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Kent Cricketer Joe Denly to Retire at End of 2026 Season
Joe Denly announced his retirement after a career spanning more than two decades with Kent and brief stints representing England. The 40-year-old has scored over 14,000 runs across domestic and international cricket.
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Joe Denly will retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2026 season, The Bbc reported. The 40-year-old joined Kent in 2004 at age 18 and remained with the county except for three seasons with Middlesex between 2012 and 2014. He made his England debut in 2009 and finished with 15 Test appearances, 16 one-day internationals and 13 T20 matches.
Denly's highest Test score was 94 at Headingley during the 2019 Ashes series. He contributed to Kent's first T20 trophy win in 2007 and became the first player from the county to score 5,000 T20 runs. His career totals exceed 14,000 runs.
Denly received the Professional Cricketers' Association player of the year award in 2018 and also won the most valuable player award that year. "After an incredible journey in professional cricket, the time has come for me to announce my retirement from the game at the end of the 2026 campaign," Denly said on the Kent website.
Kent director of cricket Simon Cook said Denly has been an outstanding servant to the county and will be remembered as one of the modern greats of Kent cricket.
