The latest season of the County Championship will be played from April 4 to September 24. Here is the list of overseas players in the County Championship 2025.
The 125th edition of the County Championship will get underway from April 4. The eighteen teams across the two Divisions have signed up their cricketers, including their overseas contingent, not all of whom will play the full summer.
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Among high-profile overseas signings, Kane Williamson has been secured by Middlesex. The New Zealand star will feature in at least five County Championship matches during the latter half of the season, plus a minimum of 10 Vitality Blast fixtures. Williamson will join the squad in May following his stint with Karachi Kings in PSL 2025.
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In another major development, India all-rounder Shardul Thakur, initially set to play seven County Championship matches for Essex after going unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction, withdrew from the deal when Lucknow Super Giants signed him as an injury replacement.
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List of overseas players in County Championship 2025
Derbyshire: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand)
Durham: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia, first 6 matches)
Essex: Dean Elgar (South Africa), Simon Harmer (South Africa), Shardul Thakur (India, 7 matches)*
Glamorgan: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka, until May)
Gloucestershire: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia, 5 matches)
Hampshire: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Jack Edwards (Australia, first 7 matches)
Kent: Wes Agar (Australia)
Lancashire: Anderson Phillip (West Indies, until July), Marcus Harris (Australia), Ashton Turner (Australia)
Leicestershire: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan, from May 30)
Middlesex: Kane Williamson (New Zealand, 5 matches), Dane Paterson (South Africa, first 7 matches)
Northamptonshire: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa, 8 matches), Yuzvendra Chahal (India, from June), Harry Conway (Australia, May)
Nottinghamshire: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa), Fergus O'Neill (Australia, until April 28), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan, 6 matches)
Somerset: Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
Surrey: Nathan Smith (New Zealand)
Sussex: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia, 4 matches)
Warwickshire: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Beau Webster (Australia), Hassan Ali (Pakistan, from May 29), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, first 3 rounds)
Worcestershire: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand, until June)
Yorkshire: Will Sutherland (Australia, 2 matches), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia, 4 matches), Ben Sears (New Zealand, 6 matches)
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