Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Josh Blake to Leave Surrey After 2026 Season
Josh Blake will stop playing for Surrey after the 2026 season.
He has signed a multi-year contract with another county, but that county has not been named.
Blake joined Surrey’s professional team in 2022.
He has played 45 times for Surrey and scored more than 1,000 runs in the One Day Cup.
He is a wicket-keeper.
Blake left Surrey’s youth pathway when he was under 15, but he kept working to improve his cricket.
He played for Sutton Cricket Club and Sydney Shires while developing his skills.
Surrey’s Alec Stewart thanked him and said the move could help him play more first-team cricket.
Josh Blake will leave Surrey after the 2026 season to join another county on a multi-year contract.
The wicket-keeper joined Surrey’s professional setup in 2022 after earning an opportunity with the Second XI in 2021.
Blake has represented Surrey 45 times and scored more than 1,000 One Day Cup runs.
He left Surrey’s pathway at under-15 level but continued developing through Sutton Cricket Club and Sydney Shires.
Alec Stewart said the move could give Blake regular first-team cricket in all formats.
- Who
- Josh Blake, Surrey, and Alec Stewart, Surrey’s Director of Men’s Cricket.
- What
- Blake will leave Surrey after the 2026 season to join another county on a multi-year contract.
- When
- The announcement was made on Thursday, and Blake will depart at the end of the 2026 season.
- Where
- Blake is leaving Surrey; his next county was not identified.
- Why
- He said the move offers the best opportunity to progress his career, while Stewart said it could provide regular first-team cricket in all formats.
- Departure
- End of the 2026 season
- Next contract
- A multi-year contract with another county
- Surrey appearances
- 45
- One Day Cup runs
- More than 1,000
- Professional contract
- Signed his first Surrey professional contract in 2022 at age 23
- Role
- Wicket-keeper
- Surrey Director of Men’s Cricket
- Alec Stewart