UPDATES TO THE COUNTY REGISTER FOR PLAYFAIR CRICKET ANNUAL 2025
Updated to 26 May 2025.
First-class debuts in 2025 to 26 May: 9
List-A debuts in 2025 to 26 May: 0
Twenty20 debuts in 2025 to 26 May: 0
DERBYSHIRE
NQALLAH Mohammad GHAZANFAR, b Paktia, Afghanistan 30 Mar 2006. RHB, OB. Tests (Afg): 1 (2024-25); HS 6 and BB 3-127 v Z (Bulawayo) 2024-25. LOI (Afg): 11 (2023-24 to 2024-25); HS 31* v SA (Sharjah) 2024-25; BB 6-26 v B (Sharjah) 2024-25, 2nd best figures for Afg. F-c Tour (Afg): Z 2024-25. HS 6 and BB 3-127 (see Tests) – only f-c appearance. LO HS 31* (see LOI). LO BB 6-26 (see LOI). T20 HS 1. T20 BB 4-12.
DURHAM
J.T.Ball joins on loan from Somerset for two matches from 24 April.
J.M.Blatherwick joins on loan from Lancashire for two matches from 24 April.
NQNEESHAM, J.D.S. – see LEICESTERSHIRE departures.
NQYUSUF, Codi Ethan, b Knysna, South Africa 4 Oct 1998. RHB, RFM. Central Gauteng 2019-20 to 2020-21. Gauteng 2021-22 to date. HS 84 C Gauteng v FS (Johannesburg) 2019-20. BB 6-49 Gauteng v KZN Coastal (Durban) 2023-24. LO HS 28* C Gauteng v Easterns (Johannesburg, WM) 2019-20. LO BB 4-26 Gauteng v KZN Coastal (Johannesburg) 2021-22. T20 HS 25. T20 BB 3-15.
ESSEX
NQMOHAMMAD AMIR – see DERBYSHIRE departures.
NQRAJITHA, Chandrasekara Arachchilage Kasun (St Servatius C), b Matara, Sri Lanka 1 Jun 1993. RHB, RMF. Badureliya 2014-15 to 2015-16. Saracens 2016-17 to 2020. Bloomfield 2017-18. Sinhalese debut 2022-23. Tests (SL): 18 (2018 to 2023-24); HS 22 v NZ (Christchurch) 2022-23; BB 5-56 v B (Sylhet) 2023-24. LOI (SL): 34 (2018 to 2023-24); HS 33 v SA (Delhi) 2023-24; BB 4-50 v Neth (Lucknow) 2023-24. IT20 (SL): 18 (2015-16 to 2022-23); HS 9* v I (Rajkot) 2022-23; BB 3-29 v I (Pune) 2015-16. F-c Tours (SL): E 2016 (SLA); A 2018-19; SA 2018-19, 2020-21; WI 2017-18 (SLA), 2018; NZ 2015-16 (SLA), 2018-19, 2022-23; P 2019-20; Z 2019-20; B 2022, 2023-24. HS 52 Badureliya v Saracens (Panagoda) 2015-16. BB 8-31 Saracens v Ragama (Maggona) 2019-20. LO HS 33 (see LOI). LO BB 5-37 Badureliya v Galle (Maggona) 2015-16. T20 HS 19. T20 BB 5-22.
S.N.Thakur was unable to join the county after being selected for the IPL.
GLAMORGAN
S.Bashir joins on loan from Somerset for three matches in April.
NQKERR, Hayden Lewis, b Bowral, NSW, Australia 10 Jul 1996. RHB, LFM. New South Wales 2021-22 to date. Derbyshire 2022. Big Bash: SS 2019-20 to date. HS 88 NSW v Tas (Sydney) 2021-22. CC HS 16 and BB 3-63 De v Sussex (Hove) 2022. LO HS 43 NSW v Vic (Sydney) 2021-22. LO BB 3-57 NSW v Vic (Melbourne, SK) 2023-24. T20 HS 98*. T20 BB 4-32.
