County cricket ins and outs – all of the signings, departures and abroad arrivals forward of the 2026 season

Maintain in control with all of the signings, departures and abroad gamers in county cricket for the 2026 season.

DERBYSHIRE

Ins: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)

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

Abroad gamers: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Sufiyan Muqeem (Pakistan – first six Vitality Blast matches), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan – second half of Vitality Blast)

DURHAM

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

Outs: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire), Bas de Leede (launched in an effort to prioritise worldwide commitments with Netherlands)

Abroad gamers: David Bedingham (South Africa), Kemar Roach (West Indies – County Championship, April to mid-June)

ESSEX

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

Outs: Nick Browne (retired), Adam Rossington, Jamal Richards (each launched)

Abroad gamers: Wiaan Mulder (South Africa – County Championship and Vitality Blast, April to June), Simon Harmer (South Africa)

GLAMORGAN

Ins: Sean Dickson (Somerset)

Outs: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (launched), James Harris (retired)

Abroad gamers: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Nathan McAndrew (Australia – complete of Vitality Blast, plus two County Championship matches in June)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

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

Abroad gamers: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Gabe Bell (Australia – first six County Championship matches), D’Arcy Brief (Australia – Vitality Blast), Liam Scott (Australia – Vitality Blast and two County Championship matches in June)

HAMPSHIRE

Ins: Jake Lehmann

Outs: Keith Barker (Warwickshire), Benny Howell (Nottinghamshire), Joseph Eckland (launched)

Abroad gamers: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa – Vitality Blast), Hilton Cartwright (Australia – Vitality Blast)

KENT

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

Outs: Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire), Jack Leaning (Sussex), Marcus O’Riordan, Mohammed Rizvi (each launched), George Garrett (retired)

Abroad gamers: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa), Glenton Stuurman (South Africa – County Championship, till Might 18), Senuran Muthusamy (South Africa – County Championship and Vitality Blast, from Might 22), Tom Rogers (Australia – Vitality Blast)

LANCASHIRE

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

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

Abroad gamers: Marcus Harris (Australia), Mitch Perry (Australia – County Championship, April and Might), Chris Inexperienced (Australia – Vitality Blast), Ben McDermott (Australia – Vitality Blast)

LEICESTERSHIRE

Ins: Ben Inexperienced, Josh Davey (each Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire)

Outs: Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury, Roman Walker (each launched), Chris Wright, Harry Swindells (each retired)

Abroad gamers: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand), Ashton Turner (Australia – Vitality Blast)

MIDDLESEX

Ins:

Outs: Stephen Eskinazi (Leicestershire)

Abroad gamers:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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

Outs: Freddie Heldreich (launched)

Abroad gamers: Nathan McSweeney (Australia), Harry Conway (Australia – first two months of the season), Yuzvendra Chahal (India – second half of the season), Chris Lynn (Australia – Vitality Blast)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Ins: Benny Howell (Hampshire – Vitality Blast contract), George Munsey (Vitality Blast contract)

Outs: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire), Sammy King, Dane Schadendorf (each launched)

Abroad gamers: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa – County Championship solely), Fergus O’Neill (Australia – April-June), Mohammad Ali (Pakistan – August-September), George Linde (South Africa – Vitality Blast), Peter Siddle (Australia – Vitality Blast)

SOMERSET

Ins: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey, Ben Inexperienced (each Leicestershire), Andy Umeed (launched)

Abroad gamers: Migael Pretorius (South Africa), Riley Meredith (Australia – Vitality Blast), Daniel Sams (Australia – Vitality Blast)

SURREY

Ins: TBC

Outs: TBC

Abroad gamers: Sean Abbott (Australia – first eight County Championship matches and complete of Vitality Blast)

SUSSEX

Ins: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman, Tom Worth (each Gloucestershire), Jack Leaning (Kent)

Outs: Ari Karvelas, Bertie Foreman, Archie Lenham, Zach Lion-Cachet, Henry Rogers (all launched)

Abroad gamers: Jaydev Unadkat (India – June-September)

WARWICKSHIRE

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

Outs: Moeen Ali (Yorkshire), Chris Rushworth (retired), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire)

Abroad gamers: Beau Webster (Australia – for first half of the season)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Ins: None

Outs: Tom Hinley, Yadvinder Singh (each launched)

Abroad gamers: Beyers Swanepoel (South Africa – County Championship), Usama Mir (Pakistan – Vitality Blast), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe – Vitality Blast)

YORKSHIRE

Ins: Moeen Ali (Vitality Blast solely), Andrew Tye (Vitality Blast solely), Sam Whiteman

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

Abroad gamers: Logan van Beek (Netherlands – first eight County Championship matches and Vitality Blast), Jhye Richardson (Australia – first block of County Championship matches), Will Sutherland (Australia – Vitality Blast and two County Championship matches in June), Naveen Ul-Haq (Afghanistan – Vitality Blast)