The County cricket season begins on April 7, 2022: here are the details about all the overseas players signed to play county cricket in England.
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County cricket has been the go-to destination for various international players across the world. Following the termination of Kolpak rule last year, sides were allowed to use two overseas players in the county championship.
Updated as of April 6, 2022
County cricket 2022: Overseas players
Derbyshire
Suranga Lakmal, Dustin Melton, Shan Masood
Durham
David Bedingham, Keegan Petersen (available till May 22)
Essex
Simon Harmer, Mark Steketee (available till May 22 for County Championship), Daniel Sams (available for Vitality Blast)
Glamorgan
Colin Ingram, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser
Gloucestershire
Marcus Harris, Zafar Gohar, Naseem Shah (available till the end of Vitality Blast group stage)
Hampshire
Kyle Abbott, Mohammad Abbas (available for the first two months), Ben McDermott (available for Vitality Blast), Nathan Ellis (available for Vitality Blast)
Kent
George Linde, Jackson Bird (available for the first part of County Championship season), Matt Henry (available for County Championship and Royal London Cup), Qais Ahmad (available for Vitality Blast)
Lancashire
Dane Vilas, Tim David (available for Vitality Blast), Hasan Ali (available till May 22 for County Championship)
Leicestershire
Wiaan Mulder (available for County Championship and Royal London Cup), Beuran Hendricks (available for County Championship and One Day Cup), Naveen-ul-Haq (available for Vitality Blast), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (available for Vitality Blast)
Middlesex
Peter Handscomb, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (available for Vitality Blast)
Northamptonshire
Will Young (available for County Championship and One Day Cup), Matt Kelly (available for first six County Championship games), Jimmy Neesham (available for Vitality Blast)
Nottinghamshire
James Pattinson, Dane Paterson, Dan Christian (available for Vitality Blast)
Somerset
Marchant de Lange, Matt Renshaw (available for County Championship and One Day Cup), Peter Siddle
Surrey
Kemar Roach, Sunil Narine (available for Vitality Blast), Hashim Amla
Sussex
Cheteshwar Pujara (available for County Championship and Royal London Cup), Josh Philippe (available from mid-June for County Championship and Vitality Blast), Mohammad Rizwan (available for County Championship and Vitality Blast from the months of April-June), Rashid Khan (available for Vitality Blast)
Warwickshire
Paul Stirling (available for Vitality Blast), Nathan McAndrew, Carlos Brathwaite (available for Vitality Blast)
Worcestershire
Azhar Ali (available for County Championship), Colin Munro (available for Vitality Blast), Dwayne Bravo (available for Vitality Blast)
Yorkshire
Duanne Olivier, Shadab Khan (available for Vitality Blast), Haris Rauf