NQKUHNEMANN, Matthew Paul, b Brisbane, Australia 20 Sep 1996. LHB, SLA. Queensland 2020-21 to 2023-24. Durham 2023; cap 2023. Tasmania 2024-25. Glamorgan debut 2025. Big Bash: BH 2018-19 to date. Tests (A): 5 (2022-23 to ); HS 6 v I (Delhi) 2022-23; 6 v I (Ahmedabad) 2022-23 and 6 v SL (Galle) 2024-25; BB 5-16 v I (Indore) 2022-23. LOI (A): 4 (2022); HS 15 v SL (Colombo, RPS) 2022; BB 2-26 v SL (Colombo, RPS) 2022 – separate matches. F-c Tours (A): I 2022-23; SL 2022 (Aus A), 2024-25. HS 27* Tas v WA (Perth) 2024-25. CC HS 5* Du v Sussex (Hove) 2023. BB 5-16 (see Tests). CC BB 5-53 Du v Worcs (Chester-le-St) 2023. LO HS 36 Q v SA (Adelaide, KR) 2023-24. LO BB 4-37 Q v SA (Brisbane, AB) 2020-21. T20 HS 9*. T20 BB 3-17.
M.Labuschagne returns for the 2025 season.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
HAMPSHIRE
NQBREVIS, Dewald Tobias (Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool), b Sandton, South Africa 29 Apr 2003. RHB, LB. Northerns debut 2022-23. IPL: MI 2022-24. IT20 (SA): 2 (2023); HS 5 v A (Durban) 2023. HS 159 Northerns v KZN Coastal (Durban) 2024-25. BB 4-65 Northerns v KZN Inland (Pietermaritzburg) 2023-24. LO HS 116 Northerns v WP (Centurion) 2023-24. LO BB 4-46 SA A v Sri Lanka A (Potchefstroom) 2024. T20 HS 162. T20 BB 2-19.
NQHAMPTON, Brett Raymond, b Tauranga, New Zealand 30 Apr 1991. RHB, RMF. N Districts 2015-16 to date. Canterbury 2017-18. Hampshire debut 2025. HS 121 ND v Otago (Hamilton) 2024-25. BB 7-41 ND v Otago (Dunedin) 2023-24. LO HS 126* ND v Auckland (Auckland, KHC) 2023-24. LO BB 4-30 ND v Auckland (Auckland) 2015-16. T20 HS 64. T20 BB 3-1.
KENT
J.T.Ball joins Kent on loan from Somerset for two matches from 16 May.
NQDUDGEON, Keith Jack, b Johannesburg, South Africa 7 Nov 1995. RHB, RFM. Squad No 75. Gauteng 2014-15 to 2016-17. Lions 2016-17. Dolphins 2017-18 to 2019-20. KZN Coastal 2019-20 to 2020-21. KZN Inland 2021-22 to 2023-24. Free State 2021-22. Boland 2024-25. HS 88 KZN Coastal v Easterns (Benoni) 2019-20. 50 wkts (0+1): 52 (2018-19). BB 7-43 (12-101 match) KZN v Gauteng (Johannesburg) 2018-19. LO HS 71 KZN Coastal v Border (Stellenbosch) 2020-21. LO BB 7-35 KZN Coastal v KZN Inland (Chatsworth) 2019-20. T20 HS 36*. T20 BB 4-5. A knee injury ended his stint on 14 April.
FLINTOFF, Corey Leigh (Manchester GS; Manchester Met U), b Wythenshawe, Cheshire 8 Mar 2006. Son of A.Flintoff (Lancashire and England 1995-2009); elder brother of R.Flintoff (see LANCASHIRE). RHB, RFM. Awaiting 1st XI debut. Lancashire 2nd XI 2024.
NQKASHIF ALI, b Rawalpindi, Pakistan 6 Jun 1994. RHB, RMF. Squad no 25. Northern 2021-22 to 2022-23. Rawalpindi 2023-24 to date. Khan Research Laboratories 2023-24. SNGPL 2024-25. Kent debut 2025. Tests (P): 1 (2024-25); HS 1 and BB 1-16 v WI (Multan) 2024-25. F-c Tour (PA): A 2024. HS 36 KRL v State Bank (Karachi) 2023-24. BB 6-86 Rawalpindi v Lahore Blues (Rawalpindi) 2023-24. LO HS 22* Rawalpindi v Pakistan TV (Rawalpindi) 2018-19. LO BB 4-36 KRL v State Bank (Rawalpindi) 2024. T20 HS 9*. T20 BB 1-16.
J.A.Richards joins Kent on loan from Essex for two games from 1 May.
LANCASHIRE
J.A.Turner joins Lancashire on loan from Hampshire for 14 days from 10 April.
LEICESTERSHIRE
L.P.J.Kimber appointed T20 captain on 14 March.
B.G.F.Green joins Leicestershire on loan from Somerset for the first seven rounds of the County Championship.
NQSHAN MASOOD – see YORKSHIRE departures.
MIDDLESEX
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NQY.S.Chahal returns to the county in 2025.
