It's all in the name
Nick Compton carries the weight of one of cricket's most famous surnames on his shoulders
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Nick Compton carries the weight of one of cricket's most famous surnames on his shoulders. After eight years at Middlesex he is looking to start afresh with a new county, but first has headed out to Australia to spend a winter with coach Neil D'Costa, who has played a major part in Michael Clarke's career. The early results are promising after Compton hit a century for his club side and he is keen to make his own name for himself as he tells Ray Gatt in the Australian
I've been at Middlesex for eight seasons now and Compton is obviously a household name in that part of the world. It is something I got used to. Maybe it has been a sub-conscious thing, perhaps it was more pressure than I needed. I'm my own player and people realise that. I think one of the reasons was to get away from that, disconnect with the UK. Come here in relative obscurity.
Andrew McGlashan is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo