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Dec 01, 1940 Bellshill, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 19 Apr 2013 (aged 72)
Scottish cricketer
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About Mike Denness
- Michael Henry Denness (1 December 1940 – 19 April 2013) was a Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Kent and Essex. Scotland did not have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at Test and ODI level.
- He was the fifth player born in Scotland to play for England, after Gregor MacGregor, Ian Peebles, David Larter and Eric Russell, but remains the only England captain to be born in Scotland (Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig had Scottish parents, but Jardine was born in Bombay and Greig in South Africa).Denness later became an ICC match referee.
- He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975.
- He was president of Kent County Cricket Club in 2012–13.
