Neil Chanmugam

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]

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

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. "Former SL spinner Neil Chanmugam dies aged 73". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. "Neil Chanmugam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. 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. "Sri Lanka to England 1984". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. Wisden 2015, pp. 181–82.
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