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Full name Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born August 28, 1983, Galle
Current age 24 years 332 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,BCCSL Academy XI,Galle Cricket Club,Kent,Mumbai Indians,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Ruhuna
Also known as Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
28
34
13
192
42*
9.14
503
38.17
0
0
24
4
7
0
ODIs
53
25
11
92
15
6.57
183
50.27
0
0
5
1
11
0
T20Is
7
4
1
53
27
17.66
43
123.25
0
0
3
3
5
0
First-class
80
97
41
501
42*
8.94
1323
37.86
0
0
22
0
List A
81
42
16
177
23*
6.80
0
0
15
0
Twenty20
14
5
2
53
27
17.66
46
115.21
0
0
3
3
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
28
55
4777
3076
91
5/68
9/210
33.80
3.86
52.4
7
2
0
ODIs
53
51
2525
2021
79
4/44
4/44
25.58
4.80
31.9
4
0
0
T20Is
7
7
120
140
7
3/43
3/43
20.00
7.00
17.1
0
0
0
First-class
80
11321
7416
242
6/17
30.64
3.93
46.7
16
6
0
List A
81
3761
3039
121
4/16
4/16
25.11
4.84
31.0
6
0
0
Twenty20
14
13
250
297
13
3/30
3/30
22.84
7.12
19.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin, Jul 1-3, 2004 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dambulla, Jul 17, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 29, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Lasith Malinga was the surprise selection for Sri Lanka's tour to Australia in 2004, though he had a fearsome reputation on the domestic circuit. Malinga bowls with a distinctive and explosive round-arm action which generates genuine pace and can disconcert batsmen who struggle to pick up the ball's trajectory. Already, he is rated the fastest bowler in Sri Lanka. His first performance in Sri Lankan colours was also impressive - he took 6 for 90 against a Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI. That paved the way for his inclusion in the Test team, and he acquitted himself quite well too, dismissing Darren Lehmann and Adam Gilchrist in the same over. During an impressive tour of New Zealand in April 2005 his low-slung action resulted in the New Zealand batsmen asking the umpire to change the colour of their trousers as the ball was getting lost. He is developing into Sri Lanka's key pace-bowling wicket-taker, especially as Chaminda Vaas continues to lose pace. Although he remains quite erratic and has a propensity to bowl no-balls, heis a genuine strike bowler, with both new ball and old, and one has the out-and-out pace to trouble the best batsmen on his day. His development as an all-round bowler was confirmed when he was the leading wicket-taker in the one-day series against England. He continued to impress in the Champions Trophy and on tour in New Zealand - where his yorkers made many batsmen hop around.
He established himself as a regular in the playing XI after an impressive World Cup in 2007, with 18 wickets at 15.77 from eight matches as Sri Lanka made it to the final. One of the moments of the tournament was Malinga's four in four against South Africa - the first time a bowler had taken four wickets off successive deliveries in international cricket. However, Malinga was largely ineffective during Sri Lanka's two Tests in Australia and the subsequent home series against England. Charlie Austin February 2008
