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County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2026 season

See which players have signed for your county for 2026, which players have moved on, and the overseas cricketers who will feature on the domestic scene across England and Wales next summer

Thursday 5 March 2026 11:15, UK

West Indies' Jayden Seales, ODI cricket (Associated Press)
Image: West Indies seamer Jayden Seales has replaced Michael Neser as an overseas player at Hampshire after the latter was pulled out of a deal by Cricket Australia

Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2026 season.

DERBYSHIRE

Ins: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)

Outs: David Lloyd (retired), Alex Thomson (released)

Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Sufiyan Muqeem (Pakistan - first six Vitality Blast matches), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan - second half of Vitality Blast)

Shoaib Bashir, England cricket training, The Ashes (PA Images)
Image: England spinner Shoaib Bashir will join Derbyshire after leaving Somerset
Pakistan's Mohammad Abbas, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: Experienced Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas has signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire and will now play for his fourth English county after previous spells with Hampshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire

DURHAM

Ins: Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire), Shafiqullah Ghafar

Outs: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire), Bas de Leede (released in order to prioritise international commitments with Netherlands)

Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Kemar Roach (West Indies - County Championship, April to mid-June)

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West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has joined Durham for County Championship cricket from April to mid-June

ESSEX

Ins: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)

Outs: Nick Browne (retired), Adam Rossington, Jamal Richards (both released)

Overseas players: Wiaan Mulder (South Africa - County Championship and Vitality Blast, April to June), Simon Harmer (South Africa)

GLAMORGAN

Ins: Sean Dickson (Somerset)

Outs: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (released)

Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Nathan McAndrew (Australia - whole of Vitality Blast, plus two County Championship matches in June)

Gabe Bell, Tasmania, Sheffield Shield cricket (Getty Images)
Image: Australian seam bowler Gabe Bell has joined Gloucestershire for the first six games of the 2026 County Championship season

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ins: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire - Vitality Blast only)

Outs: Archie Bailey (Durham), Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire), Zaman Akhter (Essex), Dom Goodman, Tom Price (both Sussex), Josh Shaw (Somerset)

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Gabe Bell (Australia - first six County Championship matches), D'Arcy Short (Australia - Vitality Blast), Liam Scott (Australia - Vitality Blast and two County Championship matches in June)

HAMPSHIRE

Ins: Jake Lehmann

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

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Jayden Seales (West Indies - first six County Championship matches), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa - Vitality Blast), Hilton Cartwright (Australia - Vitality Blast)

South Africa's Senuran Muthusamy celebrates his maiden hundred in Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: South Africa's spin-bowling all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy will play for Kent in 2026

KENT

Ins: Matt Milnes (Yorkshire), Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)

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

Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa), Glenton Stuurman (South Africa - County Championship, until May 18), Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa - County Championship and Vitality Blast, from May 22), Tom Rogers (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Jack Leaning, county cricket (Getty Images)
Image: Jack Leaning has left Kent to join Sussex on a three-year deal

LANCASHIRE

Ins: Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)

Outs: Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden (released)

Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia), Mitch Perry (Australia - County Championship, April and May), Chris Green (Australia - Vitality Blast), Ben McDermott (Australia - Vitality Blast)

LEICESTERSHIRE

Ins: Ben Green, Josh Davey (both Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire)

Outs: Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury, Roman Walker (both released), Chris Wright, Harry Swindells (both retired)

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Keshav Maharaj, South Africa, ODI cricket (Associated Press)
Image: South Africa spin bowler Keshav Maharaj will not play for Leicestershire as originally planned, with New Zealand's Ajaz Patel replacing him

MIDDLESEX

Ins:

Outs: Stephen Eskinazi (Leicestershire)

Overseas players:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Ins: Louis Kimber (Leicestershire), Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: Freddie Heldreich (released)

Overseas players: Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Harry Conway (Australia - first two months of the season), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - second half of the season), Chris Lynn (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Australia's Nathan McSweeney, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: Australia batter Nathan McSweeney will play county cricket for Northamptonshire in 2026

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ins: Benny Howell (Hampshire - Vitality Blast contract), George Munsey (Vitality Blast contract)

Outs: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire), Sammy King, Dane Schadendorf (both released)

Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa - County Championship only), Fergus O'Neill (Australia - April-June), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan - August-September), George Linde (South Africa - Vitality Blast), Peter Siddle (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Benny Howell, Hampshire, Vitality Blast cricket (PA Images)
Image: Benny Howell has left Hampshire to join Nottinghamshire but will only play in the Vitality Blast

SOMERSET

Ins: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey, Ben Green (both Leicestershire), Andy Umeed (released)

Overseas players: Migael Pretorius (South Africa), Riley Meredith (Australia - Vitality Blast), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Riley Meredith, Somerset, Vitality Blast, T20 cricket (Getty Images)
Image: Australia seamer Riley Meredith will return to Somerset for the 2026 Vitality Blast

SURREY

Ins: TBC

Outs: TBC

Overseas players: TBC

SUSSEX

Ins: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman, Tom Price (both Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent)

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

Overseas players: Jaydev Unadkat (India - June-September)

Australia's Beau Webster, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: Australia all-rounder Beau Webster will play for Warwickshire in the first half of the 2026 county season

WARWICKSHIRE

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

Outs: Moeen Ali (Yorkshire), Chris Rushworth (retired), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire)

Overseas players: Beau Webster (Australia - for first half of the season)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Tom Hinley, Yadvinder Singh (both released)

Overseas players: Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa - County Championship), Usama Mir (Pakistan - Vitality Blast), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe - Vitality Blast)

Andrew 'AJ' Tye bowls for Perth Scorchers in the Men's Big Bash League in 2021 (Associated Press)
Image: Australian seam bowler Andrew 'AJ' Tye has joined Yorkshire for the Vitality Blast

YORKSHIRE

Ins: Moeen Ali (Vitality Blast only), Andrew Tye (Vitality Blast only), Sam Whiteman

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

Overseas players: Logan van Beek (Netherlands - first eight County Championship matches and Vitality Blast), Jhye Richardson (Australia - first block of County Championship matches), Will Sutherland (Australia - Vitality Blast and two County Championship matches in June), Naveen Ul-Haq (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)

Dawid Malan, Yorkshire, County Championship (SWPix)
Image: Former England batter Dawid Malan has joined Gloucestershire on a two-year T20 contract after leaving Yorkshire by mutual consent

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