County Ins and Outs 2025

 

11/10

Essex announced today that white ball only Adam Rossington and Jamal Richards will be released at the end of the month.

09/10

Notts have announced that they are releasing Dane Schadendorf and Sammy King at the end of their contracts. Neither player was given enough opportunities, let alone a settled run in the first eleven, to show what true potential they had. Dane's departure leaves Notts without a domestic qualified wicketkeeper as Joe Clarke is unable to fulfill the role owing to his back and this season was on and off the field more than the drinks guys, Ben Duckett is never available and Tom Moores went the white ball route (to the relief of his supporters and his critics alike). Even though management appear to have had a blind spot with regards to both of these players, the role of wicketkeeper in the County Championship defence cannot be left to chance and hope that KV will be available for a stint from the start of April through to the end of September and stays fit through-out, so Mr Newell must have someone up his sleeve, surely...

Derbyshire

In: Martin Andersson (MID), Jack Morley (LAN), Joe Hawkins (YTH) MBC, Matt Montgomery (NOT) 

Out:Samit Patel (REL), David Lloyd (RET), Alex Thomson (REL)

Overseas: Caleb Jewell (AUS) until 2026, Blair Tickner (NZ), Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (AFG) T20

Durham

In:Will Rhodes (WAR), Emilio Gay (NOR) , Sam Conners (DER) , Kasey Aldridge (SOM) ATEOTS, Archie Bailey (GLO)

Out: Mitchell Killeen (ESX) ATEOTS. Paul Coughlin (LAN)

Overseas: David Bedingham (RSA), Zak Foulkes (NZ) T20, Brendan Doggett (AUS) April/May, Neil Wagner (NZ) CC. Codi Yusuf (RSA) CC + T20, Jimmy Neesham (NZ) T20, Shafiqullah Ghafari (AFG) 3CC

Essex

In: Adam Rossington (ESX) T20, Zaman Akhter (GLO) , Mitchell Killeen (DUR) ATEOTS, Daniel Gladwell (YTH) MBC

Out: Adam Rossington (REL), Nick Browne (RET), Jamal Richards (REL)

Overseas: Simon Harmer (RSA) 2026, Shardul Thakur (IND) 7CC, Kasun Rajitha (SL), Mohammed Amir (PAK) T20, Curtis Campher (IRE) MBC, Doug Bracewell NZ 3CC

Glamorgan

In: Ned Leonard (SOM), Callum Nicholls (YTH), Romano Franco (YTH) MBC

Out:Sam Northeast (KEN) , Tom Bevan (REL)

Overseas: Colin Ingram (RSA), Asitha Fernando (SL) 7 CC, Hayden Kerr (AUS) until end July cc + t20, Matt Kuhnemann (AUS) 1 CC, Imad Wasim (PAK) T20

Gloucestershire

In: Craig Miles (WAR) ATEOTS, Daaryoush Ahmed (YTH) MBC, Kamran Dhariwal (YTH)Rookie, Will Williams (LAN)

Out: Dom Goodman (SUS) ATEOTS, Tom Smith (RET) ATEOTS, Archie Bailey (DUR) ATEOTS, Tom Price (SUS), Josh Shaw (SOM) , Ajeet Singh Dale (LAN) , Zaman Akhter (ESX) 

Overseas:Cameron Bancroft (AUS)>2027, Cameron Green (AUS) April/May, Todd Murphy (AUS) 4 CC D'Arcy Short (AUS) T20 > 2026

Hampshire

In: Sonny Baker (SOM), Mark Stoneman (MID) CC, Brandon McMullen (SCO) MBC

Out: Keith Barker (WAR)

Overseas: Kyle Abbott (RSA),  Lhuan-dre Pretorius (RSA) T20, Jack Edwards (AUS) April/May, Dewald Brevis (RSA), Brett Hampton (NZ) Apr/May CC, Bjorn Fortuin (RSA) T20, Tilak Varma (IND) 4CC, Chris Lynn (AUS) 6 T20, Sundar Washington (IND) 2CC

Kent

In: Corey Flintoff (LAN), Ben Dawkins (YTH), Mohammed Rizvi (SACA) , Matt Milnes (YOR) , Sam Northeast (GLA) 

Out: Nathan Gilchrist (WAR), Marcus O'Riordan (REL)  

Overseas: Wes Agar (AUS) Apr-Jul, Tom Rogers (AUS) T20, Kashif Ali (PAK), Keith Dudgeon (RSA) in 2026

Lancashire

In:  Michael Jones (DUR) , Ajeet Singh Dale (GLO), Ollie Sutton (YTH), Arav Shetty (YTH) MBC

Out: Corey Flintoff (KEN), Will Williams (GLO)

Overseas: Chris Green AUS) T20 incl 2026, Anderson Phillip (WI) CC, Marcus Harris (AUS) CC +ODC, Ashton Turner (AUS) 