NQCONWAY, Harry Nicholas Alexander, b Wahroongha, NSW, Australia 17 Sep 1992. RHB, RFM. New South Wales 2015-16 to 2021-22. S Australia 2022-23 to date. Big Bash: AS 2019-20 to 2022-23. HS 31 NSW v SA (Sydney, BO) 2019-20. BB 6-39 NSW v Vic (Sydney, BO) 2020-21. LO HS 43* SA v Vic (Melbourne, SK) 2023-24. LO BB 3-27 SA v NSW (Adelaide) 2024-25. T20 HS 6. T20 BB 3-36.
C.G.Harrison joins the county on loan from Nottinghamshire for two matches from 6 April, subsequently extended.
NQPOPE, Lloyd Aylmer James, b Adelaide, Australia 1 Dec 1999. RHB, LBG. South Australia 2018-19 to date. Big Bash: SS 2018-19 to 2021-22; AS 2023-24 to date. HS 17 SA v Vic (Adelaide) 2024-25. BB 7-87 SA v Q (Adelaide) 2018-19. LO HS 4* SA v Vic (Melbourne, SK) 223-24. LO BB 4-78 SA v Q (Adelaide, KR) 2021-22. T20 HS 5. T20 BB 4-22.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
SOMERSET
SURREY
S.M.Curran appointed T20 captain on 13 March.
NQPATTERSON, Kurtis Robert, b Hurstville, Sydney, Australia 5 Apr 1993. LHB, OB. New South Wales 2011-12 to date. Big Bash: SS 2012-13 to date; ST 2013-13 to 2017-18; 2019-20 to 2021-22. Tests (A): 2 (2018-19); HS 114* v SL (Canberra) 2018-19. F-c Tours (Aus A): E 2019; I 2018-19. HS 167* NSW v WA (Sydney) 2024-25. LO HS 115 Aus A v India A (Mackay) 2016. T20 HS 78.
K.A.J.Roach returns for 2025 season.
SUSSEX
J.P.H.Hayes joins the county on loan from Nottinghamshire for two matches from 9 May.
WARWICKSHIRE
WORCESTERSHIRE
NQNICHOLLS, Henry Michael (St Andrew’s C), b Christchurch, New Zealand 15 Nov 1991. LHB, OB. Canterbury 2011-12 to date. Big Bash: ST 2015-16. Derbyshire 2018 (T20 only). Tests (NZ): 56 (2015-15 to 2023-24); HS 200* v SL (Wellington) 2022-23. LOI (NZ): 81 (2015-16 to 2024-25); HS 124* v SL (Nelson) 2018-19. IT20 (NZ): 10 (2015-16 to 2021); HS 36* v B (Mirpur) 2021. F-c Tours (NZ): E 2021, 2022; A 2019-20; SA 2016; I 2016-17, 2017-18 (NZA), 2021-22; P 2022-23; SL 2019; Z 2016; B 2023-24; UAE 2018-19 (v P). HS 200* (see Tests). BB -. LO HS 178 Cant v Wellington (Wellington) 2014-15. LO BB -. T20 HS 76*.
YORKSHIRE
J.M.Bairstow was appointed f-c captain and D.J.Malan was appointed T20 captain on 27 March.
NQSEARS, Benjamin Vincent (Hutt International BS), b Lower Hutt, New Zealand 11 Feb 1998. Son of M.J.Sears (Wellington 1990-91 to 1993-94). RHB, RFM. Squad No 14. Wellington 2018-19 to date. Tests (NZ): 1 (2023-24); HS 0*; BB 4-90 v A (Christchurch) 2023-24. LOI (NZ): 2 (2024-25); BB -. IT20 (NZ): 17 (2021 to 2024); HS 7 v P (Lahore) 2024; BB 3-22 v Neth (Hague) 2022. HS 41 Wellington v Otago (Wellington) 2020-21. BB 6-43 Wellington v Auckland (Wellington) 2019-20. LO HS 19* Wellington v CD (New Plymouth) 2021-22. LO BB 4-41 Wellington v ND (Whangarei) 2022-23. T20 HS 17*. T20 BB 4-16.
OVERSEAS PLAYERS IN THE MEN’S HUNDRED
(Not also assigned to a county or otherwise listed in the Annual)
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX
LONDON SPIRIT
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS
NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS
OVAL INVINCIBLES
SOUTHERN BRAVE
TRENT ROCKETS
WELSH FIRE
IRELAND REGISTER
ENGLAND WOMEN
ELITE PANEL OF UMPIRES
M.A.Gough and J.S.Wilson left the panel on 25 March and were replaced by A.Paleker and A.G.Wharf.