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), Mohammed Abbas (Pakistan), Sufyan Moqim (Pakistan, first half of T20 Blast), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan, second half of T20 Blast)

Players in: Matthew Montgomery (Nottinghamshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)

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

Durham

Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa, all formats), Kemar Roach (West Indies, first half of County Championship)

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

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

Essex

Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Wiaan Mulder (South Africa, all formats April-June)

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), Nathan McAndrew (Australia, T20 Blast and two County Champions matches)

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), Liam Scott (Australia, June)

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), Michael Neser** (Australia, first six County Championship matches), Hilton Cartwright (Australia, T20 Blast), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa, T20 Blast), Jayden Seales (West Indies, first six County Championship matches)

Players in: Jake Lehmann 

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

Kent

Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa), Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa, T20- Blast, eight County Championship matches), Glenton Stuurman (South Africa, six County Championship matches), Tom Rogers (Australia, T20 Blast)

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: Chris Green (Australia, T20), Marcus Harris (Australia), Mitch Perry (Australia, first six County Championship matches), Ben McDermott (Australia, T20 Blast)

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), Ashton Turner (Australia, T20 Blast), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand, all formats)

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

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Players out: Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)

Northamptonshire

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Harry Conway (Australia), Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Chris Lynn (Australia, T20 Blast)

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), George Linde (South Africa, T20 Blast), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan, last two months of season), Peter Siddle (Australia, T20 Blast)

Players in: Benny Howell (Hampshire), George Munsey (T20 Blast)

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), Daniel Sams (Australia, T20 Blast)

Players in: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

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

Surrey

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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)**, Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, County Championship), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe, T20 Blast)

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

Yorkshire

Overseas players: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan, T20 Blast), Logan van Beek (Netherlands, first eight County Championship matches and first half of T20 Blast), Jhye Richardson (Australia, first six County Championship matches), Will Sutherland (Australia, T20 Blast, two County Championship matches)

Players in: Sam Whiteman, Andrew Tye (T20 Blast), Moeen Ali (T20 Blast)

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

** withdrawn

*updated March 8, 2026*