Leicestershire

In: Josh Davey and Ben Green (SOM) , Jonny Tattersall (YOR) , Stephen Eskinazi (MID) 

Out: Chris Wright (RET), Harry Swindells (RET), Roman Walker (REL), Matt Salisbury (REL), Lois Kimber (REL) 

Overseas: Peter Handscomb (AUS), Logan van Beek (NL/NZ), Shan Masood (PAK)

Middlesex

In: Ben Geddes (SUR), Aaryan Sawant (YTH), Zafar Gohar (GLO/PAK), Naavya Sharma (YTH), Seb Morgan (YTH)

Out: Stephen Eskinazi (LEI) 

Overseas: Kane Williamson (NZ), Josh Little (IRE), Dane Paterson (RSA/NOT) 7CC

Northamptonshire

In: Dom Leech (YOR), Ravi Bopara (re-signed), Arush Buchake (YTH), Aadil Sharma (YTH), Liam Guthrie (AUS) UK passport holder, Stuart van der Merwe (STU)

Out: Freddie Heldreich (REL)

Overseas: Matt Breetzke (RSA)all formats >2027, Ashton Agar (AUS) T20, Harry Conway (AUS) 4 CC, Lloyd Pope (AUS) T20, Yuzvendra Chahal (IND) CC, Tim Robinson (NZ) T20 CC, MBC

Nottinghamshire

In: Sam Seecharan(YTH), Travis Holland (YTH), Tom Giles (YTH), Conor McKerr (SUR), Francis Moore (YTH), Joe Pocklington (Freeagent) MBC

Out: Alex Hales (KR), Matt Montgomery (DER), Sammy King (REL), Dane Schadendorf (REL)

Overseas: Daniel Sams (AUS) T20 + 3 MBC, Kyle Verreynne (RSA) CC, Fergus O'Neill (AUS) CC April 2025, Mohammed Abbas (PAK) 10CC May/Sep, Moises Henriques (AUS) T20, Ishan Kishan (IND) 2CC

Somerset

In: James Thomas "JT" Langridge (YTH), Will Smeed (SOM) all formats, Thomas Rew (YTH), Josh Shaw (GLO)

Out: Roelof van der Merwe (REL), George Thomas (SUS), Shoaib Bashir (REL) at the end of the season, Kasey Aldridge (DUR) , Josh Davey and Ben Green (LEI) ATEOTS, Andy Umeed (REL), Sean Dickson (GLA)

Overseas: Riley Meredith (AUS) T20, Matt Henry (NZ), Migael Pretorius (RSA)

Surrey 

In:Matt Fisher (YOR), Nikhil Gorantla (YTH)

Out: Matt Dunn (RET)

Overseas: Nathan Smith (NZ), Mitch Santner (NZ) T20, Kemar Roach (WI) 4CC, Kurtis Patterson (AUS) 3CC, Adam Zampa (AUS) T20, Sai Kishore (IND) 2CC, Rahul Chahar (IND)

Sussex

In: Troy Henry (ACE) Rookie, George Thomas (SOM), Danny Briggs (WAR) , Dom Goodman (GLO), Tom Price (GLO)

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

Overseas: Nathan McAndrew (AUS) Jun/Jul, Jaydev Unadkat (IND) Sept 2025 + 2026, Dan Hughes (AUS), Jayden Seales  (WI) Apr-May, Gurinder Sandu (AUS) June +July

Warwickshire

In: Ethan Bamber (MID), Adam Sylvester (free agent), Jordan Thompson (YOR) next season, Nathan Gilchrist (KEN), Keith Barker (HAM)

Out: Moeen Ali (RET) after the Blast 2025, Danny Briggs (SUS), Craig Miles (GLO)

Overseas: Tom Latham (NZ), Beau Webster(AUS) +2026, Hassan Ali (PAK) T20, Vishwa Fernando (SL) CC April, Corey Rocchiccioli (AUS) 4CC, Will Young (NZ) 3CC

Worcestershire

In: Ben Allison (ESS), Fateh Singh (NOT), 

Out: Josh Cobb (RET), Ed Pollock (RET)

Overseas: Jacob Duffy (NZ), Ben Dwarshuis (AUS) T20, Henry Nicholls (NZ), Khurram Shahzad (PAK) from end June, Usama Mir (PAK) 2026, Dan Lategan (RSA) 

Yorkshire

In: Alex Wade (YTH), Jack White (NOR), Jawad Akhtar (YTH)

Out: Jordan Thompson (WAR) ATEOTS, Matt Milnes (KEN) , Jonny Tattersall (LEI) 

Overseas: Will Sutherland (AUS) 2 CC + T20, Will O'Rourke (NZ) 8 T20, Jordan Buckingham (AUS) 4 CC, Ben Sears (NZ) CC, Ruturaj Gaikwad (IND) 5CC, Abdullah Shafique (PAK) CC + 4 T20, Imam ul Haq (PAK) 2 CC + ODC, Mayank Agarwal (IND) 3CC