Cricket Dec 07, 2025

County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2026 season

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County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2026 season

Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2026 season.

Ins: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: David Lloyd (retired), Alex Thomson (released)

Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia)

Ins: Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)

Overseas players:

Ins: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)

Outs: Nick Browne (retired), Adam Rossington, Jamal Richards (both released)

Overseas players:

Ins: Sean Dickson (Somerset)

Outs: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (released)

Overseas players:

Ins: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire - Vitality Blast contract)

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

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Gabe Bell (Australia - first six County Championship matches), D'Arcy Short (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins:

Outs: Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire)

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa)

Ins: Matt Milnes (Yorkshire), Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)

Outs: Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire), Jack Leaning (Sussex), Marcus O'Riordan, Mohammed Rizvi (both released), George Garrett (retired)

Overseas players: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)

Ins: Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)

Outs: Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden (released)

Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia)

Ins: Ben Green, Josh Davey (both Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire)

Outs: Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury, Roman Walker (both released), Chris Wright (retired)

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Keshav Maharaj (South Africa - first four months of the season)

Ins:

Outs: Stephen Eskinazi (Leicestershire)

Overseas players:

Ins: Louis Kimber (Leicestershire), Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: Freddie Heldreich (released)

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa), Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - second half of the season), Harry Conway (Australia - first two months of the season)

Ins: Benny Howell (Hampshire - Vitality Blast contract)

Outs: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire), Sammy King, Dane Schadendorf (both released)

Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa - County Championship only), Fergus O'Neill (Australia - April-June)

Ins: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey, Ben Green (both Leicestershire), Andy Umeed (released)

Overseas players: Migael Pretorius (South Africa), Riley Meredith (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins:

Outs:

Overseas players:

Ins: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman, Tom Price (both Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent)

Outs:

Overseas players:

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

Outs: Moeen Ali (retired from county cricket), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire)

Overseas players: Beau Webster (Australia - for first half of the season)

Ins:

Outs: Tom Hinley, Yadvinder Singh (both released)

Overseas players: Usama Mir (Pakistan - Vitality Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins:

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

Overseas players:

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