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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

Friday 23 January 2026 12:29, UK

Wiaan Mulder, South Africa, Test cricket
Image: South Africa all-rounder Wiaan Mulder will play for Essex between April and June

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), Mohammad 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)

Outs: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)

Overseas players:

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Kasey Aldridge, county cricket (PA Images)
Image: Kasey Aldridge has joined Durham from Somerset

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)

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 contract)

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)

Australia's Michael Neser, The Ashes, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: Australia's Michael Neser, who took a five-wicket haul in the second Ashes Test against England, has re-joined Hampshire for the first six County Championship matches of the 2026 season

HAMPSHIRE

Ins: Jake Lehmann

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

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Michael Neser (Australia - first six County Championship matches)

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)

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)

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), Keshav Maharaj (South Africa - first four months of the season), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)

MIDDLESEX

Ins:

Outs: Stephen Eskinazi (Leicestershire)

Overseas players:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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

Outs: Freddie Heldreich (released)

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa), Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - second half of the season), Harry Conway (Australia - first two months of the season)

Australia's Nathan McSweeney, Test cricket (Associated Press)
Image: Australia batter Nathan McSweeney will play county cricket for Northamptonshire in 2026
Calvin Harrison, county cricket (PA Images)
Image: Leg-spinner Calvin Harrison has joined Northamptonshire on a permanent basis from Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ins: Benny Howell (Hampshire - 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)

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
Australian seam bowler Fergus O'Neill has agreed to rejoin Nottinghamshire as an overseas player for part of the next two seasons
Image: Australian seam bowler Fergus O'Neill has agreed to rejoin Nottinghamshire as an overseas player for part of the next two seasons

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)

Migael Pretorius, Somerset, Vitality Blast cricket (Getty Images)
Image: South Africa all-rounder Migael Pretorius has rejoined Somerset for the entirety of the 2026 county season
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:

Outs:

Overseas players:

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)

WARWICKSHIRE

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

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

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

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

WORCESTERSHIRE

Ins:

Outs: Tom Hinley, Yadvinder Singh (both released)

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

Sam Whiteman, Australia, Sheffield Shield cricket (Getty Images)
Image: Yorkshire have signed Sam Whiteman on a three-year deal with the Australian playing under a UK passport
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: Andrew Tye (Vitality Blast), 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), 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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