County Ins and Outs 2026

 

02/04

Gloucestershire have announced that Ben Charlesworth will leave at the end of the season.

01/04

Bopara Retires

30/03

Codi Yusuf has joined Hampshire, as replacement for the blocked, injured Jayden Seales who in turn was a replacement for Michael Neser.

Jake Weatherald has been drafted in the replace Peter Handscomb at Leicester for the first block of Championship rounds.

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

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

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

Gloucestershire

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

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

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, Hilton Cartwright (AUS) T20, Tristan Stubbs (RSA) T20, Jayden Seales (WI 6CC, Codi Yusuf (RSA) 6CC

Kent

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

Out: 

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

Lancashire

In: Paul Coughlin (DUR)

Out:

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

Leicestershire

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

Out:Logan van Beek (YOR), Wiaan Mulder (ESX)

Overseas: Peter Handscomb (AUS), Keshav Maharaj (RSA) 4mths, Ashton Turner (AUS) T20, Ajaz Patel (NZ) Jake Weatheraild (AUS) CC

Middlesex

In: 

Out: 

Overseas: 

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), Chris Lynn (AUS) T20

Nottinghamshire

In: Benny Howell (HAM) T20, George Munsey (SCO) T20

Out: 

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

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: Sean Abbott (AUS) 8 CC + T20, Rahul Chahar (IND) 8 CC

Sussex

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

Out:

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

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, 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 

Out: 

Overseas:, Naveen ul Haq (AFG) T20, Jhye Richardson (AUS) CC, Will Sutherland (AUS) T20 2CC