Benjamin Garnet Compton (born 29 March 1994) is an English

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er. He is the only son of the cricketer

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and a grandson of the cricketer-footballer

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. He made his first-class debut on 16 September 2019, for

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in the 2019 County Championship. He made his

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debut on 10 August 2021, for Nottinghamshire in the

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. Compton was released by Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2021 season.Barber and Compton to leave Trent Bridge

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, 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. In the off-season he joined

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on a two-year contract.Ben Compton: Kent sign opening batter on two-year deal

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, 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. During the 2021/22 English off-season he played for

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in Zimbabwean cricket. On 17 November 2021, in the

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match against the

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, Compton scored his first century in List A cricket with 102 runs. In February 2022, in the

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, Compton also scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. Compton finished as the leading run-scorer in the 2021–22 Pro50 Championship, with 361 runs in eight matches, and was named the Batter of the Tournament. 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.Miller A (2022
Ben Compton finally lives up to billing with hard-won maiden county hundred

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, 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.County Championship: Kent fight back against Essex in high-scoring game

, 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022. A week later, in Kent's second match of the season, Compton scored his second and third centuries for the team,

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in the first innings and being the last batter dismissed in the second. He continued to score heavily and came close to achieving

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, 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. He reached the 1,000 run milestone in June, having scored four centuries and five half-centuries during the season to that point. At the end of the season, Compton was voted Kent's Men's Player of the Year.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

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, 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.Howson N (2022
Ben Compton rewarded for stellar 2022 with new Kent contract
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'' (online), 25 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023. 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

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in December, making 154 runs, before scoring his maiden double-century later in the month. His score of 217 came against

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in an opening partnership of 228 runs with

Joylord Gumbie Joylord Gumbie (born 25 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. He was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan ...

.Moyo B (2022
Mountaineers, Eagles share the spoils
''Chronicle'', 15 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.Moyo B (2022
Mountaineers too strong for Southern Rocks
''Chronicle'', 22 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023. He signed a new Kent contract later the same month, keeping at the club until the end of 2024. 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.Ben Compton's 114* leads Kent to victory over Northamptonshire

. Retrieved 10 April 2023. Compton signed a new one-year contract with Kent in October 2024 and a further three-year deal with the club in June 2025.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Compton, Ben 1994 births Living people South African people of English descent English cricketers Kent cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Cricketers from Durban