Joseph Liam Denly is an English Cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on March 16, 1986. Denly is a right-handed batsman and occasionally leg-break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Joe Denly has won the Professional Cricketers Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the season as Most Valuable Player.
He has represented England in Test, One Day Internationals, and T20 Internationals. Denly has just played 2 Test matches, 9 ODI’s and 9 T20 Internationals so far. He played his first Championship match against Gloucestershire during the season 2005. Denly made his first-class cricket debut for the Kent County Cricket Club against Oxford University. He is an outstanding player of limited-overs cricket who proved in Vitality Blast 2020 season.Â
Denly hardly appeared in international competitions for his national side. He played fourteen Tests, 16 ODI and 12 Twenty20 Internationals so far. Denly didn’t score century so far in any format of international cricket. He has six half-centuries to his name in Test while four in ODI. His outstanding records in ODI in which he got a chance and won the games with his bat.
Denly played 211 first-class matches scoring 29 centuries with highest individual innings of 227. He has been consistently part of different cricket leagues especially T20 Vitality Blast. Denly has four centuries to his name in Vitality Blast with the highest individual innings of 127 runs. He is a part-time bowler who sometimes appears in ease bowling spells according to match conditions.
Joe made his debut for Barisal Burners in the  2012–13 Bangladesh Premier League, Dhaka Dynamites during BPL 2017-2018. Denly made his debut for Sydney Sixers during the 2017-18 Big Bash League season. Denly has not played One Day International since 2009, however recently he has been named in England’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
 Joe Denly Career Stats
| Stats | Mat | Runs | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ave | SR | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 14 | 780 | 94 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 4 | 30 | 39.83 | 2 |
| ODIs | 16 | 446 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 6 | 34.3 | 70.9 | 1 |
| T20Is | 12 | 96 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9.6 | 96.96 | 7 |
| First-class | 211 | 12364 | 227 | 29 | 62 | 36.47 | 55 | 68 | ||
| List A | 159 | 4902 | 150* | 8 | 26 | 36.58 | 76.83 | 47 | ||
| T20s | 206 | 5057 | 127 | 4 | 30 | 534 | 141 | 27.78 | 122.09 | 31 |
Joe Denly Profile
| Full Name | Joseph Liam Denly |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 16 March 1986 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Current Age | 33 Years |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10) |
| Nickname | Denners, No Pants |
| T-Shirt No. | -------------------------- |
| Playing Roll | Batsman |
| Batting Style | Right-handed |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm leg spin |
| Test Debut | 31 January 2019 v West Indies (Cap-690) |
| ODI Debut | 27 August 2009 v Ireland (Cap-209) |
| T20 Debut | 30 August 2009 v Australia (Cap-47) |
| Twitter | @joed1986 |
| Instagram | @joe.denly |
| Major Teams                                       | England, Brothers Union, England Lions, England Performance Programme, England Under-19s, Karachi Kings, Kent, Kent 2nd XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex, Multan Sultans, Sydney Sixers |
