Neil Durden-Smith OBE (born 18 August 1933) is an English former sports commentator.

He was previously a naval officer and played a small number of first-class cricket matches.

Durden-Smith was educated at Aldenham School and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon.

His service as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1952 to 1963 included a period as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham, from 1957 to 1959.

[1] He worked as a radio and television sports commentator and producer in England from the 1960s to the 1990s, often covering hockey.