County Ins and Outs 2026

 

22/01

Kent have signed South African Glenton Stuurman for the start of the season.

20/01

Yorkshire have signed Naveen ul Haq for the Blast this year.

15/01

Derbyshire have signed the much maligned, centrally contracted (until end 2026), England International spinner Shoaib Bashir on a two year deal.

Derbyshire

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

Out:

Overseas: Caleb Jewell (AUS), Mohammad Abbas (PAK) > 2027

Durham

In: Kasey Aldridge (SOM), Archie Bailey (GLO) 

Out: 

Overseas: David Bedingham (RSA)?

Essex

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

Out: 

Overseas: Simon Harmer (RSA)  

Glamorgan

In: Sean Dickson (SOM)

Out:

Overseas: Colin Ingram (RSA)

Gloucestershire

In: Craig Miles (WAR), Will Williams (LAN), Dawid Malan (YOR) 

Out: 

Overseas:Cameron Bancroft (AUS)>2027, D'Arcy Short (AUS) T20, Gabe Bell (AUS) 6 CC, Liam Scott (AUS) T20 + 2 CC

Hampshire

In: Jake Lehmann (AUS) >2027, Andrew Neal (Freeagent)

Out: 

Overseas: Kyle Abbott (RSA), Michael Neser (AUS) 6 CC

Kent

In: Matt Milnes (YOR) , Sam Northeast (GLA) 

Out: 

Overseas:  Keith Dudgeon (RSA), Senuran Muthusamy (RSA) T20 + 8CC, Glenton Stuurman (RSA) CC

Lancashire

In: Paul Coughlin (DUR)

Out:

Overseas: Chris Green AUS) T20  Mitch Perry (AUS) Apr-May, Marcus Harris (AUS) 

Leicestershire

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

Out:

Overseas: Peter Handscomb (AUS), Keshav Maharaj (RSA) 4mths, Ashton Turner (AUS) T20 

Middlesex

In: 

Out: 

Overseas: 

Northamptonshire

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

Out:

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

Nottinghamshire

In: Benny Howell (HAM) T20

Out: 

Overseas: Kyle Verreynne (RSA) CC, Fergus O'Neill (AUS) 2 months CC , George Linde (RSA) T20, Mohammad Ali (PAK) 6CC+ ODC 

Somerset

In: Josh Shaw (GLO), Kian Robert (YTH) 

Out:Shoaib Bashir (DER)

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

Surrey 

In:

Out: 

Overseas: 

Sussex

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

Out:

Overseas: Jaydev Unadkat (IND)

Warwickshire

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

Out: 

Overseas:, Beau Webster (AUS) 

Worcestershire

In: 

Out: 

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

Yorkshire

In: Sam Whiteman (AUS) UK passport

Out: 

Overseas: Andrew Tye (AUS) T20 >2027, Naveen ul Haq (AFG) T20