County ins and outs - 2011-12
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Derbyshire captain Luke Sutton has retired from professional cricket, aged 35, having sought treatment for depression and anxiety
Derbyshire
In: Matt Lineker (second XI); David Wainwright (Yorkshire), Peter Burgoyne (youth), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan)
Out: Steffan Jones (retired), Greg Smith (Essex), Luke Sutton (retired)
Captain: Wayne Madsen
Overseas player for 2012: Martin Guptill (New Zealand), Usman Khawaja (Australia), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan) - Friends Life t20
Durham
In: Mark Wood (youth),
Out: Kyle Coetzer (Northamptonshire), Ben Harmison (released), Mark Davies (Kent)
LV= County Championship captain: Phil Mustard
One-day captain: Dale Benkenstein
Overseas player for 2012: Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) - Friends Life t20
Essex
In: Tom Craddock (trial), Greg Smith (Derbyshire), Ben Foakes (youth), Charl Willoughby (Somerset), Alviro Petersen (South Africa), James Franklin (New Zealand)
Out: Chris Wright (Warwickshire), Max Osborne (released)
Captain: James Foster
Overseas player for 2012: Alviro Petersen (South Africa), James Franklin (New Zealand) - Friends Life t20
Glamorgan
In: Simon Jones (Hampshire), Marcus North (Australia), Moises Henriques (Australia), Michael Hogan (Australia), Martin van Jaarsveld (South Africa)
Out: David Harrison (retired), Michael Powell (released), David Brown (retired), Adam Shantry (retired)
LV= County Championship and Clydesdale Bank 40 captain: Mark Wallace
Friends Life t20 captain: Jim Allenby
Overseas player for 2012: Marcus North (Australia), Moises Henriques (Australia)
Gloucestershire
In: Paul Muchall (MCC Young Cricketers)
Out: Jon Lewis (Surrey), Vikram Banerjee (released), Chris Taylor (released)
Captain: Alex Gidman
Overseas player for 2012: Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) - Friends Life t20, Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Hampshire
In: Sean Terry (Australia), Bilal Shafayat
Out: Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Dominic Cork (retired), Nic Pothas (released), Johann Myburgh (released), Friedel de Wet (released), Jamie Miller (released), Simon Jones (Glamorgan), Benny Howell (released), Tim Ravenscroft (released)
LV= County Championship and Clydesdale Bank 40 captain: Jimmy Adams
Friends Life t20 captain: Dimitri Mascarenhas
Overseas players for 2012: Simon Katich (Australia), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - Friends Life t20
Kent
In: Charlie Shreck (Nottinghamshire), Ivan Thomas (youth), Benedict Kemp (youth), Fabian Cowdrey (youth), Michael Powell (Glamorgan), Ben Harmison (Durham), Scott Newman (Middlesex, loan), Mark Davies (Durham), Brendan Nash (West Indies)
Out: Joe Denly (Middlesex), Martin van Jaarsveld (retired from county cricket) James Goodman (retired), Robbie Joseph (released)
Captain: Rob Key
Overseas player for 2012: Brendan Nash (West Indies)
Lancashire
In: Jordan Clark (youth), Ashwell Prince (South Africa), Naqaash Tahir, Yasir Arafat (Pakistan), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire, season-long loan)
Out: Mark Chilton (retired), Steven Cheetham (released)
Captain: Glen Chapple
Overseas player for 2012: Ashwell Prince (South Africa), Yasir Arafat (Pakistan) - latter for Friends Life t20
Leicestershire
In: Robbie Joseph (Kent), Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies), Richie Berrington (Scotland, loan)
Out: Paul Nixon (retired), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Tom New (released), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire)
Captain: Matthew Hoggard
Overseas player for 2012: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) - Friends Life t20, Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies)
Joe Denly, the former England one-day batsman, moves to newly promoted Middlesex following eight seasons at home county Kent
Middlesex
In: Joe Denly (Kent), Ollie Rayner (Sussex), Gurjit Sandhu (second XI), Ollie Wilkin (youth), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Out: Ben Scott (Worcestershire), Dan Housego (released), Jamie Dalrymple (released), Scott Newman (Kent, loan)
Captain: Neil Dexter
Overseas player for 2012: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) - Friends Life t20
Northamptonshire
In: Kyle Coetzer (Durham), Sam Sweeney (second XI), Con de Lange, Cameron White (Australia)
Out: David Lucas (Worcestershire), Mal Loye (released), Tom Brett (released), Gavin Baker (released)
Captain: Andrew Hall
Overseas player for 2012: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Cameron White (Australia) - Friends Life t20
Nottinghamshire
In: Michael Lumb (Hampshire) Harry Gurney (Leicestershire), Karl Turner (trial), Sam Kelsall (youth), Sam Wood (youth), Brett Hutton (youth), James Taylor (Leicestershire)
Out: Mark Wagh (retired), Ali Brown (retired), Charlie Shreck (Kent), Akhil Patel (released)
Captain: Chris Read
Overseas player for 2012: Adam Voges (Australia)
Somerset
In: Vernon Philander, Albie Morkel, Richard Levi (all South Africa)
Out: Charl Willoughby (released)
Captain: Marcus Trescothick
Overseas players for 2012: Vernon Philander, Albie Morkel, Richard Levi (all South Africa) - latter two for Friends Life t20
Surrey
In: Jon Lewis (Gloucestershire), Murali Kartik (India), Jacques Rudolph (South Africa)
Out: Michael Brown (retired), Chris Schofield (released), Simon King (released)
Captain: Rory Hamilton-Brown
Overseas player for 2012: Murali Kartik (India), Jacques Rudolph (South Africa), Dirk Nannes (Australia) - Friends Life t20
Sussex
In: Matt Machan (youth), Scott Styris (New Zealand), Steve Magoffin (Australia)
Out: Lou Vincent (released), Ollie Rayner (Middlesex)
Captain: Michael Yardy
Overseas player for 2012: Steve Magoffin (Australia), Scott Styris (New Zealand) - Friends Life t20
Warwickshire
In: Chris Wright (Essex), Recordo Gordon (youth), Jeetan Patel (New Zealand)
Out: Ant Botha (retired), Naqaash Tahir (released)
Chris Wright, who spent the final month of last season on loan from Essex, has moved to Warwickshire on a three-year contract
Captain: Jim Troughton
Overseas player for 2012: Jeetan Patel (New Zealand)
Worcestershire
In: Ben Scott (Middlesex), David Lucas (Northamptonshire), Brett D'Oliveira (second XI), Nick Harrison (second XI), Michael Klinger (Australia)
Out: Matt Mason (retired), Chris Whelan (released), David Wheeldon (released)
Captain: Daryl Mitchell
Overseas player for 2012: Phil Hughes (Australia), Michael Klinger (Australia)
Yorkshire
In: Alex Lees (youth), James Wainman (youth), Callum Geldart (youth), Alex Lilley (youth), Dan Hodgson (youth), Phil Jaques (Australia)
Out: Ben Sanderson (released), Lee Hodgson (released), David Wainwright (Derbyshire), Ajmal Shahzad (Lancashire, season-long loan)
Captain: Andrew Gale
Overseas player for 2012:
