Lasith Malinga

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. 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. Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021 and migrated to Melbourne.

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
Galle, Sri Lanka
NicknameSlinga Malinga, Yorker King, Kagawena, Mali, Rathgama Express
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka (2004–2020)
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-up2007 West Indies
Runner-up2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up2009 England
Runner-up2012 Sri Lanka
ACC Asia Cup
Winner2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up2010 Sri Lanka
Mumbai Indians
Indian Premier League
Winner2019 Indian Premier League
Winner2017 Indian Premier League
Winner2015 Indian Premier League
Winner2013 Indian Premier League
Runner-up2010 Indian Premier League
Champions League T20
Winner2013 Champions League T20
Winner2011 Champions League T20
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2020

Malinga's unorthodox action and dipping slower ball yorkers are credited with much of his success. 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, 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. 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.

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

In September 2019, during the series against New Zealand, Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket. Malinga took a hat-trick to become the first bowler to claim two T20I hat-tricks, and four wickets in four balls, in the third over of his spell, while becoming the second bowler in the world to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in T20I history after Rashid Khan during the process.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.