 Following an injury to Liam Dawson, Denly was called into the England limited-overs squad during the tour of Sri Lanka, though he did not play in the ODI series.He made his return to international cricket in the single T20I match played on the tour, 3,102 days after his last international appearance.He scored 20 runs, opened the bowling and took four wickets on his return to the England side, winning the player of the match award.