Neil Longhurst

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Neil James Longhurst

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Durham UCCE

| year1 = 2004

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 61

| bat avg1 = 20.33

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| deliveries1 = –

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| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 21 August

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16855.html Cricinfo

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Neil James Longhurst (born 21 November 1984) is an English cricketer. Longhurst is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Longhurst studied at Durham University. He was a member of John Snow College alongside fellow cricketer Justin Bishop.{{cite news |title=College sport |url=https://iiif.durham.ac.uk/jalava/#index/t1c3197xm04q/t1cf1881k899/t1c6t053f96f/t2czk51vg797!t1m1j92g825x/t1m1j92g825x_t1t8g84n218r |access-date=8 December 2023 |work=Palatinate |issue=658 |date=7 October 2004 |page=29}} As a student, he made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Northamptonshire in 2004. He made a further first-class appearance in 2004, against Derbyshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/63/63867/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Neil Longhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 August 2011}} In his two first-class matches, he scored 61 runs at an average of 20.33, with a high score of 29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/63/63867/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Longhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 August 2011}}