Ben Compton (cricketer) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ben Compton . 9 August 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Ben Compton's Kent breakthrough offers hope to late developers . ESPN Cricinfo . 20 April 2022.
  3. Web site: India v England: New opener Nick Compton is very different breed in the family dynasty . The Telegraph . 22 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Specsavers County Championship Division One at Nottingham, Sep 16-19 2019 . 16 September 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  5. Web site: Group 1, Grantham, Aug 10 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup . ESPN Cricinfo . 10 August 2021.
  6. https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2021/september/barber-and-compton-to-leave-trent-bridge.html Barber and Compton to leave Trent Bridge
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59055083 Ben Compton: Kent sign opening batter on two-year deal
  8. Web site: Kent's Ben Compton joins Mountaineers . 3-mob.com . 12 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Mountaineers pummel Rhinos as Southern Rock unbeaten run continues . Sunday News . 19 November 2021.
  10. Web site: Compton century guides Mountaineers to a draw . H-Metro . 4 February 2022.
  11. Web site: Pro50 Championship, 2021/22 / Most runs . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Mountaineers beat Rocks to clinch Pro50 Championship title . Zimbabwe Cricket . 14 March 2022.
  13. Miller A (2022) Ben Compton finally lives up to billing with hard-won maiden county hundred, CricInfo, 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  14. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61047724 County Championship: Kent fight back against Essex in high-scoring game
  15. Web site: County Championship: Lancashire beat Kent by 10 wickets despite Ben Compton's rearguard . BBC Sport . 17 April 2022.
  16. Web site: Ben Compton scores twin tons in extraordinary losing cause for Kent . ESPN Cricinfo . 17 April 2022.
  17. Web site: New Zealand slip to warm-up defeat after Ben Compton's fifth hundred of summer. . 29 May 2022.
  18. Web site: Friend . N. . Ben Compton reaches 1,000 red-ball runs before June as County Select XI beat New Zealand . . 29 May 2022 . 10 July 2022.
  19. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61960409 County Championship: Kent openers resist after Surrey enforce follow-on
  20. Reeves T (2022) Kent opener Ben Compton wins player of the year, batter of the year and players' player of the year after a remarkable breakthrough season for him, Kent Online, 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  21. Howson N (2022) Ben Compton rewarded for stellar 2022 with new Kent contract, The Cricketer (online), 25 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  22. Moyo B (2022) Mountaineers, Eagles share the spoils, Chronicle, 15 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  23. Moyo B (2022) Mountaineers too strong for Southern Rocks, Chronicle, 22 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  24. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2023-1347099/kent-vs-northamptonshire-1347210/match-report-4 Ben Compton's 114* leads Kent to victory over Northamptonshire