A right-handed batsman, he was a stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket – his two favourite areas to score runs.

[1] After retiring as a player in 1987, he served Warwickshire as Chairman of the Cricket Committee, and he followed David Heath as chief executive from 1994 until 2006.

He suffered a serious back injury whilst playing football in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.

His former Warwickshire teammate, Jack Bannister, stated "Dennis was always tinkering with his game, he was a bigger perfectionist than Colin Cowdrey".

[6][7] He ended with an ODI batting average of 47.72, which excepting those players to have played fewer than five times, remains the third highest of any England batsman who has completed his career.

[2] Dennis Amiss is the first player in ODI cricket to have scored a century on both his debut and in his last match, the only other being Desmond Haynes.

His innings provided enough leverage for England to post a very imposing and improbable target of 335 for India to be chased down within a span of 60 overs.