Find out the latest movements on the men's county circuit ahead of the 2026 County Championship, T20 Blast and One-Day Cup
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)
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
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)
Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Nathan McAndrew (Australia, T20 Blast and two County Champions matches), Ryan Hadley (Australia, until May 18), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan, T20 Blast)
Players in: Sean Dickson (Somerset)
Players out: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (released), James Harris (retired)
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), Henry Brookes (Middlesex, five-match County Championship loan)
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)
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), Codi Yusuf (South Africa, first six County Championship games)
Players in: Jake Lehmann
Players out: Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Joseph Eckland (released), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire)
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)
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)
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), Jake Weatherald (Australia, six County Championship matches)
Players in: Ben Green (Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire), Josh Davey (Somerset), Yadvinder Singh
Players out: Chris Wright (retired), Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury (released), Roman Walker (released)
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Players out: Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)
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), Ravi Bopara (retired)
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)
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)
Overseas players: Sean Abbott (Australia, until July 18), Rahul Chahar (India, County Championship from June 7)
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Players out:
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)
Overseas players: Beau Webster (Australia, until end of July), Usman Tariq (Pakistan, T20 Blast)
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)
Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan, T20 Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, T20 Blast)**, Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, County Championship), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe, T20 Blast)
Players in: Olly Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire, six-match County Championship loan)
Players out: Tom Hinley (released), Yadvinder Singh (released)
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), Hassan Ali (Pakistan, T20 Blast and 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)
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*updated May 5, 2026*
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