England’s premier domestic 50-over tournament, the Metro Bank One Day Cup 2026, features all 18 first-class counties competing across two groups of nine. Teams face every other side in their group once during the league stage, with the top performers advancing toward the knockout rounds, which run into the finals weekend on September 19–20.
This update folds in full player names, confirmed captains, and a handful of squad changes and correction points pulled from Cricbuzz’s official squad pages, layered onto the original county-by-county breakdown.
One Day Cup 2026 Groups
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Gloucestershire | Derbyshire |
| Kent | Durham |
| Lancashire | Essex |
| Leicestershire | Glamorgan |
| Northamptonshire | Hampshire |
| Nottinghamshire | Middlesex |
| Somerset | Sussex |
| Surrey | Worcestershire |
| Warwickshire | Yorkshire |
(Source: ECB)
Group A Full Squads: One Day Cup 2026
Here are all the Squads from Group A.
Gloucestershire
Jack Taylor captains a Gloucestershire squad still built around Cameron Bancroft’s top order experience.
Jack Taylor (c), Cameron Bancroft, James Bracey, Tommy Boorman, Kamran Dhariwal, Joseph Robert Eckland, Miles Hammond, Joe Phillips, Aman Rao Perala, Oliver Price, Graeme van Buuren, Luke Charlesworth, Ed Middleton, Will Williams, Daaryoush Ahmed, Aman Akram Rao, D Malan, D Short, C Miles, M D Lange, L Scott, A Syed
Kent
Daniel Bell-Drummond leads a 28 player squad stacked with seam and spin options.
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c), Sam Billings, Zak Crawley, Ben Dawkins, Jaydn Denly, Joey Evison, Sam Northeast, Ekansh Singh, Oliver Curtiss, Chris Benjamin, Harry Finch, Keith Dudgeon, Matt Milnes, Matthew Parkinson, Grant Stewart, Jaskaran Singh, Ben Compton, Ben Foreman, Jake Lintott, Marchant de Lange, Fred Klaassen, Matt Quinn, Jimmy Taylor, Tawanda Muyeye, Tom Rogers, Jaydn Singh
Lancashire
George Balderson captains a 29 man squad blending international stars with rising academy talent.
George Balderson (c), Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Charlie Barnard, Rocky Flintoff, Marcus Harris, Keaton Jennings, Michael Jones, Harry Singh, Josh Bohannon, Paul Coughlin, Oliver William Sutton, George Bell, Matthew Hurst, Joseph Moores, Tom Bailey, Mitchell Stanley, Arav Shetty, Kasun Fonseka, Luke Wells, Tom Hartley, James Anderson, Saqib Mahmood, Luke Wood, Josh Blatherwick, Tom Aspinwall, Alex Dale, Craig Green
Leicestershire
Stephen Eskinazi captains Group A’s smallest squad at 19 players.
Stephen Eskinazi (c), Peter Handscomb, Lewis Hill, Ben Cox, Jonathan Tattersall, Sheridon Gumbs, Hamza Shaikh, Josh Davey, Alex Green, Josh Hull, Ajaz Patel, Mohammed Rizvi, Rishi Patel, Ruan de Swardt, Ben Green, Ian Holland, Tom Scriven, Sam Budinger, Jack Weatherald, Louis Trevaskis, Sonny Wood, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Mike
Northamptonshire
Nathan McSweeney leads a Northants attack now sharpened by the addition of Yuzvendra Chahal.
Nathan McSweeney (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Stuart Broad, Arush Buchake, George Bartlett, Gus Miller, Rob Keogh, Stuart van der Merwe, Luke Procter, Aadi Sharma, Lewis McManus, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Liam Guthrie, Raphael Weatherall, Tiaan Cornelius Louw, Nirvan Ramesh, Lewis Kimber, Devon Conway, Denis Leech, Ben Sanderson, George Scrimshaw, David Willey, Charlie Harrison, Aaron Miller, James Sales, Saif Zaib
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire go into the tournament fresh off their County Championship triumph and no confirmed captain yet.
