With the 2025 county season accomplished, keep updated with the most recent participant signings and hypothesis.
Key to abbreviations: REL = launched; RET = retired; YTH = from youth groups; UKP = born abroad, however has UK passport.
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Counties have been permitted to area two abroad gamers in all competitions since 2021.
Players who moved counties or retired in the course of the 2025 season are included on the 2025 list. Not included are gamers signed on quick-time period preparations purely for non-aggressive pleasant matches.
Most current confirmed enjoying strikes
2 October – Northamptonshire sign all-rounder Louis Kimber following his departure from Leicestershire
30 September – Northamptonshire release spinner Freddie Heldreich
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Derbyshire
2025 abroad gamers: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan)
Overseas gamers: Caleb Jewell (Australia)
In: Matt Montgomery (Nottinghamshire)
Out: David Lloyd (RET), Alex Thomson (REL)
Durham
2025 abroad gamers: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand), Neil Wagner (New Zealand), Codi Yusuf (South Africa), Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Shafiqullah Ghafari (Afghanistan)
In: Kasey Aldridge (Somerset), Archie Bailey (Gloucestershire)
Out: Mitchell Killeen (Essex), Paul Coughlin (Lancashire)
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Essex
2025 abroad gamers: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Kasun Rajitha (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan), Khaleel Ahmed (India), Curtis Campher (Ireland), Doug Bracewell (New Zealand)
In: Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire), Mitchell Killeen (Durham)
Out: Nick Browne (RET)
Glamorgan
2025 abroad gamers: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Hayden Kerr (Australia), Matt Kuhnemann (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan)
In: Sean Dickson (Somerset)
Out: Sam Northeast (Kent), Tom Bevan (REL)
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Gloucestershire
2025 abroad gamers: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia), D’Arcy Short (Australia), Todd Murphy (Australia)
Overseas gamers: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), D’Arcy Short (Australia, for T20)
In: Craig Miles (Warwickshire), Will Williams (Lancashire)
Out: Archie Bailey (Durham), Ajeet Singh Dale (Lancashire), Dom Goodman (Sussex), Zaman Akhter (Essex), Tom Price (Sussex), Josh Shaw (Somerset)
Hampshire
2025 abroad gamers: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Brett Hampton (Australia), Bjorn Fortuin (South Africa), Tilak Varma (India), Chris Lynn (Australia), Hilton Cartwright (Australia), Washington Sundar (India)
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Overseas gamers: Kyle Abbott (South Africa)
In: None
Out: Keith Barker (Warwickshire)
Other information: Head coach Adrian Birrell has stepped down.
Kent
2025 abroad gamers: Wes Agar (Australia), Tom Rogers (Australia), Kashif Ali (Pakistan), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
Overseas gamers: Keith Dudgeon (South Africa)
In: Matt Milnes (Yorkshire), Sam Northeast (Glamorgan)
Out: Nathan Gilchrist (Warwickshire), George Garrett (RET), Marcus O’Riordan (REL), Mohammed Rizvi (REL)
Lancashire
2025 abroad gamers: Chris Green (Australia), Anderson Phillip (West Indies, till the top of July), Marcus Harris (Australia, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Ashton Turner (Australia, for T20, 29 May-4 July)
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Overseas gamers: Marcus Harris (Australia)
In: Ajeet Singh Dale (Gloucestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham)
Out: Will Williams (Gloucestershire), Josh Boyden (REL)
Leicestershire
2025 abroad gamers: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan)
Overseas gamers: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Keshav Maharaj (South Africa, for first 4 months of season)
In: Ben Green (Somerset), Stephen Ezkinazi (Middlesex), Jonny Tattersall (Yorkshire), Josh Davey (Somerset)
Out: Chris Wright (RET), Louis Kimber (Northamptonshire), Matt Salisbury (REL), Roman Walker (REL)
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Middlesex
2025 abroad gamers: Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Josh Little (Ireland), Dane Paterson (South Africa)
In: None
Out: Stephen Ezkinazi (Leicestershire)
Northamptonshire
2025 abroad gamers: Matt Breetzke (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Harry Conway (Australia), Lloyd Pope (Australia), Tim Robinson (New Zealand)
Overseas gamers: Matt Breetzke (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India, second half of the season, for Championship and One-Day Cup), Harry Conway (Australia, for first two months of the season)
In: Louis Kimber (Leicestershire)
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Out: Freddie Heldreich (REL)
Nottinghamshire
2025 abroad gamers: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa), Fergus O’Neill (Australia), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Moises Henriques (Australia), Ishan Kishan (India)
In: None
Out: Matt Montgomery (Derbyshire)
Somerset
2025 abroad gamers: Riley Meredith (Australia), Matt Henry (New Zealand), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
In: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire)
Out: Kasey Aldridge (Durham), Sean Dickson (Glamorgan), Josh Davey (Leicestershire), Ben Green (Leicestershire), Andy Umeed (REL)
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Surrey
2025 abroad gamers: Nathan Smith (New Zealand), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Kemar Roach (West Indies), Kurtis Patterson (Australia), Adam Zampa (Australia), Sai Kishore (India), Rahul Chahar (India)
In: None
Out: None
Sussex
2025 abroad gamers: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Jaydev Unadkat (India), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia)
In: Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Dom Goodman (Gloucestershire), Tom Price (Gloucestershire)
Out: None
Other information: Briggs has re-joined in a participant-coach capability.
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Warwickshire
2025 abroad gamers: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Beau Webster (Australia), Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka), Corey Rocchiccioli (Australia), Will Young (New Zealand)
Overseas gamers: Beau Webster (Australia, for first half of season)
In: Jordan Thompson (Yorkshire), Nathan Gilchrist (Kent), Keith Barker (Hampshire)
Out: Moeen Ali (RET from county cricket), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Craig Miles (Gloucestershire)
Other information: Graeme Welch has re-joined the club to switch Stuart Barnes as bowling coach.
Worcestershire
2025 abroad gamers: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand), Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
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Overseas gamers: Usama Mir (Pakistan)
In: None
Out: Tom Hinley (REL), Yadvinder Singh (REL)
Yorkshire
2025 abroad gamers: Will Sutherland (Australia), Will O’Rourke (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia), Ben Sears (New Zealand), Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan), Imam Ul-Haq (Pakistan), Mayank Agarwal (India)
In: None
Out: Jonny Tattersall (Leicestershire), Jordan Thompson (Warwickshire), Matt Milnes (Kent)
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