Gerard Denton

Gerard Denton
Personal information
Full name Gerard John Denton
Born (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994-95 - 2004-05 Tasmanian Tigers (squad no. 6)
2005-06 - 2006-07 Victorian Bushrangers
2007-08 - Tasmanian Tigers (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 52 34 6
Runs scored 479 92 0
Batting average 10.88 15.33 0.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 37 35 -
Balls bowled 9472 1609 111
Wickets 166 39 6
Bowling average 31.42 32.89 23.66
5 wickets in innings 4 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/31 3/33 3/26
Catches/stumpings 11/– 5/– 3/–
Source:
cricketarchive.com
, 28 November 2008

Gerard John Denton (born 7 August 1975 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers. The right-arm fast-medium bowler began his first-class cricket for the Tasmanian Tigers, despite having been born in Queensland. He switched to the Victorian Bushrangers for two seasons (2005–06 and 06-07), before returning to the Tasmanian Tigers for the 2007-08 season.

Denton has had a career hampered by injuries. When fit he can be destructive, as shown by when he dismissed Stuart Law, Allan Border and Jimmy Maher in the space of six deliveries on debut in the 1994-95 summer. He took a couple of years off before returning in 1998-99 for Tasmania and earning Australia A selection. Stress fractures would set him back both in 1999-2000 and 2000-01. He recovered and reappeared in 2001-02 and after a couple of decent seasons he was back to his best in 2003-04, taking 30 wickets at 33.13. He moved to Victoria the following summer but did not get much game time due to hip and foot injuries. His only appearance for the Bushrangers was an ING Cup game. In 2005-06 he made the headlines by breaking one of Justin Langer's ribs which cost the opener a Test place. It would be another painful season for Denton as he suffered from appendicitis late in the summer which meant that he could not line up in the Pura Cup final. He still finished Victoria's leading wicket taker with 33 at 28.15 from his eight matches.

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