Haseeb Hameed, Sam Seecharan, Ben Slater, Kyle Verreynne, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores, George Munsey, Joe Pocklington, Lyndon James, Freddie McCann, Robert Lord, Benjamin Martindale, Farhan Ahmed, James Hayes, Brett Hutton, Byron Jon Hatton-Lowe, Matthew Ali, Toby Giles, Ben Lowe, Callum McKerr, Fynn Moore, Freddie O’Neill, Dane Pennington, Olly Stone, Josh Tongue, Benny Howell, George Linde, Liam Patterson-White
Somerset
Lewis Goldsworthy captains a settled, experienced group hunting a first 50-over trophy in years.
Lewis Goldsworthy (c), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Will Smeed, Tom Rew, Tom Banton, Savin Perera, Johnny Connell, Archie Vaughan, Tom Lammonby, Joshua Thomas, James Theedom, Kian Roberts, Benjamin Church, Migael Pretorius, Jack Leach, Joshua Shaw, Jake Ball, JT Langridge, Kasey Roberts, James Rew, Josh Langridge, Rob Meredith, Tom Abell, Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Archie Ogborne
Surrey
Rory Burns captains the largest squad in the entire competition at 32 players.
Rory Burns (c), Tom Ealham, Dominic Sibley, Jason Roy, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes, Nikhil Gorantla, Ryan Patel, Adam Thomas, Tiaan van Vuuren, Josh Blake, Alex Dodson, Benji Floros, Yousef Majid, Marley Simpson, Oliver Gill, Laurie Evans, Josh Smith, Dan Lawrence, Ryan Albert, Alex French, Dan Worrall, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Fisher, Nathan Barnwell, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Jordan Clark, Sam Curran, Cameron Steel, Tom Curran, Tom Lawes, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Sean Abbott
Warwickshire
Warwickshire lean on emerging players like wicketkeeper batter Kai Smith this season, with no captain confirmed yet.
Alex Davies, Kai Smith, Sam Hain, Robert Yates, Zen Malik, Vaansh Jani, George Garton, Theo Wylie, Jake Lintott, Ethan Bamber, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Tazeem Chaudry Ali, Jacob Garlick, Kelvin Barker, Rob Gleeson, Nic Gilchrist, Charlie Simmons, Ed Barnard, Jordan Thompson, Jacob Bethell, Michael Booth, Beau Webster, Danny Mousley, Chris Woakes
(Source: Cricbuzz)
Group B Full Squads: One Day Cup 2026
Here are all the Squads from Group B.
Derbyshire
Harry Came captains a Derbyshire squad still relying on Wayne Madsen’s know how at the top.
Harry Came (c), Wayne Madsen, Mitchell Wagstaff, Anuj Dal, Aneurin Donald, Brooke Guest, Martin Andersson, Rory Haydon, Ross Whiteley, Joe Hawkins, Shoaib Bashir, Ben Aitchison, Jack Morley, Nick Potts, Muhammed Naeem, Martin Montgomery, Callum Jewell, Zak Chappell, Harvey Moore, Pat Brown, Mir Hamza, Younus Basra, Luis Reece
Durham
Kasey Aldridge captains a well balanced Durham squad that still leans heavily on Ben Stokes.
Kasey Aldridge (c), Ben Stokes, George Drissell, Alex Lees, Colin Ackermann, Graham Clark, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Will Rhodes, Haydon Mustard, Oliver Robinson, Scott Borthwick, James Minto, Duanne Olivier, Luke Stephen Robinson, Dan Bedingham, Emilio Gay, Ben McKinney, Nathan Sowter, Sean Conners, Matty Wood, Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse
Essex
Tom Westley captains a squad looking to turn around a difficult recent run in the competition.
Tom Westley (c), Robin Das, Simon Fernandes, Mitchell Killeen, Luc Benkenstein, Matthew Critchley, Noah Thain, Ali Zeb, Grant Roelofsen, Zaman Akhter, Mackenzie Jones, Jamie Porter, Charlie Bennett, Jordan Cox, Michael Pepper, Dean Elgar, Simon Harmer, Sam Cook, Simi Snater, Peter Walter, Wiaan Mulder, Charlie Allison
Glamorgan
Andy Gorvin captains Glamorgan’s title defence, with Kiran Carlson still central to the batting order.
