County ins and outs - winter 2006-07

Derbyshire

In: Dan Birch, Simon Cusden (Kent), Boyd Rankin, Phil Weston (Gloucestershire), Simon Katich (Australia), Ian Harvey (Australia)

Out: Steffan Jones (Somerset), Michael Di Venuto (Durham), Ben France, Andy Gray, Mo Sheikh, Lee Goddard (all released)

Durham

In: Will Smith (Nottinghamshire), Mitch Claydon (Yorkshire), Will Gidman, Paul Wiseman, Michael Di Venuto

Out: Mark Turner (Somerset), Gary Pratt, Jimmy Maher, Graeme Bridge, Jon Lewis, James Lowe, Mick Lewis (all released)

Essex

In: Darren Thomas (Glamorgan), Andre Nel (South Africa)

Out: Will Jefferson (Nottinghamshire), Ashley Cowan (retired), Darren Gough (Yorkshire)

Glamorgan

In: Matthew Elliott (Australia), Jimmy Maher (Australia), Damien Wright (Australia)

Out: Darren Thomas (Essex)

Gloucestershire

In: Umar Gul (Pakistan), Vikram Banerjee (Cambridge University), Marcus North, Anthony Ireland (Zimbabwe)

Out: Phil Weston (Derbyshire), James Averis, Matt Windows (both released), Martyn Ball (retired)

Hampshire

In: Michael Lumb (Yorkshire), Stuart Clark (Australia)

Out: Richard Logan (Northamptonshire), Jono McLean (released)

Kent

In: Yasir Arafat (Sussex), Ryan McClaren (South Africa)

Out: David Fulton (retired), Simon Cusden (Derbyshire), Rob Ferley (Nottinghamshire), Niall O’Brien (Northants), Matt Dennington, David Stiff (all released)

Lancashire

In: Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Out: Andrew Crook (Northamptonshire), Murali Kartik (Middlesex)

Leicestershire

In: Mansoor Amjad (Pakistan), David Stiff (Kent), RP Singh (India), Sukhvir Singh (India).

Out: Aftab Habib (retired), Chris Liddle (Sussex), Steve Clark, Alamgir Sheriyar (both released), Darren Maddy (Warwickshire)

Middlesex

In: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Murali Kartik (India), Tim Murtagh (Surrey), Richard Johnson (Somerset)

Out: Paul Weekes (retired), Melvyn Betts, Scott Styris, Mohammad Ali, Johann Louw (all released)

Northants

In: Richard Dawson (Yorkshire), Richard Logan (Hampshire), Andrew Crook (Lancashire), Richard Browning (Derbyshire), Johannes van der Wath (South Africa), Niall O’Brien (Kent), David Lucas (unattached)

Out: Ben Phillips (Somerset), Matthew Nicholson (Surrey), Bilal Shafayat (Nottinghamshire)

Nottinghamshire

In: Will Jefferson (Essex), Rob Ferley (Kent), Mark Wagh (Warwickshire), Bilal Shafayat (Northamptonshire)

Out: Darren Bicknell (retired), Anurag Singh (retired), Will Smith (Durham), Russell Warren, Paul McMahon, Greg Smith

Somerset

In: Mark Turner (Durham), Steffan Jones (Derbyshire), Ben Phillips (Northamptonshire), Craig Kieswetter

Out: Simon Francis, Michael Parsons (both released), Richard Johnson (Middlesex)

Surrey

In: Chris Schofield, Matthew Nicholson (Northamptonshire), Steve Magoffin (Western Australia)

Out: Martin Bicknell (retired), Tim Murtagh (Middlesex)

Sussex

In: Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan), Chris Liddle (Leicestershire)

Out: Sean Heather, Tim Linley, Neil Turk (all released)

Warwickshire

In: Michael Barnes, Stuart Hole, Darren Maddy (Leicestershire), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Dale Steyn (South Africa)

Out: Nick Knight (retired), Tony Frost (retired), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Mark Wagh (Nottinghamshire)

Worcestershire

In: Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Alexei Kervezee (Holland), Doug Bollinger (Australia)

Out: Zaheer Khan (India)

Yorkshire

In: Younis Khan (Pakistan), Jacques Rudolph (South Africa), Darren Gough (Essex)

Out: Darren Lehmann (retired), Mitch Claydon (Durham), Richard Dawson (Northamptonshire), Richard Blakey, John Blain (both released)