The County Championship, UK’s first-class competition, will see its 2021 season begin on April 8 – here’s the full squads list, player movements and overseas players for the tournament.

The 18 counties have been divided into three groups of six each. The top two teams will make it to Division 2, while the rest of the teams will be in Division 2 and 3.

Group 1: Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Group 2: Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey
Group 3: Glamorgan, Kent, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, Yorkshire

You can check the full schedule and list of fixtures here.

County Championship 2021: Full list of squads

Derbyshire

In: Brooke Guest (Lancashire), George Scrimshaw (Worcestershire)

Out: Tony Palladino (released)

Overseas: Billy Stanlake (Australia), Dustin Melton (Zimbabwe), Ben McDermott (Australia)

Durham

In: Scott Borthwick (Surrey), Cameron Bancroft (Aus)

Out: Scott Steel (Leicestershire), Sol Bell, Josh Coughlin, Gareth Harte, Nathan Rimmington, James Weighell, Ben Whitehead (all released)

Overseas: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Will Young (New Zealand)

Essex

In: None

Out: Rishi Patel (Leics)

Overseas: Peter Siddle (Australia), Simon Harmer (South Africa)

Glamorgan

In: None

Out: Marchant de Lange (Somerset), Kieran Bull, Graham Wagg, Connor Brown, Owen Morgan (all released), Craig Meschede (retired)

Overseas: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Michael Neser (Australia), Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland)

Gloucestershire

In: Jared Warner (Yorkshire)

Out: Gareth Roderick (Worcestershire), George Drissell (released), Stuart Whittingham (retired)

Overseas: Dan Worrall (Australia), Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies)

Hampshire

In: None

Out: Harry Came, Oli Soames (released)

Overseas: Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Kyle Abbott (South Africa)

Kent

In: Nathan Gilchrist (Somerset)

Out: Sean Dickson (Durham), Calum Haggett, Ivan Thomas (both released), Adam Rouse (retired)

Overseas: Heino Kuhn (South Africa), Miguel Cummins (West Indies)

Lancashire

In: Luke Wells (Sussex), Jack Blatherwick (Nottinghamshire)

Out: Brooke Guest (Derbyshire), Toby Lester and Stephen Parry (released), Graham Onions (retired)

Overseas: Shreyas Iyer (India), Dane Vilas (South Africa), Jackson Bid (Australia), Finn Allen (New Zealand, T20)

Leicestershire

In: Scott Steel (Durham), Rishi Patel (Essex), Ed Barnes (Yorkshire)

Out: Tom Taylor (Northamptonshire), Mark Cosgrove (released), Paul Horton (retired)

Overseas: Marcus Harris (Australia)

Middlesex

In: None

Out: Miguel Cummins (Kent), Dan Lincoln (released)

Overseas: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan, Vitality Blast), Mitchell Marsh (Australia, Vitality Blast)

Northamptonshire

In: Tom Taylor (Leicestershire)

Out: Brett Hutton (Nottinghamshire), Blessing Muzarabani, Rob Newton, Tom Sole (all released)

Overseas: Wayne Parnell (South Africa), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan, T20)

Nottinghamshire

In: Brett Hutton (Northamptonshire), Toby Pettman (Oxford MCCU), Dane Schadendorf

Out: Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire), Chris Nash (released)

Overseas: Dane Paterson (South Africa), Dan Christian (Australia, T20)

Somerset

In: None

Out: Jamie Overton (Surrey), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Nathan Gilchrist (Kent)

Overseas: Marchant de Lange (South Africa)

Surrey

In: Laurie Evans (Sussex), Jamie Overton (Somerset)

Out: Scott Borthwick (Durham), Sean Hunt (Sussex), Morne Morkel (released)

Overseas: Kemar Roach (West Indies), Hashim Amla (South Africa)

Sussex

In: Sean Hunt (Surrey)

Out: Laurie Evans (Surrey), Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Luke Wells (Lancashire), Harry Finch, Will Sheffield (both released)

Overseas: Travis Head (Australia), Stiaan van Zyl (South Africa), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan, T20), David Wiese (South Africa, T20)

Warwickshire

In: Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Sussex), Jake Lintott

Out: Liam Banks (released), Ian Bell, Tim Ambrose, Jeetan Patel (all retired)

Overseas: Pieter Malan (South Africa), Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies, T20)

Worcestershire

In: Gareth Roderick (Gloucestershire)

Out: Wayne Parnell (Northamptonshire), George Scrimshaw (Derbyshire), Olly Westbury and Ben Twohig (both released)

Overseas: Alzarri Joseph (West Indies), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal, T20), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia, T20)

Yorkshire

In: Dom Bess (Somerset)

Out: Ed Barns (Leicestershire), Jared Warner (Gloucestershire), James Logan (released)

Overseas: Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)

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