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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
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 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

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

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