Andy Gorvin (c), Kiran Carlson, Sam Dickson, Henry Hurle, Callum Rhys Nicholls, Zain-ul-Hassan, Edward Byrom, Timm van der Gugten, Daniel Douthwaite, Connor O’Riordan, William Smale, Alex Horton, Ben Morris, Jamie McIlroy, Romano Franco, Hope-Bell, Harry Wallace, Chris Cooke, Billy Root, Colin Ingram, Ryan Franco, Mason Crane, Roman Hadley, Tom Norton, Nathan McAndrew, Andrew Tribe, Ben Kellaway, Nathan Leonard
Hampshire
Nick Gubbins captains a 25 player squad built on a strong recent 50 over track record.
Nick Gubbins (c), Dominic Kelly, Fletcha Middleton, Alistair Orr, Tom Prest, Jake Lehmann, Felix Organ, Ashutosh Sharma, Ben Brown, Harry Petrie, Andrew John Neal, Oliver Williams, James Vince, John Weatherley, Tristan Stubbs, Toby Albert, Brad Wheal, Chris Wood, John Turner, Scott Currie, Kabir Abbott, Christian Yusuf, Dean Kelly, Ethan Jack, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Harry Cartwright
Middlesex
Ben Geddes captains a squad built around a young, hungry pace attack.
Ben Geddes (c), Sam Robson, Aaryan Sawant, Joshua De Caires, Nathan Fernandes, Zafar Gohar, Luke Hollman, Joe Cracknell, Henry Brookes, Noah Cornwell, Blake Carlton Cullen, Toby Roland-Jones, Naavya Sharma, Harry Duke, Caleb Falconer, Leus du Plooy, Max Holden, Ethan Bosch, Josh Feldman, Ishaan Kaushal, Sam Morgan, Rishi Higgins
Sussex
Jack Carson captains a 25 player Sussex squad still headlined by Jofra Archer’s pace.
Jack Carson (c), Jofra Archer, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Danial Ibrahim, Jack Leaning, George Thomas, Charlie Tear, Dominic Goodman, Troy Henry, Sean Hunt, Nantes Oosthuizen, Tom Price, Toby Munt, Robert Kirtley, Oliver Carter, John Simpson, Tom Haines, Tom Clark, Harrison Ward, Tom Alsop, Danny Hughes, Danny Briggs, Tom Henry, Henry Crocombe, Tymal Mills, Ben James Currie, Danny Lamb, Ollie Robinson, Jack Coles
Worcestershire
Jake Libby captains Group B’s tightest squad at 22 players.
Jake Libby (c), Adam Hose, Henry Cullen, Rehaan Edavalath, Isaac Mohammed, Daniel Lategan, Harry Darley, Brett D’Oliveira, Kashif Ali, Tom Taylor, Gareth Roderick, Matthew Waite, Fateh Singh, Beyers Swanepoel, Ben Allison, Rhys Jones, Ishaan Mohammed, Fateh Singh, Umer Mir, Josh Home, Shoaib Raza, Bilal Gibbon
Yorkshire
Dominic Bess captains a 28-player squad still headlined by Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and the addition of Kuldeep Yadav.
Dominic Bess (c), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Kuldeep Yadav, William Luxton, Adam Lyth, James Wharton, Will Bennison, George Hill, Isaac J Bepey, Finlay Bean, Sam Whiteman, Ben Coad, Benjamin Cliff, Yash Vagadia, Matty Revis, Harry Brook, Nathan Kelly, Dan Moriarty, Adil Rashid, Najibullah Haq, Matthew Firbank, Logan van Beek, Josh Richardson, Jaydn Singh, Haris Ali, Andy Wade, Andrew Tye, George Hill, Faisal Ashraf
(Source: Cricbuzz)
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Which Group Has the Bigger Combined Squad Pool in the One-Day Cup 2026?
Group A’s nine counties still total the deeper combined pool of registered players, with Surrey continuing to lead the way at 32. Lancashire and Nottinghamshire also field around 29 strong groups, giving Group A more depth across batting, seam, and spin options overall.
Group B remains slightly smaller in numbers but keeps its star power through Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Jofra Archer. With Northamptonshire’s addition of Yuzvendra Chahal and several captaincy corrections now in the picture, fans have a more accurate read on who’s actually leading each side into the 2026 season.
