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)
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)
Ins: None
Outs: Ben Allison (Worcestershire), Feroze Khushi (released), Aaron Beard (retired)
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Shardul Thakur (India – first seven County Championship matches)
Ins: Ned Leonard (Somerset)
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), Jack Edwards (Australia – April and May), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa – Vitality Blast)
Ins: Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire)
Outs: Hamidullah Qadri, Arafat Bhuiyan (both released)
Overseas players: Wes Agar (Australia – April to July), Tom Rogers (Australia – Vitality Blast)
Ins: Michael Jones (Durham)
Outs: Jack Morley (Derbyshire), 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: None
Outs: Sam Evans (released)
Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands)
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), Josh Little (Ireland – mainly for the Vitality Blast)
Ins: Dom Leech (Yorkshire)
Outs: Emilio Gay (Durham), Jack White (Yorkshire), Alex Russell, George Gowler, George Weldon (all released)
Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa – April to July), Ashton Agar (Australia – Vitality Blast)
Ins: Conor McKerr (Surrey)
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 (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: Nathan Smith (New Zealand – County Championship and Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand – Vitality Blast)
Ins: None
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), 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: Josh Cobb, Olly Cox (both released), Joe Leach (retired)
Overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand – first three months of season for County Championship and Vitality Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia – Vitality Blast)
Ins: Jack White (Northamptonshire)
Outs: Matthew Fisher (Surrey), Dom Leech (Northamptonshire), Mickey Edwards (retired)
Overseas players: Will Sutherland (Australia – two County Championship matches and Vitality Blast group stage), Will O’Rourke (New Zealand – first eight Vitality Blast matches)
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