Jaydn Denly
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jaydn Denly
| fullname = Jaydn Kennick Denly
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Margate, Kent, England
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| role = All-rounder
| family = Joe Denly (uncle)
| club1 = Kent
| year1 = 2023–
| clubnumber1 = 42
| type1 = LA
| debutdate1 = 11 August
| debutyear1 = 2023
| debutfor1 = Kent
| debutagainst1 = Surrey
| type2 = FC
| debutdate2 = 12 April
| debutyear2 = 2024
| debutfor2 = Kent
| debutagainst2 = Essex
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 53
| bat avg1 = 26.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 41*
| deliveries1 = 72
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 63.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/52
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 13
| runs2 = 232
| bat avg2 = 21.09
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 37
| deliveries2 = 207
| wickets2 = 8
| bowl avg2 = 23.37
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/15
| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| date = 30 September
| year = 2024
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jaydn-denly-1319834 CricInfo
}}
Jaydn Kennick Denly (born 5 January 2006) is an English cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm off-break bowler. He made his List A cricket debut for Kent on 11 August 2023, against Surrey. He is the nephew of Joe Denly.
Early life
Denly attended school at The Canterbury Academy in Kent.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/schools/canterbury_academy_defend_the_cricketer_schools_100_title.html|website=The Cricketer|accessdate=22 August 2023|date=11 April 2023|title=Canterbury Academy defend The Cricketer Schools 100 title}} He began playing for the Kent Second XI in 2022, at 16 years-of-age.{{cite web|accessdate=22 August 2023|website=Wisden.com|url=https://wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/watch-joe-denlys-nephew-gloriously-cover-drives-michael-athertons-son-for-four-in-county-second-xi-clash/amp|title=Watch: Joe Denly’s nephew gloriously cover drives Michael Atherton’s son for four in county second XI clash|date=8 July 2022|archive-date=22 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822182241/https://wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/watch-joe-denlys-nephew-gloriously-cover-drives-michael-athertons-son-for-four-in-county-second-xi-clash/amp|url-status=dead}} He scored his first hundred for the second Team in 2024 against Essex.
Career
Denly joined the Kent first team squad in August 2023 as a 17 year-old.{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/amp/teen-added-to-kent-s-50-over-squad-291550/|website=Kent online|accessdate=22 August 2023|title= Teenage all-rounder Jaydn Denly – nephew of Kent Spitfires 50-over skipper Joe Denly and son of Sam Denly – joins Kent’s first-team squad|date=10 August 2023|first=Thomas|last=Reeves}} He made his debut in List-A cricket against Surrey on 11 August 2023, and took a wicket with his third ball, clean bowling Cameron Steel in a wicket maiden.{{cite web|url=https://www.kiaoval.com/surrey-fall-short-against-spitfires-at-the-kia-oval/|website=Kia Oval|accessdate=22 August 2023|title= SURREY FALL SHORT AGAINST SPITFIRES AT THE KIA OVAL|date=August 11, 2023}}
He played in the same side as his uncle Joe Denly for the first time on 20 August 2023, against Essex, a match in which he took a wicket, a catch, enacted a run out, and scored 37 with the bat. They became the first uncle and nephew to appear in the same Kent side since Fuller Pilch and William Pilch in the nineteenth century.{{cite web|website=Kent Sport News|url=https://www.kentsportsnews.com/denly-junior-stars-as-spitfires-win-20-08-2023/|accessdate=22 August 2023|title= Denly junior stars as Spitfires win|first=Fred|last=Atkins|date=20 August 2023}}
On 1 November 2023 Denly signed his first professional contract with Kent.{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|title=
Jaydn Denly: Kent hand teenage all-rounder first senior contract|url=
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/67285812|date=1 November 2023|accessdate=1 November 2023}} He made his first-class debut on 12 April 2024, playing against Essex in the 2024 County Championship.{{Cite web |title=6th Match, Chelmsford, April 12 - 15, 2024, County Championship Division One |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1410198.html |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
He signed a two-year contract extension with Kent in October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cn7y63xj652o|title=Kent teenager Denly signs two-year extension|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2 October 2024}}
International career
In 2023, Denly opened the batting for the England national under-19 cricket team in two under-19 test matches against Australia U19 scoring two half-centuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/kent_youngster_jaydn_denly_signs_rookie_deal.html|website=The Cricketer|date=1 November 2023|access-date=1 November 2023|title= Kent youngster Jaydn Denly signs rookie deal|first=Phil|last=Campbell}}
Personal life
The son of football manager Sam Denly, he is the nephew of current Kent and former England cricketer Joe Denly.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/one-day-cup-premium/jaydn_denly_gives_kent_teamsheet_familiar_feel_even_times_change.html|website=The Cricketer|first=Nick|last=Friend|title= Jaydn Denly gives Kent teamsheet familiar feel, even in times of change|date=11 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kentsportsnews.com/denly-proud-of-younger-brother-31-07-2019/|website=Kent Sports News|accessdate=22 August 2023|title= Denly proud of younger brother|first= Mike|last= Green|date=31 July 2019}}
References
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{{Kent County Cricket Club squad}}
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