The County cricket season is highly anticipated by the English cricketers as well as their counterparts around the world. Some use it as a launchpad for an international comeback, while others hone their skills for an upcoming tour of their national team to that part of the world.

This year, county teams are allowed to sign four overseas players while being allowed to play only two in any given game. Here is the list of confirmed overseas signings by the counties so far.

Updated as of April 4, 2023

County cricket 2023: Overseas players

Derbyshire

Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka), Haider Ali (Pakistan)

Durham

David Bedingham (South Africa), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa, T20 Blast), Matthew Kuhnemann (Australia)

Essex

Simon Harmer, Doug Bracewell (April 13-July 30 for County Championship), Daniel Sams (Australia, T20 Blast)

Glamorgan

Colin Ingram (South Africa), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Michael Neser (Australia)

Gloucestershire

Marcus Harris (Australia), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan)

Hampshire

Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Ben McDermott (Australia, available for T20 Blast), Nathan Ellis (Australia, T20 Blast)

Kent

George Linde (South Africa), Kane Richardson (Australia, T20 Blast), Arshdeep Singh (India, County Championship in June and July)

Lancashire

Dane Vilas (South Africa), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand), Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand, from May 11)

Leicestershire

Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan, T20 Blast), Ajinkya Rahane (India, from June 11 for County Championship and One Day Cup), Peter Handscomb (Australia, in April and May)

Middlesex

Pieter Malan (South Africa)

Northamptonshire

Chris Lynn (Australia, available for T20 Blast), Sam Whiteman (Australia, available till August), Andre Tye (Australia, available for T20 blatt), Chris Tremain (Australia, available till April 23), Lance Morris (Australia, available from May 4-May 21)

Nottinghamshire

Dane Paterson (South Africa), Colin Munro (New Zealand, available for T20 Blast), Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan, available for T20 Blast)

Somerset

Peter Siddle (Australia, available till July), Matt Henry (New Zealand, available from May 11-July 31), Cameron Bancroft (Australia, available till May 7)

Surrey

Kemar Roach (west Indies, available till May 21), Sean Abbott (Australia, available till July), Sunil Narine (West Indies, available for T20 Blast)

Sussex

Cheteshwar Pujara (India), Shadab Khan (Pakistan, available for T20 Blast), Steven Smith (Australia, available from May 4-May 21), Nathan McAndrew (Australia, available from April to July)

Warwickshire

Hasan Ali (Pakistan, available till July), Glenn Maxwell (Australia, available for T20 Blast), Paul Stirling (Ireland, available for T20 Blast from May 20-29)

Worcestershire

Azhar Ali (Pakistan), Michael Bracewell (New Zealand, available for T20 Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand)

Yorkshire

Shan Masood (Pakistan), David Weise (Namibia, available for T20 Blast), Neil Wagner (New Zealand, available fo County Championship till July)