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County cricket: Keep up to speed with the ins and outs ahead of 2016

Kent sign Latham and Rabada; Afridi, Sammy head to Hampshire

Mahela Jayawardene

DERBYSHIRE

Ins: Tom Milnes (Warwickshire), Andy Carter (Nottinghamshire), Neil Broom

Outs: Mark Footitt (Surrey), Jonathan Clare (released)

Overseas players 2016: Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand), James Neesham (New Zealand - T20 Blast)

DURHAM

Ins: None

Outs: None

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Overseas players 2016: John Hastings (Australia)

ESSEX

Ins: Ashar Zaidi (Sussex), Matt Quinn, Matt Dixon

Outs: Reece Topley (Hampshire), Mark Pettini (Leicestershire), Monty Panesar (Northamptonshire), Greg Smith, Matt Salisbury, Saf Imtiaz (all released)

Overseas players 2016: Jesse Ryder (New Zealand), Wahab Riaz (Pakistan - T20 Blast, May-June), Adam Milne (New Zealand - T20 Blast, July)

Wahab Riaz, Pakistan
Image: Wahab Riaz will play for Essex in the T20 Blast

GLAMORGAN

Ins: Craig Meschede (Somerset), Harry Podmore (Middlesex - on loan until May 25), Timm van der Gugten, Nick Selman

Outs: Ben Wright (retired)

Overseas players 2016: Jacques Rudolph (South Africa), Shaun Tait (Australia - T20 Blast, July)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ins: Chris Liddle (Sussex), Josh Shaw (Yorkshire - season-long loan)

Outs: Geraint Jones (retired), James Fuller (Middlesex), Cameron Herring, Robbie Montgomery (both released)

Overseas players 2016: Cameron Bancroft (Australia - April-May), Michael Klinger (Australia - May-September), Andrew Tye (Australia - T20 Blast)

HAMPSHIRE

Ins: Reece Topley (Essex)

Outs: Danny Briggs (Sussex), Yasir Arafat (Somerset - season-long loan), Joe Gatting, Basil Akram, Tom Barber, Sean Terry (all released)

Overseas players 2016: Ryan McLaren (South Africa), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan - T20 Blast), Darren Sammy (West Indies - T20 Blast, June)

Shahid Afridi
Image: Boom Boom is headed to The Ageas Bowl!

KENT

Ins: Adam Rouse

Outs: Ryan Davies (Somerset), Ben Harmison (released)

Overseas players 2016: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa - June-July)

LANCASHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Paul Horton (Leicestershire), Ashwell Prince (retired)

Overseas players 2016: Neil Wagner (New Zealand)

LEICESTERSHIRE

Ins: Paul Horton (Lancashire), Neil Dexter (Middlesex), Mark Pettini (Essex), Kevin O'Brien (limited-overs only)

Outs: Dan Redfern (Shropshire), Alex Wyatt, Neil Pinner, Andrea Agathangelou (all released)

Overseas players 2016: Clint McKay (Australia), Umar Akmal (Pakistan - T20 Blast, May-June), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa - T20 Blast, July)

Brendon McCullum of New Zealand plays a shot during day one of the first Test
Image: Brendon McCullum will play limited-overs cricket for Middlesex in 2016

MIDDLESEX

Ins: James Fuller (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Neil Dexter (Leicestershire), Harry Podmore (Glamorgan - on loan until May 25), Gurjit Sandhu (released)

Overseas players 2016: Adam Voges (Australia - April-June, August-September), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand - May-June, limited-overs only), Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand - May-September)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Ins: Monty Panesar (Essex), Jake Libby (Nottinghamshire - one-month loan)

Outs: David Willey (Yorkshire), Kyle Coetzer, Maurice Chambers (both released)

Overseas players 2016: Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa), Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka - T20 Blast)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Andy Carter (Derbyshire), Jake Libby (Northamptonshire - one-month loan), Paul Franks, Gary Keedy (both retired)

Overseas players 2016: Jackson Bird (Australia - April-July), Dan Christian (Australia - T20 Blast, One-Day Cup)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 27:  Chris Gayle of West Indies celebrates taking the wicket of FHashim Amla of South Africa during the 2015 ICC Cricket World
Image: Chris Gayle will return to Somerset for six T20 Blast games in 2016

SOMERSET

Ins: Ryan Davies (Kent), Yasir Arafat (Hampshire - season-long loan), Roelof van der Merwe, Michael Leask

Outs: Craig Meschede (Glamorgan), Alfonso Thomas, George Dockrell, Adam Dibble, James Regan, Michael Bates, Tom Cooper (all released)

Overseas players 2016: Chris Rogers (Australia), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka - T20 Blast), Chris Gayle (West Indies - T20 Blast, June)

SURREY

Ins: Mark Footitt (Derbyshire), Ravi Rampaul, Matthew Pillans, Conor McKerr

Outs: Vikram Solanki, Tim Linley, David Balcombe (all retired)

Overseas players 2016: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Aaron Finch (Australia - June-July), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies - T20 Blast, June), Chris Morris (South Africa - T20 Blast, July)

SUSSEX

Ins: Danny Briggs (Hampshire)

Outs: Chris Liddle (Gloucestershire), Ashar Zaidi (Essex), Michael Yardy, Steffan Piolet, James Anyon (all retired)

Overseas players 2016: Ross Taylor (New Zealand - April-July), Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh - T20 Blast)

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15:  Ross Taylor of New Zealand celebrates after reaching his double century during day three of the second Test match between
Image: Ross Taylor will play for Sussex in the early part of 2016

WARWICKSHIRE

Ins: Alex Mellor (Staffordshire)

Outs: Tom Milnes (Derbyshire), Tom Lewis, Pete McKay (both released)

Overseas players 2016: Jeetan Patel (New Zealand), Luke Ronchi (New Zealand - T20 Blast)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Alex Gidman (retired), Gareth Andrew, Shaaiq Choudhry, Richard Oliver (all released)

Overseas players 2016: Matt Henry (New Zealand - April-June), Kyle Abbott (South Africa - June-September), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - T20 Blast)

YORKSHIRE

Ins: David Willey (Northamptonshire)

Outs: Richard Pyrah (retired), Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire - season-long loan), Moin Ashraf, Dan Hodgson, Jonny Tattersall (all released),

Overseas players 2016: Kane Williamson (New Zealand - June-July), Travis Head (Australia - July-September)

Travis Head
Image: Travis Head wil play for Yorkshire in the second half of the season

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