Joe Denly: ‘I went missing for a few years. I had to start enjoying it again’

The Kent batsman talks about playing his way back to form and into England’s plans for the first time in nearly a decadeJoe Denly experienced an eight‑year gap between the last of 14 white-ball caps and his recent call-up for England’s Test tour to Sri Lanka. By his own admission he went missing for too much of it. But now 32 and revelling in a two-year purple patch that has seen him end the summer with a cheque for £10,000 as county cricket’s most valuable player,