SECOND XI ROUND-UP
By Chris Hughes
IF NICK Compton can transfer his second XI form to the Middlesex first-team then he could play a key role for the reigning county champions after they battered Kent by an innings and 107 runs in their Second XI Championship opener.
The former England man notched a composed 107off 191 balls before being caught by Calum Haggett off the bowling of Imran Qayyum as he helped Middlesex to a total of 492-9dec in the South Division encounter.
He was ably assisted by Tom Lace’s 94 and Nathan Sowter’s classy 81 as Kent’s bowlers failed to get a han...