Denly

Denly said: “It’s part of the schedule, isn’t it?

South African all-rounder George Linde is in the second of Kent’s two overseas slots, with white-ball contracted Alex Blake in his first Kent first-team squad of the season alongside returning Joe Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond.

But ultimately batsman error cost the hosts, with Du Plessis coaxed into sweeping Dom Bess straight to Denly by England putting a fielder in at silly point and Van der Dussen playing at a ball he could have left.

England batsman Joe Denly has been ruled out of the remaining two one-day internationals against Ireland through injury, with Liam Livingstone taking his place, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday.

Joe Denly, too, will be sweating on his selection when the squad for Sri Lanka is unveiled in the next week or two.

Joe Denly, who played the first Test and was part of the bubble in Manchester, is also in the 50-over squad after joining the bubble in Southampton two days ago.

Last month, he had scored his then ODI best of 67 not out against Ireland, after coming into the team due to an injury to Joe Denly.

Of the squad in South Africa, batsmen Joe Denly and Dawid Malan are most under threat from the likes of Tom Banton and Liam Livingstone.

The latter chased a wide Kagiso Rabada (1/41) delivery to Quinton de Kock while Denly top-edged Nortje to Pretorius at fine leg.

With the last ball of the 29th over, Joe Denly spun his leg spin past the outside edge of Elgar.

A delayed start to his county campaign with Kent seemingly played its part as Denly found himself short of runs amid a tricky spell.

After clipping a straight Siddle delivery off his pads for four, Denly then scoops one back to the Australian paceman.

After Holder had smashed Joe Denly to Jordan at long-on in the previous over, West Indies found themselves 48 for six at the halfway point of their innings.

As has happened regularly in Denly’s fledgling Test career, however, he failed to capitalise on a solid start.

A stray one onto Denly's toes does get the treatment but Pattinson has protection on the boundary and it's just a single.

Buttler’s place goes to the only spare batsman, Zak Crawley, who has been presented with his England cap by his Kent team-mate, Joe Denly.

Denly drives on the leg side down the ground and England's 100 is up.

Denly in behind it well to block a good length ball, and Pattinson is nagging away on a length.

Denly made his first international appearance in almost a decade in a solitary Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka before Christmas, taking the man-of-the-match award predominantly for his four-wicket haul.

Denly, meanwhile, is hit on the elbow by a nasty lifter from Hazlewood, who beats the outside edge next ball.