County Ins and Outs 2026

 

12/02

Leicestershire have signed New Zealander Ajaz Patel as a replacement for Keshav Maharaj who has contracted a case of unavailablitis.

10/02

More Australians incoming...

Nathan McAndrew has signed for Glamorgan to play June's rounds of the championship and to play in the Blast.

Lancashire have signed Ben McDermott for the Blast.

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)

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:

Overseas: Colin Ingram (RSA), Nathan McAndrew (AUS) June's CC+ T20

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, Hilton Cartwright (AUS) T20, Tristan Stubbs (RSA) T20

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), 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)

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), Chris Lynn (AUS) T20

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, 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: 

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

Yorkshire

In: Sam Whiteman (AUS) UK passport, Logan van Beek (LEI/NL) 8CC T20, Moeen Ali (WAR) T20

Out: 

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