Full Name

Joseph Liam Denly

Born

March 16, 1986, Canterbury, Kent

Age

39y 198d

Nicknames

No Pants

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Height

6ft

Education

Chaucer Technology College

RELATIONS

(nephew)

Joe Denly made his England white-ball debuts at the tail end of the 2000s and then endured close to a decade in the wilderness before making a comeback, which included a Test debut when he was nearly 33.

Three years before that, Denly made a prolific return to Kent, making shedloads of runs and taking plenty of wickets across formats, and was named the Professional Cricketers' Association's Players' Player of the Year, marking a renaissance. Promotion to Division One and a Royal London Cup final confirmed Kent's resurgence, and Denly was at its heart.

It was an extraordinary turnaround. First capped in 2009 after consistent one-day form, Denly looked promising, though vulnerable against the moving ball, averaging under 30 in his first nine ODIs before drifting out of the England frame. Four of his first seven County Championship seasons yielded over 800 runs apiece, but he seemed to fall away in the mid-2010s. Returning to his home county, Kent, in 2015, proved briefly transformative. Seasons of heavy scoring followed, including 14 centuries across formats in 2017 and 2018, while his legspin matured from novelty to genuine option.

That resurgence earned him his England recall after eight and a half years. He took 4 for 19 in his first T20I back, and was the player of the match. When he made his Test debut the following year, he was the oldest specialist batter to do so for England in nearly 25 years. Though not always convincing, he showed versatility and grit, notably in the 2019 Ashes, where he made three fifties against a formidable Australia attack, including a battling 94 at The Oval.

The international stint was short-lived - Denly missed out on World Cup selection and lost his Test place during the pandemic reshuffle - but he left a mark as a resilient late bloomer who fought his way back into the side.

In the years that followed he remained a central figure for Kent, contributing over 200 runs and 11 wickets to their 2021 T20 Blast-winning campaign, and featuring in the Hundred with London Spirit.

Joe Denly Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests152808279429.53208639.6406110470
ODIs161304468734.3062970.900444670
T20Is131221253012.50118105.930015140
FC251430291422822735.482592954.873272--960
List A170161165261150*36.28676977.72829--580
T20s29829027710712727.025756123.475356992141110

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests151239021922/422/42109.503.36195.0000
ODIs16410210111/241/24101.005.94102.0000
T20Is136729374/194/1913.287.7510.2100
FC251-66983700834/366/11444.573.3180.6200
List A170-16881440554/354/3526.185.1130.6300
T20s2988110651443534/194/1927.228.1220.0100

Joe Denly T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams21521017555412728.774364127.26428550170780
ILT20SW161552265822.60220102.7201166100
Men's 100LS-M650663513.206897.05004220
PSL2 teams1413135479*29.50287123.3403421190
BBL2 teams2323350676*25.30451112.1903441460
IPLKKR110000.0010.00000000
BPL2 teams151513105322.14301102.9901291030

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams21560863118542 3/25 3/2528.218.2320.5000
ILT20SW16324312 2/0 2/015.507.7512.0000
Men's 100LS-M6210120 - --7.20-000
PSL2 teams14112150 - --7.50-000
BBL2 teams239901152 1/8 1/857.507.6645.0000
IPLKKR1------------
BPL2 teams15------------
Joseph Liam Denly

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Recent Matches of Joe Denly

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Kent vs Leics----15-Sep-2025LeicesterFC
Kent vs Lancashire19--08-Sep-2025CanterburyFC
Kent vs Lancashire280/2506-Sep-2025ManchesterT20
Kent vs Yorkshire2--26-Aug-2025CanterburyList A
Kent vs Somerset39--24-Aug-2025CanterburyList A

Photos of Joe Denly

Joe Denly helped take Kent home with 46 off 31
Joe Denly battled his way to a half-century
Joe Denly works one to the leg side
Joe Denly hit a half-century against Gulf Giants
Joe Denly and Darren Stevens celebrate with the trophy
Joe Denly works to mid-off