Nick Compton

Nick Compton
Nick Compton
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Personal information
Full name Nicholas Richard Denis Compton
Born 26 June 1983 (1983-06-26) (age 28)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
Relations Dennis Compton(grandfather), Leslie Compton(great-uncle), Richard Compton(father), Patrick Compton(uncle)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–present Somerset (squad no. 3)
2010 Mashonaland Eagles
2001–2009 Middlesex
First Class debut 12 May 2004 Middlesex v Cambridge UCCE
List A debut 16 September 2001 Middlesex v Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 82 86 56
Runs scored 4,761 2,441 846
Batting average 37.78 39.37 19.22
100s/50s 11/20 6/13 0/5
Top score 254* 131 74
Balls bowled 164 61
Wickets 3 1
Bowling average 71.66 53.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/1 1/0
Catches/stumpings 40/– 41/– 21/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2011

Nick Compton (born Durban, South Africa 26 June 1983) is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He is the grandson of Denis Compton and the great-nephew of Leslie Compton, and his father Richard Compton played seven first-class games for Natal. His uncle, Patrick Compton is a retired South African cricketer.

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Cricket career

Compton training prior to a CB40 match against Worcestershire.

Early career

Born in South Africa, Compton moved to England while in his teens and was educated at Harrow School.[1] He'd only just turned 18 when he appeared for ECB Schools against West Indies Under-19s in three matches as an opening batsman, top scoring for the side in the third match with 74.[2] A month later, he represented England Under-18s during the same tour, on this occasion scoring 42 from number three.[3]

He made his Middlesex debut at the end of that 2001 season, batting at six in a 40 run defeat by Glamorgan.[4] The following winter, he was selected for the England Under-19s squad to take part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2002.[5] He played four further Norwich Union League matches for Middlesex in the 2002 season, impressing with an 86 not out against Lancashire.[6] He performances for the second eleven led him received the NBC Denis Compton Award, named after his grandfather, for the most promising Middlesex player in both 2001 and 2002.[7]

Later Middlesex career

Injury set him back for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, during which he was unable to perform, and he only played in one first-class match in 2005. He established himself in 2006, with a string of strong scores, including five centuries, and was capped by the county in that season. He was selected to tour with the England A team in Bangladesh in 2006-07. His highest score in a first-class match was 92 against Bangladesh A, though he did hit 152* in one of the minor games.

Move to Somerset

After signing a new contract in 2009, he then left the club at the end of the season, despite heading the run-scoring lists in a disappointing season for Middlesex.[8] He subsequently signed for Somerset, where he was expected to bat in the top three.[9]

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