Kent batter Compton signs new three-year contract
Kent opener Ben Compton has signed a new three-year contract.The 31-year-old is the leading run-scorer in County Championship Division Two this season with 895, having scored 66 against Northamptonshire on Sunday.Compton has scored 5,704 runs in 74 first-class matches at an average of 45.26, while hitting 1,143 runs in 26 List A games with an average of 45.72 during his career.Across all formats, he has scored more than 4,700 of those runs for Kent. His new deal will keep him with the club until 2028."Kent has become my home and I'm delighted to further my playing career here," he told the club website., external"The current landscape provides an opportunity for us as a team to strive and push ourselves beyond, towards seeing this prestigious and historic club return to its former heights."I'm excited and fully driven to be a part of that journey."
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