Matthew John Dennington is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Born in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, Dennington holds a European passport, making him eligible for the England

English cricket team

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 squad. When Mark Ealham

Mark Ealham

Mark Alan Ealham is a retired English cricketer, who played domestic cricket for Kent C.C.C. and Nottinghamshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder and is a former England international at both Test and one-day cricket....

 disappeared to Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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, Dennington was his rightful successor. During the 2003 Twenty20 cup he earned a Man of the Match award for a bowling spell of 4/28.

In 2005, Dennington has struggled to maintain a first-team place in the squad. He tends to open the batting and bowling for St Lawrence & Highland Court 1st XI, based in Canterbury, on Saturdays in the Kent Cricket League.

External links

• Matthew Dennington at ECB