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Lasith Malinga (Sinhala: සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983) is
a Sri Lankan cricketer. He captained the Sri Lankan 2014 T20 World Cup
winning side. He was considered as one of the best bowlers of his time.
He is the only bowler to have taken 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls
(double hat-trick) in international cricket two times. He is a right-arm
fast bowler that is commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and is
well known for his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to
as a sling action, which leads to his nicknames, 'Slinga Malinga'.
One
of the most successful limited-overs bowlers of all time, Malinga's
unorthodox action and dipping slower ball yorkers are credited with much
of his success. He is best known for his ability to take consecutive
wickets, with in-swinging yorkers: he is the only bowler in the world
to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the only bowler to have taken three
hat-tricks in ODIs and one of only two players to have taken four
wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international cricket,
which he alone has done twice. 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.
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