: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey (Leicestershire), Ben Green (Leicestershire), Andy Umeed, external (REL)
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
Sussex
2025 overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Jaydev Unadkat (India), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia)
In: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman (Gloucestershire), Tom Price (Gloucestershire)
Out: None
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)
Other news: Graeme Welch has re-joined the club to replace Stuart Barnes as bowling coach.
Worcestershire
2025 overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand), Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan)
In: None
Out: Tom Hinley (REL), Yadvinder Singh (REL)
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: None
Out: Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire), Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire), Matt Milnes (Kent)
