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Our guide keeps you up to date with all the county cricket signings and departures ahead of the 2015 season...

DERBYSHIRE

Overseas player: Martin Guptill (New Zealand, until early June), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, June and August to September). Nathan Rimmington (Australia, T20)

Ins: Shiv Thakor (Leicestershire), Wayne White (Lancashire), Will Davis (Yth), Adam Wheatcroft (Yth), Harry White (Yth)

Outs: Tim Groenewald (Somerset), Mark Turner (Rel), Matt Higginbottom (Rel), Gareth Cross (Rel)

Overseas player 2015: John Hastings (Australia)

Ins: none

Outs: Gareth Breese (Rel)

ESSEX

Overseas player 2015: Jesse Ryder (New Zealand), Shaun Tait (Australia, T20)

Ins: Callum Taylor (Yth)

Outs: Ben Foakes (Surrey), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Sajid Mahmood (Rel), Tom Craddock (Rel), Tim Phillips (Ret) 

GLAMORGAN

Overseas player 2015: Jacques Rudolph (South Africa)

Ins: Colin Ingram (Kolpak), James Kettleborough (Northamptonshire), Craig Meschede (Somerset, season-long loan), Andy Carter (one-month loan from Notts)

Outs: Jim Allenby (Somerset), Murray Goodwin (Ret), Gareth Rees (Ret), Stewart Walters (Rel), Tom Lancefield (Rel), Mike Reed (Rel)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Michael Klinger (Australia, from June)

Ins: Geraint Jones (Kent), Tom Hampton (Buckinghamshire), Peter Handscomb (Australia), Kieran Noema-Barnett (New Zealand)

Outs: Will Gidman (Nottinghamshire), Alex Gidman (Worcestershire), Graeme McCarter (Rel), Dan Housego (Rel), Tom Shrewsbury (Rel)

HAMPSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Jackson Bird (Australia, April-June), Yasir Arafat (Pakistan, one-day cricket only)

Ins: Fidel Edwards (Kolpak, from end of July), Andre Adams (Nottinghamshire, short-term contract as player-coach), Gareth Berg (Middlesex)

Outs: Matt Coles (Kent), David Balcombe (Surrey), Michael Bates (Rel), Ruel Braithwaite (Rel)

KENT

Overseas player 2015: TBC

Ins: Joe Denly (Middlesex), Matt Coles (Hampshire), Sam Weller (Yth), Ryan Davies (Yth)

Outs: Geraint Jones (Gloucestershire), Mark Davies (Ret)

LANCASHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Peter Siddle (Australia, first four Championship matches), James Faulkner (Australia, after Siddle departs until end of August)

Ins: Alviro Petersen (Kolpak), Nathan Buck (Leicestershire), George Edwards (Surrey), Haseeb Hameed (Yth), Matthew Parkinson (Yth), Saqib Mahmood (Yth)

Outs: Wayne White (Derbyshire), Kyle Hogg (Ret), Kabir Ali (Rel), Andrea Agathangelou (Rel), Oliver Newby (Rel)

LEICESTERSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Clint McKay (Australia), Grant Elliott (New Zealand, 10-match T20 deal)

Ins: Mark Cosgrove (Australia), Aadil Ali (Yth), Zak Chappell (Yth), Neil Pinner (Yth), Kevin O'Brien (T20 only)

Outs: Shiv Thakor (Derbyshire), Nathan Buck (Lancashire), Josh Cobb (Northamptonshire), Greg Smith (Nottinghamshire), Anthony Ireland (Rel), Michael Thornely (Rel)

MIDDLESEX

Overseas player 2015: Adam Voges (Australia)

Ins: Nick Compton (Somerset), James Franklin (New Zealand), Max Holden (Yth), George Scott (Yth), Robbie White (Yth), 

Outs: Joe Denly (Kent), Adam Rossington (Northamptonshire), Gareth Berg (Rel), Ollie Wilkin (Rel)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Overseas players 2015: Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, T20 until mid-June)

Ins: Richard Levi (Kolpak), Josh Cobb (Leicestershire), Adam Rossington (Middlesex), Saif Zaib (Yth)

Outs:  James Kettleborough (Glamorgan), David Sales (Ret), Matthew Spriegel (Ret), Andrew Hall (Rel), James Middlebrook (Rel)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Overseas players 2015: Vernon Philander (South Africa, until early June), Ben Hilfenhaus (Australia, from early June), Darren Sammy (West Indies, part of T20)

Ins: Brendan Taylor (Kolpak), Will Gidman (Gloucestershire), Greg Smith (Leicestershire)

Outs: Andre Adams (Hampshire), Ajmal Shahzad (Sussex), Phil Jaques (Rel), Sam Kelsall (Rel)

SOMERSET

Overseas players 2015: Abdur Rehman (Pakistan), Chris Gayle (West Indies, six-match T20 deal), Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan, first half of T20), Corey Anderson (New Zealand, second half of T20)

Ins: Tim Groenewald (Derbyshire), Jim Allenby (Glamorgan), Tom Cooper (Netherlands), Ollie Sale (Yth), Tim Rouse (Yth), Sam Wyatt-Haines (Yth)

Outs: Nick Compton (Middlesex), James Burke (Surrey), Craig Meschede (Glamorgan, season-long loan)

SURREY

Overseas player 2015: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Moises Henriques (Australia, T20)

Ins: Ben Foakes (Essex), David Balcombe (Hampshire), James Burke (Somerset)

Outs: George Edwards (Lancashire), Tom Jewell (Rel), Jack Winslade (Rel), Kevin O'Brien (Rel)

SUSSEX

Overseas player 2015: Steve Magoffin (Australia), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, first half of T20)

Ins: Tymal Mills (Essex), Ajmal Shahzad (Nottinghamshire)

Outs: Yasir Arafat (Hampshire), Rory Hamilton-Brown (Ret), Jon Lewis (Ret – becomes bowling coach)

WARWICKSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Jeetan Patel (New Zealand), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, seven-match T20 deal)

Ins: none

Outs: Jim Troughton (Ret), Paul Best (Ret)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan, from July latest), Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka, first half of season), Colin Munro (New Zealand, T20)

Ins: Alex Gidman (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Nick Harrison (Rel), Matt Pardoe (Rel), Graeme Cessford (Rel)

YORKSHIRE

Overseas player 2015: Aaron Finch (Australia, from end of May), Glenn Maxwell (Australia, T20), Cheteshwar Pujara (India, until end of May), Kane Williamson (New Zealand, final three County Championship games)

Ins: Josh Shaw (Yth)

Outs: Azeem Rafiq (Rel)

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