1. Nicholas Richard Denis Compton was born on 26 June 1983 and is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
45 Facts About Nick Compton
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The grandson of Denis Nick Compton, he represented England in 16 Test matches.
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Nick Compton made a guest appearance for Worcestershire during the 2013 season.
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Nick Compton left Somerset to return to Middlesex at the end of the 2014 season.
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On 23 June 2016, Nick Compton announced that he would be taking an extended break from the game, following his disappointing performances in the Test series against Sri Lanka.
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Nick Compton was born and raised in Durban, Natal Province, South Africa, the son of former first-class cricketer Richard Nick Compton and Zimbabwean mother Glynis who had backgrounds in public relations and journalism.
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Nick Compton moved to England while in his teens and attended Harrow School on a sports scholarship scheme where he was mentored by housemaster David Elleray.
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Nick Compton impressed with a hatful of centuries for the school playing as captain and was prolific during the 2000 season for Middlesex's Under-19 side.
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Nick Compton began a social science degree at Durham University, matriculating at Hatfield College.
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Nick Compton made his Middlesex first-team debut in the Norwich Union League at the end of the 2001 season, batting at six he scored just 6 runs from 9 deliveries in a 40 run defeat by Glamorgan.
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Nick Compton's promising performances for Middlesex's Under-19s and Second XI led him to receive the NBC Denis Compton Award, named after his grandfather, awarded to the most promising Middlesex player for 2001.
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Nick Compton played in five of England's six matches as they reached the second group stage, Nick Compton scoring 133 runs with one 50 at an average of 23.
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In July 2002, Nick Compton made his U19 Test match debut against India, but made a total of just six runs from his two innings opening the batting.
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Nick Compton's promise saw him awarded Middlesex's NBC Denis Compton award for the second consecutive year.
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Nick Compton did not play at all for the Middlesex first team during the 2003 season due to injury and made his first-class debut against Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in May 2004, Nick Compton played a further three matches in the County Championship that season, in addition to ten one day matches and his Twenty20 debut.
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Nick Compton only played in one first-class match in 2005 but scored his debut half-century in the match against Cambridge UCCE.
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Nick Compton established himself in 2006, with a string of strong scores, including six centuries, and was award a county cap by the Middlesex in that season.
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The 2007 season saw a dip in form for Nick Compton scoring less than 400 runs in first-class cricket with just three fifties, including featuring for the Marylebone Cricket Club against County Champions Sussex.
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In one-day cricket Nick Compton was in fine form with three centuries and 694 runs at an average of 77.11, and a highest score of 131 against Kent.
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Nick Compton rejected an improved two-year contract with Middlesex acting on a verbal agreement with Angus Fraser, Middlesex's managing director of cricket, when he signed a new contract a year ago, that he would be free to move on if he wished at the end of the season.
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Nick Compton enjoyed a moderately successful first season in 2010 for Somerset, in first-class cricket only scoring 465 runs but in one day cricket Nick Compton scored six fifties helping Somerset to the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 final against Warwickshire and recorded his highest score of 74 in Twenty20 cricket.
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Nick Compton started the 2011 season well for Somerset with a one-day century in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 against the Unicorns on 1 May 2011, and just over a week later scored his first ever double century in first-class cricket with 254* against Durham.
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The end of the season saw Nick Compton helping Somerset against the odds to the semi-final of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 in India.
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Nick Compton nevertheless reached the landmark with a century the next day to become the earliest batsman to reach this milestone in 24 years.
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Nick Compton was the only English batsman to score 1,000 runs in the County Championship and won the PCA Player of the Year award for the first time.
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Nick Compton made his England debut opening the batting with captain Alastair Cook in their first tour match against India A, but made a third ball duck in England's only innings.
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Nick Compton scored just one run in the first innings, but completed his first half century for England in the second innings, as he finished 64 not out.
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Nick Compton made his test debut in the first Test of the series in Ahmedabad.
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Nick Compton made 9 off 53 balls in the first innings, before being bowled by an off break by Ravichandran Ashwin and then made 37 runs in a first-wicket, second innings partnership of 123 with Alastair Cook, before being given out lbw to Zaheer Khan.
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Nick Compton again struggled in the second Test, making 29 in the first innings.
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Nick Compton made his maiden Test half-century in the 3rd Test at Eden Gardens, going on to his highest test score of 57 before being dismissed lbw by Pragyan Ojha.
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Nick Compton finished the series having scored 208 runs in his eight Test innings at an average of 34.66.
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Nick Compton proceeded to make a more fluent second century, scoring exactly 100, in the second Test match.
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Nick Compton finished the drawn series as England's third highest run-scorer with 232 runs at an average of 46.40.
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Nick Compton was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013, recognising his achievements during the previous English season.
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Nick Compton returned to County Cricket in late April 2013, with a century and half-century against county champions Warwickshire, and maintained his place in the England test squad for the home series against New Zealand.
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Nick Compton fared badly in the two test home series scoring just 39 runs in 4 innings with a high score of just 16.
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On his 30th birthday, Nick Compton's form continued with a defiant 81 for Somerset against the touring Australians at Taunton.
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Nick Compton was rewarded for his form as the ECB arranged for him to play as a guest for Worcestershire in their tour match against Australia as a further audition for his Ashes spot.
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In November 2015, after more than two years out of the side Nick Compton was recalled to the Test squad for the tour to South Africa.
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Nick Compton fell just short of another half-century in the second innings, being caught behind by AB de Villiers from a Morne Morkel delivery on 49.
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Nick Compton continued his good form in the first innings of the second Test, scoring 45 in the first innings.
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In May 2016 Nick Compton was announced in the England test squad for the first match against Sri Lanka.
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Nick Compton was dismissed for just nine in the first innings, but looked in better touch in the second innings and scored an unbeaten 22 to help England to a nine wicket victory.
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Nick Compton is currently playing for the very successful England Seniors over 40 cricket team in the Seniors World Cup in India.