Cricket Dec 07, 2025

County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2025 season

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County cricket ins and outs - all the signings, departures and overseas arrivals ahead of the 2025 season

Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2025 season.

Ins: Martin Andersson (Middlesex), Jack Morley (Lancashire)

Outs: Sam Conners (Durham)

Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)

Ins: Emilio Gay (Northants), Will Rhodes (Warwickshire), Sam Conners (Derbyshire)

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

Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia - April and May), Codi Yusuf (South Africa - until June, County Championship and Vitality Blast group stage), Neil Wagner (New Zealand - from June 22 onwards), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)

Ins: None

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

Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)

Ins: Ned Leonard (Somerset), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset - on loan for first three County Championship matches)

Outs: Harry Podmore, Prem Sisodiya (both retired)

Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka - first seven County Championship games)

Ins: None

Outs: Zafar Gohar (Middlesex)

Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia - five County Championship matches across April and May)

Ins: Sonny Baker (Somerset), Mark Stoneman (Middlesex)

Outs: None

Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Brett Hampton (New Zealand - April and May), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa - Vitality Blast)

Ins: Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire), Corey Flintoff (Lancashire)

Outs: Hamidullah Qadri, Arafat Bhuiyan (both released)

Overseas players: Kashif Ali (Pakistan - April and May), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa - April and May), Wes Agar (Australia - end of May onwards), Tom Rogers (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins: Michael Jones (Durham)

Outs: Jack Morley (Derbyshire), Corey Flintoff (Kent), George Lavelle (released), Steven Croft (retired)

Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia - County Championship and One Day Cup), Anderson Phillip (West Indies), Chris Green (Australia - Vitality Blast), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins: Ben Green (Somerset - on loan for first seven County Championship matches)

Outs: Sam Evans (released)

Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan, from May 31)

Ins: Ben Geddes (Surrey), Zafar Gohar (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Martin Andersson (Derbyshire), Mark Stoneman (Hampshire), Ethan Bamber (Warwickshire), Thilan Walallawita (released), Robbie White (retired)

Overseas players: Kane Williamson (New Zealand - at least five County Championship matches plus at least 10 Vitality Blast games), Dane Paterson (South Africa - County Championship in April and May), Josh Little (Ireland - mainly for the Vitality Blast)

Ins: Dom Leech (Yorkshire), Liam Guthrie

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

Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa - April to July), Harry Conway (Australia - four County Championship matches in May), Ashton Agar (Australia - Vitality Blast), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - County Championship and One Day Cup, from June 22)

Ins: Conor McKerr (Surrey), Francis Moore

Outs: Fateh Singh (Worcestershire), Luke Fletcher (released), Tom Loten, Toby Pettman (both retired)

Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa - County Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia - first month of County Championship), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan - six County Championship games across May and September), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast), Moises Henriques (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins: None

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

Overseas players: Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast, April 7-June 25), Riley Meredith (Australia - Vitality Blast), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)

Ins: Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire)

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

Overseas players: Kemar Roach (West Indies - first four County Championship matches), Nathan Smith (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)

Ins: George Thomas (Somerset)

Outs: None

Overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Jaydev Unadkat (India - September), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia - June and July)

Ins: Ethan Bamber (Middlesex)

Outs: Will Rhodes (Durham), Chris Benjamin (Kent), Amir Khan (released), Liam Norwell, Michael Burgess (both retired)

Overseas players: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, County Championship - April), Beau Webster (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, May-July), Hassan Ali (Pakistan - end of May-September)

Ins: Ben Allison (Essex), Fateh Singh (Nottinghamshire)

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

Overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand - first three months of season for County Championship and Vitality Blast), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand - County Championship until end of June), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Ins: Jack White (Northamptonshire)

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

Overseas players: Ben Sears (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia - County Championship, April 29-May 29), Will Sutherland (Australia - two County Championship matches in June and Vitality Blast group stage), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand - first eight Vitality Blast matches)

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