Neil Powney Thompson (born 10 October 1938) is a Sri Lankan-born English former first-class cricketer. Thompson was born at Colombo in October 1938. He later studied in England at Worcester College at the University of Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1961, making seven appearances, which included playing in that years University Match against Cambridge at Lord's. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, Thompson took 17 wickets in his seven matches an average of 37.47, with best figures of 4 for 72.