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
Died	22 April 2014(2014-04-22) (aged 73) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Relations	Dennis 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]