Neil Chanmugam (13 May 1940 – 22 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He played first-class cricket for Ceylon and domestic teams in Sri Lanka between 1960 and 1974.[2]
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| Full name | Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1940 Colombo, Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 April 2014 (aged 73) Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Dennis Chanmugam (brother) Dipika Chanmugam (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chanmugam was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and the University of Colombo.[3] He was an off-spin bowler and useful lower-order batsman who toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65 and Pakistan in 1966-67. His best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 47 and 3 for 43 in the drawn match against the touring Australians in October 1969, when he dismissed Bill Lawry twice.[4] His highest score was 72 against the West Indians in January 1967, when he and Ian Pieris took Ceylon's first innings score from 290 for 9 to 400 all out.[5]
Chanmugam was also a keen golfer.[1] He served as the manager of the Sri Lankan cricket teams to England in 1984 and Australia in 1984-85.[6]
He was the director of a television company in Sri Lanka and the director of tea exports at Maharajahs Ltd.[6][3] He married Oosha de Saram, the daughter of the Ceylon cricket captain Fredrick de Saram, and they had three children.[1][7]