Neil Ralph Charter MacLaurin (born 22 March 1966) is a former English

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er. MacLaurin was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. The son of Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, a businessman and former Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, MacLaurin was born at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and educated at

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. MacLaurin made his debut for Middlesex in a

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match against

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in the

1986 John Player Special League The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Pro40, Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club. Hampshire won the Sunday League away against ...

. He made four further List A appearances for Middlesex, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the

1988 Refuge Assurance League The 1988 Refuge Assurance League was the twentieth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Standings Batting averages Bowling averages ...

. In his five List A appearances for the county, he scored 20 runs at an average of 6.66, with a high score of 15 not out. He also made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex against Cambridge University in 1988. In this match, he scored 2 runs in Middlesex's first-innings, before being dismissed by Nigel Fenton, while in their second-innings he scored 35 runs, before being dismissed by the same bowler. He left Middlesex at the end of the 1988 season. He joined

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for the 1989 season, making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1989 to 1992, making 21 Minor Counties Championship and eleven MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. His first List A appearance for Hertfordshire came in the

1989 NatWest Trophy The 1989 NatWest Trophy was the 9th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 June and 2 September 1989. The tournament was won by Warwickshire who defeated Middlesex by 4 wickets in the ...

against Nottinghamshire. He made two further List A appearances for the county, against Warwickshire in the

1990 NatWest Trophy The 1990 NatWest Trophy was the 10th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 1 September 1990. The tournament was won by Lancashire who defeated Northamptonshire by 7 wickets ...

and against the same opponents in the

1991 NatWest Trophy The 1991 NatWest Trophy was a limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991. The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's. Format The seventeen first-cl ...

. In his three matches, he scored 45 runs at an average of 15.00, with a high score of 21.

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