Christopher David James Dent (born 20 January 1991) is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Bristol.

Career

Dent played for Gloucestershire at Under-15 and Under-17 level as a member of their academy squad, while playing club cricket for Thornbury in the West of England Premier League. Dent played for the Gloucestershire Second XI from 2007, before signing his first professional contract with the club in August 2009.

Dent made his List A début in September 2009, against Nottinghamshire. He did not bat or bowl in the match, as Gloucestershire reached their winning target of 58 runs with nine wickets to spare.

In 2009 Dent was selected for the England Under-19 tour of Bangladesh, and in January 2010 was a member of the England squad at the Under 19 Cricket World Cup.

Dent played in nearly all of Gloucestershire's games for 2013, averaging 45.12 with the bat scoring a total of 1,128 runs, the first time he had scored 1000 runs in a season.

At the start of the 2018 season, Dent was appointed club captain for both the County Championship and the One Day Cup competitions.

In April 2022, in the 2022 County Championship, Dent scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.

In July 2025, Dent announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect.

Career best performances

as of 4 September 2020

BattingBowling
ScoreFixtureVenueSeasonRefFiguresFixtureVenueSeasonRef
FC268Gloucestershire v GlamorganBristol20152-21Gloucestershire v SussexHove2016
LA151*Gloucestershire Gladiators v GlamorganCardiff20134-43Gloucestershire Gladiators v Leicestershire FoxesBristol2012
T2087Gloucestershire v Worcestershire RapidsBristol20201-4Gloucestershire Gladiators v HampshireSouthampton2014

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