Middlesex’s Nick Compton pads up and prepares to face the All Out Cricket inquisition. 

Describe yourself in one word.

Driven

What words or phrases do you most overuse?

‘I think’ and ‘to be honest’

What is your most marked characteristic?

Authenticity

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

That life is a game that needs to be played and those that play the game succeed

If you could edit your past, what would you change?

My sister’s accident which left her paralysed and being dropped after my last Test at Headingley

What is your idea of happiness?

Good friends and family, being near the beach and the comforts of home

What’s your ideal sandwich?

Goat’s cheese, Parma ham, hummus and figs

Which living person do you most admire and why?

My mum and dad for what they have endured

What has been your biggest disappointment?

Being dropped days before the Ashes

If you were an animal, what would you be?

A lion as I would sleep all day, chill and be safe in the knowledge that I was the king and then… Bang! I would ruthlessly attack my prey

What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?

Kate Upton

What becomes of the broken hearted?

Pass

What’s wrong with the world?

Capitalism

In which era would you most like to have lived?

The 80s as I would have loved to face the fearsome West Indians

What’s your favourite joke?

A horse walks into a bar. The barman says, ‘Why the long face?’

Who would you like to play you in a film of your life?

Matthew McConaughey

If you could be one other cricketer for a day, who would you be and why?

Viv Richards. I would love to experience that imperious arrogance and total control of knowing that I could destroy anyone

What’s your ultimate pet hate?

Small-minded pettiness

What song would you have playing when walking out to bat?

Chesney Hawkes – I Am The One And Only

Who is your favourite fictional hero?

Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

The chicken