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Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga
Malinga at the Sydney Cricket Ground in October 2010
Personal information
Full name
Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born (1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 40)
Galle, Sri Lanka
NicknameSlinga Malinga, Yorker King, Kagawena, Mali, Rathgama Express
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 99)1 July 2004 v Australia
Last Test3 August 2010 v India
ODI debut (cap 123)17 July 2004 v UAE
Last ODI26 July 2019 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.99
T20I debut (cap 8)15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I6 March 2020 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.99
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2004Galle
2004–2021Nondescripts
2007Kent
2008–2017; 2019–2020Mumbai Indians
2010–2011Basnahira
2012Ruhuna Royals
2012–2014Melbourne Stars
2013Dhaka Gladiators
2013Guyana Amazon Warriors
2014Southern Express
2017Rangpur Riders
2019Khulna Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 30 226 84 84
Runs scored 275 567 136 585
Batting average 11.45 6.83 3.47 9.75
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/1
Top score 64 56 27 64
Balls bowled 5,209 10,936 1,781 11,927
Wickets 101 338 107 257
Bowling average 33.15 28.87 20.36 30.28
5 wickets in innings 3 8 2 7
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/50 6/38 5/6 6/17
Catches/stumpings 7/– 31/– 20/– 24/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2007 West Indies
Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2009 England
Runner-up 2012 Sri Lanka
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2010 Sri Lanka
Mumbai Indians
Indian Premier League
Winner 2019 Indian Premier League
Winner 2017 Indian Premier League
Winner 2015 Indian Premier League
Winner 2013 Indian Premier League
Runner-up 2010 Indian Premier League
Champions League T20
Winner 2013 Champions League T20
Winner 2011 Champions League T20
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2020

Separamadu Lasith Malinga (Sinhala: සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග;Tamil: லசித் மாலிங்க;born 28 August 1983) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Sri Lankan limited overs bowlers of all time.[1][2][3] Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, Malinga was commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team to the 2014 T20 World Cup title. He was nicknamed "Slinga Malinga" due to his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action.[4] Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021 and migrated to Melbourne.

Malinga's unorthodox action and dipping slower ball yorkers are credited with much of his success.[5] He changed the dynamics and landscape of death bowling in limited overs cricket through his technique and approach. Malinga is known for his ability to take wickets on consecutive balls, often through bowling in-swinging yorkers: he is the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks,[6] the first bowler to take a double hat-trick, the only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls twice in international cricket, the only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and only bowler to have two double hat-tricks.[7][8] He is also the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket, and holds the record for most hat-tricks in international cricket.[7]

On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket.[9] He has been named as the official event ambassador for the World Twenty20 Championships by ICC.[10] On 26 July 2019, he retired from One Day International cricket after the first ODI against Bangladesh.[11]

In September 2019, during the series against New Zealand, Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket.[12] He achieved a hat-trick, becoming the first bowler to claim two T20I hat-tricks, and took four wickets in four consecutive balls in the third over of his spell. This feat made him the second bowler to accomplish this in T20I history, following Rashid Khan.[13]

In January 2021, he retired from T20 franchise cricket.[14] In September 2021, Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[15]

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  2. ^ "Lasith Malinga: Test cricket's loss, limited-overs' gain". www.cricket.com. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga named greatest bowler in IPL history". The Indian Express. 21 April 2020. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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  5. ^ "Lasith Malinga". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ Singh, Hemant (15 July 2019). "List of Hat-Tricks in Cricket World Cups". Jagranjosh.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Lasith Malinga: Sri Lanka bowler takes four wickets in four balls for second time". BBC Sport. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  9. ^ "TOP 10 Fastest Bowlers in Current Cricket - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Malinga named event ambassador for Twenty20 World Cup". The Times of India. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Lasith Malinga set to quit ODIs after first match against Bangladesh". International Cricket Council. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga becomes first T20 bowler to claim 100 wickets". Geo TV. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Lasith Malinga scripts history, takes four wickets in four deliveries against New Zealand". Hindustan Times. 7 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Lasith Malinga retires from franchise cricket". Cricbuzz. 10 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Lasith Maliga announces retirement from all forms of cricket". International Cricket Council. 14 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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