County Ins and Outs 2026

 

23/07

Worcestershire's Rob Jones has announced his retirement at the end of the season.

20/07

Hampshire have announced the signing of the Delhi Capitals' Ashutosh Sharma for the MBC.

Savin Perera has at last bagged a professional contract. His persistence has taken him to Somerset to get his hard earned opportunity in the MBC.

Fellow SACA player Mo Rizvi has signed a two week deal with Leicestershire.

17/07

Joe Denly has announced that he will retire (aged 40) at the end of the season.

Henry Brookes will join Gloucestershire on a three year deal at the end of the season.

Sheridon Gumbs has joined Leicestershire on a three and a half year deal.

Derbyshire

In: Matt Montgomery (NOT), Rory Haydon (STA), Shoaib Bashir (SOM)

Out:

Overseas: Caleb Jewell (AUS), Mohammad Abbas (PAK) > 2027, Sufyan Moqim (PAK) T20, Mohammad Ghazanfar (AFG) T20, Akif Javed (PAK) T20

Durham

In: Kasey Aldridge (SOM), Archie Bailey (GLO),  Shafiqullah Ghafari (AFG) (successful asylum seeker)

Out: Bas de Leede (NL)

Overseas: David Bedingham (RSA), Kemar Roach (WI) CC April - Jun Duanne Olivier (RSA) CC

Essex

In:  Zaman Akhter (GLO), Mitchell Killeen (DUR) , 

Out: 

Overseas: Simon Harmer (RSA), Wiaan Mulder (RSA) Apr-Jun  

Glamorgan

In: Sean Dickson (SOM), Tom Norton (YTH), Jack Hope-Bell (YTH), Romano Franco (YTH)

Out: James Harris (RET)

Overseas: Colin Ingram (RSA), Nathan McAndrew (AUS) June's CC+ T20, Ryan Hadley (AUS) 6CC, Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG) T20, Jimmy Neesham (NZ) T20

Gloucestershire

In: Craig Miles (WAR), Will Williams (LAN), Dawid Malan (YOR), Henry Brookes (MID) ATEOTS 

Out: Tom Smith (RET), Ben Charlesworth (LAN) ATEOTS

Overseas:Cameron Bancroft (AUS)>2027, D'Arcy Short (AUS) T20, Gabe Bell (AUS) 6 CC, Liam Scott (AUS) T20 + 2 CC, Duan Jansen (RSA) 6 T20, Kristian Clarke (NZ) 2 CC, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (IND) 6CC

Hampshire

In: Jake Lehmann (AUS) >2027, Andrew Neal (Freeagent), Liam Dawson (white ball only), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (SUS) frm 2027, Rishi Patel (LEI) frm 2027, Ollie Williams (YTH) MBC, Harry Petrie (former HAM) MBC

Out: Liam Dawson (RET FFC)

Overseas: Kyle Abbott (RSA), Michael Neser (AUS) 6 CC, Hilton Cartwright (AUS) T20, Tristan Stubbs (RSA) T20, Jayden Seales (WI 6CC, Codi Yusuf (RSA) 6CC, Delano Potgieter (RSA) 3 CC + T20, Ashutosh Sharma (IND) MBC

Kent

In: Matt Milnes (YOR) , Sam Northeast (GLA), Bertie Foreman (Bucks) 2 mths

Out: Joe Denly (RET) ATEOTS

Overseas:  Keith Dudgeon (RSA), Senuran Muthusamy (RSA) T20 + 8CC, Glenton Stuurman (RSA) 6CC, Tom Rogers (AUS) T20, Hasan Mahmud (BNG) 6CC

Lancashire

In: Paul Coughlin (DUR), Ben Charlesworth (GLO) ATEOTS

Out:

Overseas: Chris Green AUS) T20  Mitch Perry (AUS) Apr-May, Marcus Harris (AUS), Ben McDermott (AUS) T20, Shadab Khan (PAK)) T20

