• Compton 'shocked' to be dropped for Essex warm-up • 'It's disappointing but I regard myself as a fighter' Nick Compton says he has not given up hope of an England recall against Australia but it would mean 'messing a few people around'. Photograph: Simon Cooper/PA Nick Compton believes he was denied "a fair crack of the whip" by England and admits he was left reeling by the decision to drop him. Compton was dropped for England's pre-Test warm-up match against Essex this week and given a clear indication that he has been usurped by Joe Root as...
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