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Campbell James Marie Furlong (born 16 June 1974) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts Stags and Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay. He was born in Napier. His father is former All Black, Blair Furlong.

Playing career

Furlong toured Pakistan with the New Zealand under-19 cricket team in January and February 1994, playing in three under-19 tests and three under-19 one-day internationals against the Pakistan under-19 side. In the three tests, he scored 65 runs with the bat at an average of 16.25 and a high score of 44, and took 10 wickets at 22.40 with best bowling figures of 5/94. In the three ODIs, he made 20 runs at an average of 6.66 with a high score of 13, and took one wicket with an average of 92.00 and best bowling of 1/35.

An off-spin bowler and a middle-order batsman, Furlong made his debut for Central Districts in the 1994/95 season. He played six seasons for Central Districts up to the 1999/2000 season, making 35 first-class appearances. He recorded his best first-class bowling figures of 7/72 against Northern Districts at Trafalgar Park, Nelson, in the 1996/97 season.

Furlong then spent 18 months living in London on his overseas experience, where he did not play any cricket and worked in the banking sector. After returning to New Zealand in 2001, he settled in New Plymouth, where his partner found work as a primary school teacher, and he joined the New Plymouth Marist United Cricket Club. He was quickly named as captain of the Taranaki cricket team, and then captained Central Districts in a Cricket Max competition in November 2001. He went on to play seven first-class matches for Central Districts in the 2001/02 season, his last in first-class cricket, and achieved his highest first-class score of 88 with the bat. Across seven first-class seasons, he scored 933 runs at an average of 17.94, took 92 wickets at an average of 44.60, and took 53 catches.

Furlong continued to play one-day cricket for Central Districts until the 2003/04 season, before retiring, but made a comeback in the 2006/07 season when he was again contracted by Central Districts. In that season, he made eight appearances in List-A (one-day) matches and played two Twenty20 games for Central Districts, before once again retiring. In all, he played 75 List-A matches for Central Districts between 1994/95 and 2006/07.

Post-playing career

Furlong served on the board of the Central Districts Cricket Association from 2011 to 2016, including a few months as chair between June and November 2016.

After beginning work in banking, Furlong became an accountant, and is now a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Hawke's Bay office.

References

1. Hamish Bidwell (8 December 2006). "Cricket: Comeback kid has certain cup on his mind". Hawkes Bay Today. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. Hamish Bidwell (31 January 2007). "Cricket: So long says Furlong". Hawkes Bay Today. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. Terry Maddaford (30 December 2004). "Cricket: Far-flung Furlong goes distance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
4. ^ George Heagney (8 November 2016). "End of Furlong era for Central Districts". Manawatu Standard. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
5. "Under-19 test matches played by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
6. "Under-19 ODI matches played by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
7. "Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
8. ^ Bird, Tony (5 October 2001). "Furlong decides to give Taranaki a spin". Taranaki Daily News. p. 13.
9. ^ "First-class batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
10. "First-class bowling in each season by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
11. "Central Districts v Northern Districts: Shell Trophy 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
12. "Furlong to lead CD". Taranaki Daily News. 13 November 2001. p. 14.
13. ^ "Campbell Furlong". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
14. "Spinner returns". Waikato Times. 18 July 2006. p. 24.
15. "List-A batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
16. "Twenty20 batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2023. (subscription required)
17. Lampp, Peter (30 May 2007). "Napier to get CD's one-dayers". Manawatu Standard. p. 36.
18. "Campbell Furlong". PwC. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

External links

• Campbell Furlong at ESPNcricinfo

• 1974 births
• Living people
• New Zealand cricketers
• Central Districts cricketers
• Cricketers from Napier, New Zealand
• New Zealand accountants
• New Zealand cricket administrators