| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Nicholas Richard Denis Compton | |||
| Born | 26 June 1983 Durban, Natal, South Africa |
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| 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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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]
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.
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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