2005 County Player Update: 16/11/04

With the 2004 season finishing just over a month ago and all the counties fighting hard to boost their squads for the 2005 season there have been many movements between the teams and below is a run down of who has signed for who.

Derbyshire
Signings: Michael di Venuto
Departures: Andrew Gait, Steve Selwood, Rawait Khan, Mohammad Ali, Neil Gunter
Overseas players: Michael Di Venuto (Aus)

Durham
Signings: Mike Hussey (Gloucs)
Departures: Marcus North, Ian Pattison, Shaun Tait, Pallav Kumar, Andy Blignaut, Vince Wells (retired)
Overseas players: Mike Hussey (Aus), Ashley Noffke (Aus)

Essex
Signings: Grant Flower
Departures: Aftab Habib, Adrian McCoubrey, Zoheb Sharif
2005 beneficiary: Paul Grayson
Overseas players: Danesh Kaneria (Pak)

Glamorgan
Signings: None
Departures: Adrian Dale (retired)
2005 beneficiary: Matthew Maynard
Overseas players: Matthew Elliott (Aus), Michael Kasprowicz (Aus)

Gloucestershire
Signings: Kadeer Ali (Worcs), Steve Kirby (Yorks), Carl Greenidge (Northamptonshire)
Departures: Alastair Bressington, Mike Hussey
2005 beneficiary: Tim Hancock
Overseas players: TBA

Hampshire
Signings: Kevin Pietersen (Notts), Richard Logan (Notts), Sean Ervine (Zimb)
Departures: James Hamblin (retired), Will Kendall (retired)
2005 beneficiary: Alan Mullally
Overseas players: Shane Warne (Aus)

Kent
Signings: Simon Cook (Middx), Darren Stevens (Leics)
Departures: Ed Smith (Middx), Alex Loudon (Warks), Ben Trott
Overseas players: TBA

Lancashire
Signings: Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge (Leics), Steven Croft, Andrew Crook, Gareth Cross, Simon Marshall
Departures: Chris Schofield, Jamie Haynes, John Wood, Alec Swann, Peter Martin (retired)
2005 beneficiary: Gary Yates
Overseas players: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Brad Hodge (Aus)

Leicestershire
Signings: Dinesh Mongia
Departures: Brad Hodge (Lancs), Darren Stevens (Kent), George Walker, Damian Brandy
Overseas players: Dinesh Mongia (Ind), Mark Cleary (Aus)

Middlesex
Signings: Ed Smith (Kent), Scott Styris
Departures: Simon Cook (Kent)
Overseas players: Scott Styris (NZ), Nantie Hayward (SA)

Northamptonshire
Signings: Damien Wright, Bilal Shafayat (Notts), Charl Pietersen
Departures: Graeme Swann (Notts), Carl Greenidge (Gloucestershire), Toby Bailey (retired), Adam Shantry (Warks), Mark Powell, Craig Jennings
Overseas players: Martin Love (Aus), Damien Wright (Aus)

Nottinghamshire
Signings: Stephen Fleming, Graeme Swann (Northants)
Departures: Kevin Pietersen (Hants), Bilal Shafayat (Northants), Stuart MacGill, Richard Logan (Hants), David Lucas
Overseas players: Stephen Fleming (NZ), David Hussey (Aus)

Somerset
Signings: Graeme Smith (SA), Albie Morkel (SA) - both subject to final approval
Departures: Jamie Cox, Thomas Hunt, Tom Webley
2005 beneficiary: Michael Burns
Overseas players: Graeme Smith (SA), Albie Morkel (SA) - both subject to final approval

Surrey
Signings: Mohammad Akram (Sussex), Harbhajan Singh (Ind) - subject to final approval
Departures: Alex Tudor, Nadeem Shahid (retired), Adam Hollioake (retired)
Overseas players: Mohammad Akram, Harbhajan Singh (Ind) - subject to final approval

Sussex
Signings: None
Departures: Mohammad Akram (Surrey)
Overseas players: TBA

Warwickshire
Signings: Alex Loudon (Kent), Adam Shantry (Northants)
Departures: Dominic Ostler
Overseas players: TBA

Worcestershire
Signings: None
Departures: Steve Rhodes (retired), Kadeer Ali (Gloucs)
Overseas players: TBA

Yorkshire
Signings: None
Departures: Steve Kirby (Gloucs), Vic Craven, Andy Gray
2005 beneficiary: Michael Vaughan
Overseas players: Phil Jaques

Posted by Richard