Neil Chanmugam
Appearance
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Full name | Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 13 May 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 April 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Dennis Chanmugam (brother) Dipika Chanmugam (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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.[3]
He was the director of a television company in Sri Lanka.[3] He married Oosha de Saram, the daughter of the Ceylon cricket captain Fredrick de Saram, and they had three children.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Former SL spinner Neil Chanmugam dies aged 73". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Neil Chanmugam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka to England 1984". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Wisden 2015, pp. 181–82.