{"id":9950,"date":"2016-06-24T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2016-06-24T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:40:18","slug":"nick-compton-to-take-immediate-time-off-from-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/24\/nick-compton-to-take-immediate-time-off-from-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Compton to take immediate time off from Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/nick.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Compton, England and Wales Cricket Board, Middlesex, Denis Compton, Cricket, Break, International Cricket, ENGvsPAK  \" \/><\/p>\n<p>Going through the poor form since the start of the year England batsman,\u00a0Nick Compton has decided to take an immediate break from cricket. The\u00a0grandson of English batting great Denis Compton, will take a leave from Cricket for an unspecified length of time after an awful\u00a0season for both England and Middlesex. Since his comeback knock of 85 against South Africa in December last year,\u00a0Compton hasn\u2019t done anything off-note to save his spot in the England playing XI that too batting at the most critical position at number 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Middlesex County Cricket Club and the England cricket team management have agreed for Nick Compton to be given a period of time away from cricket. Following a challenging start to the 2016 season, both physically and mentally, it has been agreed that the best way forward is for Compton to spend some time away from the game,&#8221; Middlesex said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Compton, who himself had admitted that he was battling just for his place in the England Test team, &#8220;I want to score runs, because I want to feel good about my batting and contributing to the England team. If you don\u2019t play well enough you get dropped. That\u2019s fundamentally how it works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Compton could only manage 51 runs in the recently concluded three match Tests against Sri Lanka at an average of 12.75, while batting at the most pivotal number three position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nick sets himself very high standards and makes a huge commitment to cricket, we all believe that some time away from the game now will allow him to refresh, recharge and return to play the sort of cricket we all know he is capable of producing. During this period Nick will receive the full support of Middlesex CCC and the England cricket team management.&#8221; said\u00a0Angus Fraser, an England selector and Middlesex managing director of cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through the poor form since the start of the year England batsman,\u00a0Nick Compton has decided to take an immediate break from cricket. The\u00a0grandson of English batting great Denis Compton, will take a leave from Cricket for an unspecified length of time after an awful\u00a0season for both England and Middlesex. 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