County cricket ins and outs 2025: Signings, transfers, squad updates

Find out the latest movements on the men's county circuit ahead of the 2025 County Championship, T20 Blast and One-Day Cup

Derbyshire

Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia, all formats), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan, T20 Blast)

Players in: Martin Andersson (Middlesex), Jack Morley (Lancashire)

Players out: Sam Conners (Durham)

Durham

Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia, first six County Championship matches), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand, T20 Blast), Neil Wagner (New Zealand, June-September)

Players in: Emilio Gay (Northamptonshire), Sam Conners (Derbyshire), Will Rhodes (Warwickshire)

Players out: Michael Jones (Lancashire), Jonathan Bushnell, Brandon Glover, Oliver Gibson (all released)

Essex

Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa, all formats), Shardul Thakur** (India, seven County Championship matches)

Players in: N/A

Players out: Ben Allison (Worcestershire), Aaron Beard (retired), Feroze Khushi (released)

Glamorgan

Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka, until end of May), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset, three-match County Championship loan)

Players in: Ned Leonard (Somerset), Callum Nicholls, Shoaib Bashir (Somerset, on loan for three County Championship matches)

Players out: Harry Podmore, Prem Sisodya (both retired)

Gloucestershire

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia, five County Championship matches)

Players in: N/A

Players out: Zafar Gohar (Middlesex)

Hampshire

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa, T20 Blast), Jack Edwards** (Australia, first seven County Championship matches), Dewald Brevis (South Africa, T20 Blast), Brett Hampton (New Zealand, first seven County Championship matches)

Players in: Sonny Baker (Somerset), Mark Stoneman (County Championship)

Players out: John Turner (Lancashire, 14-day County Championship loan)

Kent

Overseas players: Wes Agar (Australia), Tom Rogers (Australia, T20 Blast), Kashif Ali (Pakistan, April-May), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa, April-May)

Players in: Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire), Corey Flintoff

Players out: Arafat Bhuiyan, Hamidullah Qadri (both released)

Lancashire

Overseas players: Chris Green (Australia), Anderson Phillip (West Indies, until the end of July), Marcus Harris (Australia), Ashton Turner (Australia, T20 Blast and County Championship)

Players in: Michael Jones (Durham), John Turner (Hampshire, 14-day County Championship loan)

Players out: Steven Croft (retired), George Lavelle (released), Jack Morley (Derbyshire)

Leicestershire

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands, County Championship and T20 Blast), Shan Masood (Pakistan, all formats from May 31)

Players in: Ben Green (Somerset - on loan for seven County Championship matches)

Players out: Sam Evans (released)

Middlesex

Overseas players: Kane Williamson (New Zealand, five County Championship matches and 10 T20 Blast group stage games), Josh Little (Ireland, T20 Blast), Dane Paterson (South Africa, first seven County Championship matches)

Players in: Ben Geddes (Surrey), Naavya Sharma, Aaryan Sawant (both academy), Zafar Gohar (Gloucestershire)

Players out: Ethan Bamber (Warwickshire), Martin Andersson (Derbyshire), Mark Stoneman, Thilan Walallawita (both released), Robbie White (retired)

Northamptonshire

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa, eight Championship games and first half of T20 Blast group stage), Yuzvendra Chahal (India, County Championship and One-Day Cup from June), Harry Conway (Australia, four County Championship matches in May)

Players in: Dom Leech (Yorkshire), Arush Buchake, Aadi Sharma (both academy), Liam Guthrie, Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire, two-match County Championship loan)

Players out: Emilio Gay (Durham), George Gowler, Alex Russell, George Weldon (all released), Jack White (Yorkshire)

Nottinghamshire

Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa, County Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia, until 28 April), Daniel Sams (Australia, T20 Blast), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan, County Championship - six matches)

Players in: Travis Holland, Sam Seecharan, Tom Giles (all academy), Conor McKerr (Surrey)

Players out: Luke Fletcher (released), Tom Loten, Toby Pettman (both retired), Fateh Singh(Worcestershire), Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire, two-match County Championship loan)

Somerset

Overseas players: Riley Meredith (Australia, T20 Blast), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)

Players in: N/A

Players out: Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Ned Leonard (Glamorgan), George Thomas (released), Roelof van der Merwe (released), Ben Green (Leicestershire- on loan for seven County Championship matches), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset, on loan for three County Championship matches)

Surrey

Overseas players: Nathan Smith (New Zealand, T20 Blast and County Championship), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand, T20 Blast - eight matches, knockout phase), Kemar Roach (West Indies, four County Championship matches)

Players in: Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire)

Players out: Ben Geddes (Middlesex), Conor McKerr (Nottinghamshire), Amar Virdi (released)

Sussex

Overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Jaydev Unadkat (India), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia, County Championship - four matches)

Players in: George Thomas (Somerset), Nantes Oosthuizen, Troy Henry

Players out: N/A

Warwickshire

Overseas players: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Beau Webster (Australia), Hassan Ali (Pakistan, May 29 onwards), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, first three Championship rounds)

Players in: Ethan Bamber (Middlesex)

Players out: Will Rhodes (Durham), Chris Benjamin (Kent), Michael Burgess (retired)

Worcestershire

Overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand, until end of June), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, T20 Blast)

Players in: Ben Allison (Essex), Fateh Singh (Nottinghamshire)

Players out: Joe Leach (retired), Josh Cobb, Olly Cox (both released)

Yorkshire

Overseas players: Will Sutherland (Australia, T20 Blast and two County Championship matches), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand, T20 Blast and County Championship), Jordan Buckingham (Australia, four County Championship matches), Ben Sears (New Zealand, six County Championship matches)

Players in: Alex Wade, Jawad Akhtar, (both academy), Jack White (Northamptonshire)

Players out: Matthew Fisher (Surrey), Dom Leech (Northamptonshire), Mickey Edwards (retired)

** withdrawn

*updated April 10, 2025*