category: Cricket
17.04.2008 12:38
Stay up-to-date with the latest player releases, signings and speculation from all the counties.
KPK: Kolpak contract, REL: released, RET: retired, YTH: from youth teams, UKP: recently-obtained UK passport. Also shows, where relevant, players' previous counties
Kolpak contracts are signed by foreign players, using a loophole in European Union law to avoid counting against the quota of one overseas player per club.
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Derbyshire
Overseas player: Chris Rogers (Australia)
Ins*: Rikki Clarke (Surrey), Nayan Doshi (Surrey), John Sadler (Leics), Dominic Telo (KPK)
Outs: Chris Taylor (Yorkshire), Hassan Adnan (REL), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Phil Weston (RET)
*ECB refused registration for Wavell Hinds (KPK)
Durham
Overseas player: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies, from July); Neil McKenzie (SA, April to start of Twenty20 Cup); Albie Morkel (SA, for Twenty20 Cup)
Ins: Mark Stoneman (YTH), Luke Evans (YTH)
Outs: Ottis Gibson (RET)
Essex
Overseas player: Danish Kaneria (Pakistan)
Ins: David Masters (Leics), Jason Gallian (Notts), Chris Wright (Middlesex)
Outs: Andrew McGarry (REL), Darren Thomas (RET)
Glamorgan
Overseas player: Jason Gillespie (Australia)
Ins: Jamie Dalrymple (Middlesex), Adam Shantry (Warwicks), Matthew Wood (Yorkshire)
Outs: Dan Cherry (REL), Simon Jones (Worcs), Nicky Peng (RET), Andrew Davies (RET)
Gloucestershire
Overseas player: Marcus North (Australia)
Ins: William Porterfield (Ire)
Outs: None
Hampshire
Overseas player: Shane Bond (NZ, April to start of Twenty20 Cup); Shane Watson (Australia, for Twenty20 Cup)
Ins: None
Outs: Shaun Udal (Middlesex), James Bruce (RET), Mitchell Stokes (REL), Shane Warne (Australia)
Kent
Overseas player: Yasir Arafat (Pakistan)
Ins*: Azhar Mahmood (Surrey & UKP)
Outs: Andrew Hall (Northants), Min Patel (RET)
*ECB refused registration for Justin Kemp (KPK)
Lancashire
Overseas player: Brad Hodge (Australia)
Ins: Francois du Plessis (KPK)
Outs: None
Leicestershire
Overseas player: Boeta Dippenaar (SA)
Ins: Garnett Kruger (KPK), Joel Pope (YTH), James Taylor (YTH), Nadeem Malik (Worcs), Jermaine Lawson (WI & KPK), Dillon Du Preez (SA & KPK)
Outs: Stuart Broad (Notts), David Masters (Essex), Darren Robinson (REL), John Maunders (REL), Arno Jacobs (REL), Marc Rosenberg (REL), David Stiff (REL), John Sadler (Derbyshire), Paul Harrison (REL), Nick Walker (REL)
Middlesex
Overseas player: Murali Kartik (India), Vernon Philander (SA - from April to June)
Ins: Shaun Udal (Hants), Gareth Berg (Northants), Dirk Nannes (Australia, holds Dutch passport)
Outs: Chris Wright (Essex), Richard Johnson (RET), Ben Hutton (RET), Chris Whelan (Worcs), Jamie Dalrymple (Glamorgan), Chad Keegan (REL)
Northants
Overseas player: Johann Louw (SA)
Ins*: Nicky Boje (KPK)
Outs: Usman Afzaal (Surrey), Richard Dawson (REL)
*ECB refused registration for Andrew Hall and Johan van der Wath (both KPK)
Nottinghamshire
Overseas player: David Hussey (Australia), Adam Voges (Australia, for early part of season)
Ins: Stuart Broad (Leics), Matthew Wood (Somerset), Alex Hales (YTH), Luke Fletcher (YTH), Andy Carter (Lincolnshire), Darren Pattinson
Outs: Jason Gallian (Essex)
Somerset
Overseas player: Justin Langer (Australia)
Ins: Omari Banks (Anguilla, UK), Andy Sutton (YTH), Alfonso Thomas (KPK)
Outs: Gareth Andrew (Worcs), Matthew Wood (Notts)
Surrey
Overseas player: Matt Nicholson (Australia); Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) may play part of season if released by Pakistan board
Ins: Pedro Collins (KPK), Usman Afzaal (Northants), Saqlain Mushtaq (Sussex), Simon King (YTH), Laurie Evans (YTH)
Outs: Rikki Clarke (Derbyshire), Ian Salisbury (Warwicks), Rory Hamilton-Brown (Sussex), Mohammad Akram (REL)
Sussex
Overseas player: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan)
Ins: Rageb Aga (UKP), Rory Hamilton-Brown (Surrey), Will Beer (YTH), Ben Brown (YTH), Michael Thornely (YTH), Ryan Harris (UKP)
Outs: Richard Montgomerie (RET), Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey)
Warwickshire
Overseas player: Monde Zondeki (South Africa), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, Twenty20 only)
Ins: Boyd Rankin (Derbyshire), Ian Salisbury (Surrey), Richard Johnson (YTH), Calum Macleod (YTH), Tony Frost
Outs: Heath Streak (RET), Alex Loudon (RET), Adam Shantry (Glamorgan), Michael Barnes (REL), Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Gauteng, South Africa)
Worcestershire
Overseas player: Fidel Edwards (West Indies, from July onwards), Steve Magoffin (Australia, first half of season only)
Ins: Gareth Andrew (Somerset), Simon Jones (Glamorgan), Chris Whelan (Middlesex), Mehraj Ahmed (YTH)
Outs: Roger Sillence (REL), Dewald Nel (REL), Stewart Wedge (REL), Ray Price (Zimbabwe), Nadeem Malik (Leics), Shaftab Khalid (REL)
Yorkshire
Overseas player: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan & Sussex), Morne Morkel (SA, early part of season only)
Ins: Chris Taylor (Derbyshire), Gary Ballance (Derbyshire)
Outs: Nick Thornicroft (REL), Chris Gilbert (REL), Matthew Wood (Glamorgan)
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