39 Facts About Joe Denly

Joseph Liam Denly was born on 16 March 1986 and is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club.

Joe Denly is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman.

Joe Denly played age group cricket for Kent and began his professional career with the county before moving to Middlesex for three seasons between 2012 and 2014.

Joe Denly won the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the season's Most Valuable Player.

Joe Denly has represented England in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.

Joe Denly played age group cricket for England and made 14 one-day appearances for the international team between 2009 and 2010 before falling out of favour with the national selectors.

Joe Denly was called back into the England Test match and one-day squads in 2018 following two seasons of good performances for Kent, making his Test debut for England in January 2019.

Joe Denly played football for Charlton Athletic's academy as a teenager and played for Whitstable Town under-18s, breaking his arm in a match.

Joe Denly played for Kent County Cricket Club at every age level and was a member of the county's cricket academy.

Joe Denly made his first-class cricket debut for the county in 2004 against Oxford University aged 18 before playing his first County Championship match against Gloucestershire the following season.

Joe Denly scored his maiden professional century in 2007, carrying his bat for 115 not out out of a Kent total of only 199 against Hampshire at Canterbury.

Joe Denly did make a career best score of 149 against Somerset at Tunbridge Wells and go on to end the season as one of the year's highly rated players.

On 9 September 2011, Joe Denly surpassed his previous high score of 149 and recorded a score of 199 against Derbyshire.

On 28 September 2011, Joe Denly moved from Kent to newly promoted Middlesex.

Joe Denly returned to Kent in October 2014 after three seasons with Middlesex, ending his contract with Middlesex a year early to do so.

Joe Denly improved on his first-class high score in May 2016 when he scored 206 not out in the first innings of a match against Northamptonshire, his maiden first-class double century.

Joe Denly signed a long-term contract extension during August 2016, having made headlines earlier in the year when he retired not out in a County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby when his wife went into labour unexpectedly early with the couple's first child.

Joe Denly's innings put Kent on course for victory, but Worcestershire successfully chased a target of 399 the following day.

Joe Denly signed a contract extension during the season and scored centuries in both one-day competitions, setting a new List A record highest score for Kent with a score of 150 against Glamorgan at Canterbury and, against Surrey at The Oval, became the first player in any form of T20 cricket to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same match.

Joe Denly played for England age group sides from under-17 to under-19 levels, scoring three half-centuries in consecutive matches for the under-19s in India in 2005.

Joe Denly captained the ECB Development of Excellence team and first played for England Lions in 2007.

Joe Denly was called up to England's squad for the One Day International series against Australia on 17 August 2009, and made his international debut in the ODI match against Ireland on 27 August 2009, opening the innings and top-scoring with 67.

Joe Denly made his international Twenty20 debut against Australia on 30 August 2009, though the result was a golden duck.

Joe Denly injured his knee in a football warmup ahead of a match against Australia in 2009 and missed the first three matches of the ODI series.

Joe Denly toured Bangladesh with England in 2010 and played in the Champions Trophy team which reached the semi-finals in the same year.

Joe Denly was dropped from the England squad in the run up to the 2010 World T20.

Joe Denly made his return to international cricket in the single T20I match played on the tour, 3,102 days after his last international appearance.

Joe Denly scored 20 runs, opened the bowling and took four wickets on his return to the England side, winning the player of the match award.

On 21 May 2019, England finalised their squad for the World Cup, with Joe Denly not named in the final 15-man team.

Joe Denly went on to play in the first Test of the series before being replaced for the second match after the return of England's captain Joe Root.

Joe Denly played in Dhaka's final six matches of the tournament as the team reached the final of the competition where they lost to Rangpur Riders.

Joe Denly performed well in his four games, scoring 146 runs at an average of 73.00 with a top score of 72 not out.

Joe Denly was player of the match in the Sixers final match of the tournament against Melbourne Stars, making 72 runs from 45 balls and taking one wicket.

Later that year, Joe Denly was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2019 IPL Auction.

Joe Denly has made a further eight List A centuries and five in Twenty20 matches.

Joe Denly set the Kent record for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 match with a score of 116 not out made in July 2017 against Surrey at The Oval.

Joe Denly broke his own record in August 2017, scoring 127 against Essex at Chelmsford.

In May 2018 Joe Denly went on to set the Kent record for the highest individual score in List A cricket, scoring 150 not out against Glamorgan at Canterbury.

Joe Denly has been described as an "occasional" leg-spin bowler with a style of bowling which is best suited to limited-overs cricket - his approach has been described as "he stands tall and brings the ball down with plenty of over-spin to pitch near the batsman's toes and go under flailing bats".