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County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2027 season
See which players have signed for your county for 2027, which players have moved on, and the overseas cricketers who will feature on the domestic scene across England and Wales next summer
Thursday 29 October 2026 10:11, UK
Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2027 season.
DERBYSHIRE
Ins:
Outs: Anuj Dal (retired)
Overseas players: Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
DURHAM
Ins:
Outs: Nathan Sowter (Surrey), Scott Borthwick (retired), George Drissell (released)
Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa)
ESSEX
Ins: Laurie Evans (Surrey), George Bell (Lancashire)
Outs: Dean Elgar (retired), Robin Das (released)
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)
GLAMORGAN
Ins:
Outs: Colin Ingram, Billy Root, Chris Cooke (all retired), Ben Morris (released)
Overseas players:
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Ins: Henry Brookes (Middlesex), Tom Alsop (Sussex), Che Simmons (Warwickshire), James Hayes (Nottinghamshire)
Outs: Ben Charlesworth (Lancashire), Luke Charlesworth, Craig Miles (both retired), Ed Middleton, Ahmed Syed (both released)
Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia)
HAMPSHIRE
Ins: Rishi Patel (Leicestershire), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Sussex)
Outs: Ali Orr (Middlesex), Brad Wheal (retired), Dom Kelly (released)
Overseas players:
KENT
Ins:
Outs: Joey Evison (Sussex), Joe Denly (retired), Mikey Cohen (released)
Overseas players:
LANCASHIRE
Ins: Ben Charlesworth (Gloucestershire)
Outs: George Bell (Essex), James Anderson, Harry Singh, Kesh Fonseka (all released)
Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia), Chris Green (Australia - T20 Blast)
LEICESTERSHIRE
Ins: Hamza Sheikh (Warwickshire), Josh Blake (Surrey)
Outs: Ben Mike (Glamorgan), Rishi Patel (Hampshire), Lewis Hill (retired), Sam Wood, Liam Trevaskis, Ben Cox (all released)
Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia)
MIDDLESEX
Ins: Harry Duke (Yorkshire), Ali Orr (Hampshire)
Outs: Henry Brookes (Gloucestershire), Leus du Plooy (released in order to pursue South Africa career)
Overseas players:
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Ins:
Outs: Rob Keogh (retired), Aadi Sharma, Arush Buchake (both released)
Overseas players: Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Harry Conway (Australia)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ins: John Simpson (Sussex)
Outs: James Hayes (Gloucestershire), Travis Holland, Francis Moore (both released)
Overseas players: Fergus O'Neill (Australia, from April-June)
SOMERSET
Ins:
Outs: Kian Roberts (released)
Overseas players:
SURREY
Ins: Henry Crocombe (Sussex), Nathan Sowter (Durham)
Out: James Taylor (Yorkshire), Josh Blake (Leicestershire), Laurie Evans (Essex), Seb Stuart-Reckling (released)
Overseas players:
SUSSEX
Ins: Joey Evison (Kent)
Outs: Henry Crocombe (Surrey), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Hampshire), Tom Alsop (Gloucestershire), George Thomas (Worcestershire), John Simpson (Nottinghamshire), Brad Currie, Troy Henry, Nantes Oosthuizen, Harrison Ward (all released)
Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
WARWICKSHIRE
Ins:
Outs: Hamza Sheikh (Leicestershire), Che Simmons (Gloucestershire), Jake Lintott, Theo Wylie (both released)
Overseas players: Jake Weatherald (Australia)
WORCESTERSHIRE
Ins: George Thomas (Sussex), Sam Greer
Outs: Rob Jones (retired), Harry Darley (released)
Overseas players:
YORKSHIRE
Ins: James Taylor (Surrey))
Outs: Harry Duke (Middlesex), Jawad Akhtar, Noah Kelly, Dan Moriarty, Yash Vagadia, Alex Wade (all released)
Overseas players:
