Kent opener Ben Compton wins player of the year, batter of the year and players' player of the year after a remarkable breakthrough season for him

Opener Ben Compton capped an incredible first full season at Kent, winning three awards - including being voted player of the year - at their end-of-season awards night.

Compton signed for Kent on a two-year contract last October and he has shone this season.

The 28-year-old had already scored more than 1,000 County Championship Division 1 runs by July, which included tons in his first three first-class innings as a Kent player, and chipped in with plenty of half-centuries on Kent Spitfires’ way to Royal London One-Day Cup glory too.

Overall in the County Championship, he scored 1,193 runs, including four centuries, at an impressive average of 54.22.

Prior to joining Kent last year, Compton, the cousin of former England opener Nick Compton and the grandson of the great Denis Compton, had played for Kent previously - but only for the 2nds.

As well as being voted player of the year as he claimed 35.9% of the total votes, with the player of the year winner being decided by Kent members and supporters, he also - rather unsurprisingly - won men’s batter of the year and the players’ player of the year gong.

Bowler Nathan Gilchrist claimed two awards, winning young player of the year and bowler of the year at the event on Friday night at The Spitfire Ground in Canterbury.

The 22-year-old played a crucial role and helped Kent to Division 1 survival late in the season with six wickets in the win against Hampshire - their last away fixture of the campaign - and eight scalps in the victory at home to Somerset. Dogged by the fear of relegation most of the summer, those victories helped Kent eventually finish in fifth place.

Experienced batting all-rounder Joe Denly captained the Spitfires was crowned Spitfires One-Day player of the