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County ins and outs - all the signings for the 2020 season

Hashim Amla
Image: Hashim Amla has signed a Kolpak deal with Surrey

Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2020 season.

DERBYSHIRE

Ins: Michael Cohen (EU passport)

Outs: Hamidullah Qadri (Kent), James Taylor (Surrey), Alfie Gleadall (released), Daryn Smit (retired)

Overseas players: Sean Abbott (Australia - first half of season), Ben McDermott (Australia - Royal London One-Day Cup and Vitality Blast)

DURHAM

Ins: Paul Coughlin (Nottinghamshire), Farhaan Behardien (South Africa - Kolpak), David Bedingham (UK ancestral visa)

Outs: Ryan Pringle, George Harding (both released), Will Smith (retired)

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia)

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ESSEX

Ins: None

Outs: Ravi Bopara (Sussex), Matt Coles (released)

Overseas players: Peter Siddle (Australia), Adam Zampa (Australia - Vitality Blast), Moises Henriques (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ravi Bopara
Image: Ravi Bopara has joined Sussex after 18 years with Essex

GLAMORGAN

Ins: None

Outs: Jeremy Lawlor, Kazi Szymanski (both released)

Overseas players: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ins: Jerome Taylor (West Indies - Kolpak), Josh Shaw (Yorkshire), George Scott (Middlesex)

Outs: Michael Klinger, Will Tavare, Chris Liddle (all retired)

Overseas players: Cheteshwar Pujara (India - first six County Championship matches), Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast and final six County Championship matches)

HAMPSHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Gareth Berg (Northamptonshire)

Overseas players: Nathan Lyon (Australia - County Championship), Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan - Vitality Blast)

Nathan Lyon
Image: Australia spinner Nathan Lyon will play for Hampshire in 2020

KENT

Ins: Hamidullah Qadri (Derbyshire), Jack Leaning (Yorkshire), Tim Groenewald (Somerset)

Outs: Mitchell Claydon (Sussex), Adam Riley (retired)

Overseas players: Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship, April-May), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)

LANCASHIRE

Ins: Luke Wood (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire)

Overseas players: BJ Watling (New Zealand - April-July), Glenn Maxwell (Australia - Vitality Blast), James Faulkner (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Luke Wood
Image: Luke Wood has joined Lancashire from Nottinghamshire

LEICESTERSHIRE

Ins: George Rhodes (Worcestershire)

Outs: Neil Dexter, Ateeq Javid, Aadil Ali (all released)

Overseas players: Janneman Malan (South Africa)

MIDDLESEX

Ins: Miguel Cummins (West Indies - Kolpak)

Outs: Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), George Scott (Gloucestershire), Tom Barber (Nottinghamshire), Paul Stirling (Northamptonshire - Vitality Blast), Ollie Rayner (released)

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Mitchell Marsh (Australia - Vitality Blast), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)

 during the Vitality Blast match between Surrey and Middlesex at The Kia Oval on August 3, 2018 in London, England.
Image: Paul Stirling has left Middlesex in order to carry on playing for Ireland

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Ins: Gareth Berg (Hampshire), Brandon Glover (Netherlands)

Outs: None

Overseas players: Kieron Pollard (West Indies - Vitality Blast), Paul Stirling (Ireland - Vitality Blast), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ins: Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire), Peter Trego (Somerset)

Outs: Luke Wood (Lancashire), Paul Coughlin (Durham), Jake Libby (Worcestershire), Nick Kimber (Surrey)

Overseas players: Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan - April-July), Dan Christian (Australia - Vitality Blast)

SOMERSET

Ins: Vernon Philander (South Africa - Kolpak)

Outs: Peter Trego (Nottinghamshire), Tim Groenewald (Kent), Marcus Trescothick (retired), Tim Rouse, Paul van Meekeren (both released)

Overseas players: Babar Azam (Pakistan - May-July), Corey Anderson (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)

SURREY

Ins: Hashim Amla (South Africa - Kolpak), Reece Topley (Sussex), Nick Kimber (Nottinghamshire), James Taylor (Derbyshire), Daniel Moriarty, Nico Reifer

Outs: Stuart Meaker (Sussex), Arun Harinath, Freddie van den Bergh (both released)

Overseas players: Michael Neser (Australia - first half of County Championship season), D'Arcy Short (Australia - Vitality Blast), Shadab Khan (Pakistan - Vitality Blast)

SUSSEX

Travis Head, Australia
Image: Sussex have signed Australia's Travis Head for the 2020 season

Ins: Ravi Bopara (Essex), Mitchell Claydon (Kent), Stuart Meaker (Surrey)

Outs: Reece Topley (Surrey), Michael Burgess (Warwickshire), Abi Sakande (released)

Overseas players: Travis Head (Australia), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)

WARWICKSHIRE

Ins: Michael Burgess (Sussex)

Outs: Alex Mellor, George Panayi (both released)

Overseas players: Jeetan Patel (New Zealand), Chris Green (Australia - Vitality Blast)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Ins: Jake Libby (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: George Rhodes (Leicestershire)

Overseas players: Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)

YORKSHIRE

Ins: Dawid Malan (Middlesex)

Outs: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent), Karl Carver, Matthew Taylor, Bilal Anjam (all released)

Overseas players: Keshav Maharaj (South Africa - April), Ravichandran Ashwin (India - County Championship, after IPL season finishes), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies - Vitality Blast)

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