Leicestershire

In: Josh Davey (SOM), Ben Green (SOM), Jonny Tattersall (YOR), Stephen Eskinazi (MID), Sheridon Gumbs (former SUR), Hamza Shaikh  (WAR) 2027, Mo Rizvi (SACA) MBC 

Out:Logan van Beek (YOR), Wiaan Mulder (ESX), Lewis Hill (RET) ATEOTS, Rishi Patel (HAM) ATEOTS

Overseas: Peter Handscomb (AUS), Keshav Maharaj (RSA) 4mths, Ashton Turner (AUS) T20, Ajaz Patel (NZ) Jake Weatherald (AUS) CC, Nick Kelly (NZ), Ruan de Swardt (RSA) T20 MBC

Middlesex

In: Adam Rossington (FA) 6 T20

Out: Henry Brookes (GLO)  ATEOTS

Overseas: Eathan Bosch (RSA), Matt Boyle (NZ) T20

Northamptonshire

In: Louis Kimber (LEI), Calvin Harrison (NOT)

Out: Ravi Bopara (RET) T20

Overseas: Matt Breetzke (RSA)all formats >2027, Yuzvendra Chahal (IND), Harry Conway (AUS), Nathan McSweeney (AUS) >2027, Chris Lynn (AUS) T20

Nottinghamshire

In: Benny Howell (HAM) T20, George Munsey (SCO) T20, Mohammad Amir (PAK) UK passport holder T20

Out: 

Overseas: Kyle Verreynne (RSA) CC, Fergus O'Neill (AUS) 2 months CC , George Linde (RSA) T20, Mohammad Ali (PAK) from May, Peter Siddle (AUS) T20, Kodimarakkalage Binura Udara Fernando (SL) T20

Somerset

In: Josh Shaw (GLO), Kian Robert (YTH), Savin Perera (SACA) MBC, Johnny Connell (BERKS) MBC 

Out:Shoaib Bashir (DER)

Overseas: Riley Meredith (AUS) T20  Daniel Sams (AUS) T20, Migael Pretorius (RSA)

Surrey 

In: Henry Crocombe (SUS) 2027

Out: Cameron Steel (RET), James Taylor (YOR) ATEOTS

Overseas: Sean Abbott (AUS) 8 CC + T20, Rahul Chahar (IND) 8 CC, Josh Philippe (AUS) T20, Tiaan van Vuuren (RSA) MBC

Sussex

In:  Danny Briggs (WAR), Dom Goodman (GLO), Tom Price (GLO),  Nantes Oosthuizen (YTH) RC, Jack Leaning (KEN)

Out: Henry Crocombe (SUR) 2027, Fynn Hudson-Prentice (HAM) 2027

Overseas: Jaydev Unadkat (IND), Daniel Hughes(AUS)

Warwickshire

In: Nathan Gilchrist (KEN), Keith Barker (HAM)

Out: Hamza Shaikh (LEI)

Overseas:, Beau Webster (AUS), Usman Tariq (PAK) T20, Manav Suthar (IND) 2CC

Worcestershire

In: 

Out: Rob Jones (RET) ATEOTS

Overseas:  Usama Mir (PAK), Ben Dwarshuis (AUS) T20, Beyers Swanepoel (RSA) Red Ball, Sikander Raza (ZIM) T20

Yorkshire

In: Sam Whiteman (AUS) UK passport, Logan van Beek (LEI/NL) 8CC T20, Moeen Ali (WAR) T20, Andrew Tye (AUS) T20 >2027 UK Passport , James Taylor (SUR) 2027

Out: 

Overseas:, Naveen ul Haq (AFG) T20, Jhye Richardson (AUS) CC, Will Sutherland (AUS) T20 2CC, Hasan Ali (PAK) T20 + 2CC, Farheem Ashraf (PAK) 8 CC + T20, Kuldeep Yadav (IND) 5 MBC 3CC