Neil Burnett

Neil William Burnett (born 16 December 1961) is an English-born Scottish former cricketer.

Burnett was born at Wolstanton near Newcastle-under-Lyme, where he was initially educated at Wolstanton Grammar School. After moving to Scotland, he continued his education at Arbroath High School. A club cricketer for Arbroath United Cricket Club, Burnett made his debut for Scotland in a List A one-day match against Worcestershire at Glasgow in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup. Over the next three years, Burnett was a regular member of the Scottish one-day side, making eleven appearances across the Benson & Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy. In his eleven one-day matches, he scored 118 runs at an average of 13.11, with a highest score of 27. With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 40.50, with best figures of 2 for 60. In addition to playing one-day cricket for Scotland, Burnett also made a single appearance in first-class cricket against Ireland in 1986, scoring 4 runs in the match and going wicketless across both Ireland innings'.

Burnett later captained Arbroath, Outside of cricket, Burnett was a civil servant.