County player update - winter 2004/05

Derbyshire

Signings: Travis Friend

Departures: Andrew Gait, Steve Selwood, Rawait Khan, Mohammad Ali, Neil Gunter, Nathan Dumelow

Overseas players: Michael Di Venuto (Aus)

Mike Hussey

Durham

Signings: Mike Hussey (Gloucs), Ashley Noffke, Callum Thorp, Dale Benkenstein, Michael Lewis

Departures: Marcus North, Ian Pattison, Shaun Tait, Pallav Kumar, Andy Blignaut, Vince Wells (retired)

Overseas players: Mike Hussey (Aus), Ashley Noffke (Aus), Michael Lewis (Aus - standing in for Noffke)

Essex

Signings: Grant Flower, Andre Adams, Alex Tudor (Surrey)

Departures: Aftab Habib (Leics), Adrian McCoubrey, Zoheb Sharif, Scott Brant

2005 beneficiary: Paul Grayson

Overseas players: Danish Kaneria (Pak), Andre Adams (NZ)

Matthew Elliott

Glamorgan

Signings:

Departures: Adrian Dale (retired), Mick Lewis

2005 beneficiary: Matthew Maynard

Overseas players: Matthew Elliott (Aus), Michael Kasprowicz (Aus)

Gloucestershire

Signings: Kadeer Ali (Worcs), Steve Kirby (Yorks), Carl Greenidge (Northamptonshire), Upal Chandana

Departures: Alastair Bressington, Mike Hussey

2005 beneficiary: Tim Hancock

Overseas players: Upal Chandana (SL)

Kevin Pietersen

Hampshire

Signings: Kevin Pietersen (Notts), Richard Logan (Notts), Sean Ervine, Jono McLean, Simon Katich

Departures: James Hamblin (retired), Will Kendall (retired)

2005 beneficiary: Alan Mullally

Overseas players: Shane Warne (Aus), Simon Katich (Aus)

Kent

Signings: Simon Cook (Middx), Darren Stevens (Leics), Andrew Hall, Martin van Jaarsveld

Departures: Ed Smith (Middx), Alex Loudon (Warks), Ben Trott, Alamgir Sheriyar (Worcs - loan)

Overseas players: Andrew Hall (SA)

Brad Hodge

Lancashire

Signings: Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge (Leics), Steven Croft, Andrew Crook, Gareth Cross, Simon Marshall

Departures: Chris Schofield, Jamie Haynes, John Wood, Alec Swann, Peter Martin (retired)

2005 beneficiary: Gary Yates

Overseas players: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Brad Hodge (Aus)

Leicestershire

Signings: Dinesh Mongia, Aftab Habib (Essex), Hylton Ackerman, Charl Willoughby

Departures: Brad Hodge (Lancs), Darren Stevens (Kent), George Walker, Damian Brandy

Overseas players: Dinesh Mongia (Ind), Charl Willoughby (SA)

Middlesex

Ed Smith

Signings: Ed Smith (Kent), Scott Styris, Alan Richardson (Warks)

Departures: Simon Cook (Kent)

Overseas players: Scott Styris (NZ), Nantie Hayward (SA)

Northamptonshire

Signings: Damien Wright, Bilal Shafayat (Notts), Charl Pietersen, Martin Love

Departures: Graeme Swann (Notts), Carl Greenidge (Gloucestershire), Toby Bailey (retired), Adam Shantry (Warks), Mark Powell, Craig Jennings, Jeff Cook

Overseas players: Martin Love (Aus), Damien Wright (Aus)

Stephen Fleming

Nottinghamshire

Signings: Stephen Fleming, Graeme Swann (Northants)

Departures: Kevin Pietersen (Hants), Bilal Shafayat (Northants), Stuart MacGill, Richard Logan (Hants), David Lucas (Yorks)

Overseas players: Stephen Fleming (NZ), David Hussey (Aus)

Somerset

Signings: Graeme Smith, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nixon McLean

Departures: Jamie Cox, Thomas Hunt, Tom Webley, Keith Dutch

2005 beneficiary: Mike Burns

Overseas players: Graeme Smith (SA), Sanath Jayasuriya (SL - from April 20 to May 29), Nixon McLean (WI)

Surrey

Harbhajan Singh

Signings: Mohammad Akram (Sussex), Harbhajan Singh

Departures: Alex Tudor, Nadeem Shahid (retired), Adam Hollioake (retired)

Overseas players: Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan), Harbhajan Singh (India)

Sussex

Signings: Naved-ul-Hasan Rana

Departures: Mohammad Akram (Surrey)

Overseas players: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan), Naved-ul-Hasan Rana (Pakistan)

Warwickshire

Signings: Alex Loudon (Kent), Adam Shantry (Northants)

Departures: Dominic Ostler (retired), Alan Richardson (Middlesex), Sandy Allen, Ian Clifford, Jamie Spires, Huw Jones

Overseas players: Heath Streak (Zimbabwe)

Shoaib Akhtar

Worcestershire

Signings: Shoaib Akhtar, Zander de Bruyn, Chaminda Vaas, Alamgir Sheriyar (Kent - loan)

Departures: Steve Rhodes (retired), Kadeer Ali (Gloucs), Andy Bichel

Overseas players: Shoaib Akhtar (Pak), Zander de Bruyn (SA), Chaminda Vaas (SL)

Yorkshire

Signings: David Lucas (Notts), Gideon Kruis (SA)

Departures: Steve Kirby (Gloucs), Vic Craven, Andy Gray

2005 beneficiary: Michael Vaughan

Overseas players: Phil Jaques (Aus), Ian Harvey (Aus)