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Full name | Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 13 May 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 April 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Dennis Chanmugam (brother) Dipika Chanmugam (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 13 May 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 April 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Dennis Chanmugam (brother) Dipika Chanmugam (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]