Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly began his cricketing career at Kent before moving to Middlesex at the end of the 2011 season before returning to Kent for the 2014 season. He has represented England in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 international matches.
Denly first came to attention during the England Under 19 tour of India in 2005 where he made three half-centuries in three youth Test matches. He had previously represented England at Under 17 level and went on the ECB Under 18 tour to the Netherlands in 2003.
Denly was born in Canterbury in 1986. He attended Chaucer Technology School in the city.
