County cricket ins and outs 2026: Signings, transfers, squad updates

Find out the latest movements on the men's county circuit ahead of the 2026 County Championship, T20 Blast and One-Day Cup

Derbyshire

Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia)

Players in: Matthew Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)

Players out: David Lloyd (retired), Alex Thomson (released)

Durham

Overseas players: 

Players in: Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)

Players out: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)

Essex

Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)

Players in: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)

Players out: Nick Browne (retired), Jamal Richards (released), Adam Rossington (released)

Glamorgan

Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa)

Players in: Sean Dickson (Somerset)

Players out: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (released)

Gloucestershire

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Gabe Bell (Australia, first six County Championship games), D'Arcy Short (Australia, T20 Blast)

Players in: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)

Players out: Archie Bailey (Durham), Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire), Dom Goodman (Sussex), Zaman Akhter (Essex), Tom Price (Sussex), Josh Shaw (Somerset), Chris Dent (retired), Tom Smith (retired)

Hampshire

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa)

Players in: 

Players out: Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Joseph Eckland, (released), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire)

Kent

Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)

Players in: Matt Milnes (Yorkshire), Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)

Players out: Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire), George Garrett (retired), Marcus O'Riordan (released), Mohammed Rizvi (released), Jack Leaning (Sussex)

Lancashire

Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia)

Players in: Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)

Players out: Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden (released)

Leicestershire

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Keshav Maharaj (South Africa, first County Championship block and T20 Blast)

Players in: Ben Green (Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire), Josh Davey (Somerset)

Players out: Chris Wright (retired), Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury (released), Roman Walker (released)

Middlesex

Overseas players: 

Players in: 

Players out: Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)

Northamptonshire

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Harry Conway (Australia), Nathan McSweeney (Australia)

Players in: Louis Kimber (Leicestershire), Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)

Players out: Freddie Heldreich (released)

Nottinghamshire

Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa, County Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia, until June)

Players in: Benny Howell (Hampshire)

Players out: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Sammy King (released), Dane Schadendorf (released), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)

Somerset

Overseas players: Riley Meredith (Australia, T20 Blast), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)

Players in: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

Players out: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey (Leicestershire), Ben Green (Leicestershire), Andy Umeed (released)

Surrey

Overseas players: 

Players in: 

Players out: 

Sussex

Overseas players: Jaydev Unadkat (India, final eight County Championship rounds)

Players in: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman (Gloucestershire), Tom Price (Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent)

Players out: Bertie Foreman (released), Ari Karvelas (released), Archie Lenham (released), Zach Lion-Cachet (released), Henry Rogers (released)

Warwickshire

Overseas players: Beau Webster (Australia, until end of June)

Players in: Jordan Thompson (Yorkshire), Nathan Gilchrist (Kent), Keith Barker (Hampshire)

Players out: Moeen Ali (retired), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire), Chris Rushworth (retired)

Worcestershire

Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan, T20 Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, T20 Blast)

Players in:

Players out: Tom Hinley (released), Yadvinder Singh (released)

Yorkshire

Overseas players: 

Players in: 

Players out: Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire), Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire), Matt Milnes (Kent), Dawid Malan (Gloucestershire)

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*updated December 2, 2025*