Neal Ronald Parlane (born 9 August 1978) is a New Zealand

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er and coach. He played

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for Northern Districts,

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and

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, making over 100 first-class appearances in a career which lasted from 1996/97 to 2001/12.Neal Parlane

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. Retrieved 2019-07-01. He was born in

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...

. He is the younger brother of Michael Parlane. Parlane's highest first-class score was 193, off 195 balls, for Wellington against

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in 2009–10. He scored

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for Auckland in his last two List A matches, in February 2012, in the finals of the

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: 117 against Otago, then 106 against

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, when Auckland lost the final by two wickets. Parlane also played

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cricket for Northland between 1995 and 2018. He scored a century when Northland gained the title from Auckland-Waitakere in March 1998. In 2019 he was appointed coach of Northland. Later he became Northland Cricket's general manager.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parlane, Neal 1978 births Living people Auckland cricketers New Zealand cricketers New Zealand cricket coaches Northern Districts cricketers Cricketers from Whangārei Wellington cricketers