| Ben Compton | |
| Fullname: | Benjamin Garnet Compton |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Durban, Natal Province, South Africa |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Nottinghamshire |
| Clubnumber1: | 7 |
| Club2: | Norfolk |
| Year2: | 2021 |
| Club3: | Mountaineers |
| Club5: | Kent |
| Year5: | 2022– |
| Club6: | KwaZulu-Natal Inland |
| Year6: | 2023/24 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 16 September |
| Debutyear1: | 2019 |
| Debutfor1: | Nottinghamshire |
| Debutagainst1: | Warwickshire |
| Type2: | LA |
| Debutdate2: | 10 August |
| Debutyear2: | 2021 |
| Debutfor2: | Nottinghamshire |
| Debutagainst2: | Northants |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 55 |
| Runs1: | 4,131 |
| Bat Avg1: | 44.90 |
| 100S/50S1: | 13/16 |
| Top Score1: | 217 |
| Deliveries1: | 48 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 40/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 26 |
| Runs2: | 1,143 |
| Bat Avg2: | 45.72 |
| 100S/50S2: | 3/10 |
| Top Score2: | 110 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
| Date: | 1 June |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/875605.html Cricinfo |
Benjamin Garnet Compton (born 29 March 1994) is an English cricketer.[1] [2] He is the only son of the cricketer Patrick Compton and a grandson of the cricketer-footballer Denis Compton.[3] He made his first-class debut on 16 September 2019, for Nottinghamshire in the 2019 County Championship.[4] He made his List A debut on 10 August 2021, for Nottinghamshire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[5]
Compton was released by Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2021 season.[6] In the off-season he joined Kent on a two-year contract.[7] During the 2021/22 English off-season he played for Mountaineers in Zimbabwean cricket.[8] On 17 November 2021, in the 2021–22 Pro50 Championship match against the Rhinos, Compton scored his first century in List A cricket with 102 runs.[9] In February 2022, in the 2021–22 Logan Cup, Compton also scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[10] Compton finished as the leading run-scorer in the 2021–22 Pro50 Championship, with 361 runs in eight matches,[11] and was named the Batter of the Tournament.[12]
Compton made his Kent debut in the first match of the 2022 season, where he scored a century, the third of his first-class career.[13] [14] A week later, in Kent's second match of the season, Compton scored his second and third centuries for the team,[15] carrying his bat in the first innings and being the last batter dismissed in the second.[16] He continued to score heavily and came close to achieving 1,000 first-class runs before the end of May, something only achieved nine times previously, the last in 1998. He had made 878 first-class runs in the County Championship in April and May before scoring 158 runs (in two innings combined) in the last match before the end of May, a red-ball two-innings match for a "First Class Counties XI" against the touring New Zealanders in a match that was not given first-class status as the sides used more than eleven players at different stages.[17] [18] He reached the 1,000 run milestone in June, having scored four centuries and five half-centuries during the season to that point.[19]
At the end of the season, Compton was voted Kent's Men's Player of the Year.[20] [21] During the 2022—23 English winter, he returned to Zimbabwe, playing again for Mountaineers. He passed his previous highest first-class score of 140 in a match against Eagles in December, making 154 runs, before scoring his maiden double-century later in the month. His score of 217 came against Southern Rocks in an opening partnership of 228 runs with Joylord Gumbie.[22] [23] He signed a new Kent contract later the same month, keeping at the club until the end of 2024.[21] In Kent's opening match of the 2023 season, Compton scored another century, matching his performance in scoring a century in the opening match of the previous season with an unbeaten 114 runs.[24]