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Men's County Cricket Ins and Outs: Signings and departures for 2026 season

Keep track of every signing made by each of the 18 men's teams ahead of the 2026 season.

(Last updated 31 March 2026)

Derbyshire

2026 Overseas Players:
Caleb Jewell (Australia)
Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
Sufyan Moqim (Pakistan, first half of Vitality Blast)
AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan, second half of Vitality Blast)

In:
Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)

Out:
David Lloyd (Retired)
Alex Thomson (Released)

Durham

2026 Overseas Players:
David Bedingham (South Africa)
Kemar Roach (West Indies, first half of County Championship)

In:
Kasey Aldridge (Somerset)
Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)

Out:
Mitchell Killeen (Essex)
Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)
Bas de Leede (Released)

Essex

2026 Overseas Players:
Simon Harmer (South Africa)
Wiaan Mulder (South Africa, until 9 June)

In:
Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire)
Mitchell Killeen (Durham)

Out:
Nick Browne (Retired)
Jamal Richards (Released)
Adam Rossington (Released)

Glamorgan

2026 Overseas Players:
Colin Ingram (South Africa)
Nathan McAndrew (Australia, May-July)
Ryan Hadley (Australia, until 18 May)
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan, Vitality Blast)

In:
Sean Dickson (Somerset)

Out:
Sam Northeast (Kent)
Tom Bevan (Released)

Gloucestershire

2026 Overseas Players:
Cameron Bancroft (Australia)
D'Arcy Short (Australia, Vitality Blast)
Gabe Bell (Australia, until 18 May)
Liam Scott (Australia, Vitality Blast and June County Championship matches)

In:
Craig Miles (Warwickshire)
Will Williams (Lancashire)
Dawid Malan (Yorkshire, Vitality Blast)

Out:
Archie Bailey (Durham)
Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire)
Dom Goodman (Sussex)
Zaman Akhter (Essex)
Tom Price (Sussex)
Josh Shaw (Somerset)

Hampshire

2026 Overseas Players:
Kyle Abbott (South Africa)
Hilton Cartwright (Australia, Vitality Blast)
Tristan Stubbs (South Africa, Vitality Blast)
Codi Yusuf (South Africa, until 18 May)

In:
Jake Lehmann (UK Passport)

Out:
Keith Barker (Warwickshire)
Joseph Eckland (Released)
Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire)

Kent

2026 Overseas Players:
Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
Glenton Stuurman (South Africa, until 22 May)
Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa, from 22 May)
Tom Rogers (Australia, Vitality Blast)

In:
Matt Milnes (Yorkshire)
Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)

Out:
Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire)
George Garrett (Retired)
Marcus O'Riordan (Released)
Mohammed Rizvi (Released)
Jack Leaning (Sussex)

Lancashire

2026 Overseas Players:
Chris Green (Australia, Vitality Blast)
Marcus Harris (Australia, County Championship and Metro Bank One Day Cup)
Ben McDermott (Australia, Vitality Blast)

In:
Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire)
Paul Coughlin (Durham)

Out:
Will Williams (Gloucestershire)
Josh Boyden (Released)

Leicestershire

2026 Overseas Players:
Ashton Turner (Australia, Vitality Blast)
Ajaz Patel (New Zealand)
Jake Weatherald (Australia, until 18 May)

In:
Ben Green (Somerset)
Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex)
Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire)
Josh Davey (Somerset)

Out:
Chris Wright (Retired)
Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire)
Matt Salisbury (Released)
Roman Walker (Released)

Middlesex

2026 Overseas Players:
TBC

In:
Caleb Falconer (Youth)

Out:
Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)

Northamptonshire

2026 Overseas Players:
Yuzvendra Chahal (India, for second half of County Championship and One Day Cup) 
Harry Conway (Australia, April & May only)
Chris Lynn (Australia, Vitality Blast)
Nathan McSweeney (Australia)

In:
Louis Kimber (Leicestershire)
Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)

Out:
Freddie Heldreich (Released)

Nottinghamshire

2026 Overseas Players:
Kyle Verreynne (South Africa, for County Championship)
Fergus O'Neill (Australia, April-June) 
George Linde (South Africa, Vitality Blast)
Mohammad Ali (Pakistan, from August)
Peter Siddle (Australia, Vitality Blast)

In:
Benny Howell (Hampshire, Vitality Blast)
George Munsey (Vitality Blast)

Out:
Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire)
Sammy King (Released)
Dane Schadendorf (Released)
Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire)

Somerset

2026 Overseas Players:
Riley Meredith (Australia, Vitality Blast) 
Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
Daniel Sams (Australia, Vitality Blast)

In:
Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

Out:
Kasey Aldridge (Durham)
Sean Dickson (Glamorgan)
Josh Davey (Leicestershire)
Ben Green (Leicestershire)
Andy Umeed (Released)

Surrey

2026 Overseas Players:
Sean Abbott (Australia, until 18 July)
Rahul Chahar (India, last eight County Championship matches)

In:

Out:

Sussex

2026 Overseas Players:
Jaydev Unadkat (India, last eight County Championship matches)

In:
Danny Briggs (Warwickshire, Vitality Blast)
Dom Goodman (Gloucestershire)
Tom Price (Gloucestershire)
Jack Leaning (Kent)

Out:
Bertie Foreman (Released)
Ari Karvelas (Released)
Archie Lenham (Released)
Zach Lion-Cachet (Released)
Henry Rogers (Released)

Warwickshire

2026 Overseas Players:
Beau Webster (Australia, first half of season)

In:
Jordan Thompson (Yorkshire)
Nathan Gilchrist (Kent)
Keith Barker (Hampshire)

Out:
Moeen Ali (Retired)
Danny Briggs (Sussex)
Craig Miles (Gloucestershire)
Chris Rushworth (Retired)

Worcestershire

2026 Overseas Players:
Usama Mir (Pakistan)
Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa, County Championship only)
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe, Vitality Blast)

In:

Out:
Tom Hinley (Released)
Yadvinder Singh (Released)

Yorkshire

2026 Overseas Players:

Naveen Ul-Haq (Afghanistan, Vitality Blast)
Logan van Beek (Netherlands, until mid-June)
Jhye Richardson (Australia, until mid-May)
Will Sutherland (Australia, Vitality Blast and June County Championship)

In:
Moeen Ali (Warwickshire, Vitality Blast)
Sam Whiteman (UK Passport)
AJ Tye (UK Passport, Vitality Blast only)
Jay Singh (Youth)
Owen Smith (Youth)
Charlie Taylor (Youth)

Out:
Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire)
Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire)
Matt Milnes (Kent)
Dawid Malan (Gloucestershire)