Neil Chanmugam
Personal information
Full name
Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam
Born(1940-05-13)13 May 1940
Colombo, Ceylon
Died22 April 2014(2014-04-22) (aged 73)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RelationsDennis Chanmugam (brother)
Dipika Chanmugam (daughter)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 21
Runs scored 593
Batting average 17.44
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 72
Balls bowled 3488
Wickets 55
Bowling average 26.32
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/47
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2019

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former SL spinner Neil Chanmugam dies aged 73". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Neil Chanmugam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 de Joodt, Ken. "Neil Chanmugam No More". The Times of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Australia in Sri Lanka, 1969/70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "West Indies in Ceylon, 1966/67". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Sri Lanka to England 1984". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Wisden 2015, pp. 181–82.
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