World Record Holder : A Mahindian : Four Consecutive Balls & Four WIckets in a Row
Only a Cricketer produced by Mahinda College could surely do that ............
Full name
Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born
August 28, 1983, Galle
Current
age 23 years 214 days ** School Attended:Mahinda College-Galle
Major
teams
Also
known as Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm
fast
PERFORMANCES
|
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tests |
21 |
28 |
11 |
132 |
26 |
7.76 |
373 |
35.38 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
|
ODIs |
32 |
13 |
8 |
44 |
15 |
8.80 |
77 |
57.14 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Twenty20 Int. |
2 |
2 |
0 |
40 |
27 |
20.00 |
31 |
129.03 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
First-class |
68 |
87 |
37 |
413 |
30 |
8.26 |
1111 |
37.17 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
22 |
0 |
|
List A |
54 |
26 |
12 |
98 |
23* |
7.00 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
7 |
0 |
|
Twenty20 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
40 |
27 |
20.00 |
34 |
117.64 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tests |
21 |
3511 |
2242 |
71 |
5/68 |
9/210 |
31.57 |
3.83 |
49.45 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
ODIs |
32 |
1489 |
1182 |
50 |
4/44 |
4/44 |
23.64 |
4.76 |
29.78 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Twenty20 Int. |
2 |
36 |
40 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
6.66 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
First-class |
68 |
9629 |
6282 |
216 |
6/17 |
|
29.08 |
3.91 |
44.57 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
|
List A |
54 |
2451 |
1948 |
88 |
4/16 |
4/16 |
22.13 |
4.76 |
27.85 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Twenty20 |
7 |
120 |
123 |
2 |
1/11 |
1/11 |
61.50 |
6.15 |
60.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Career statistics | |
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Test debut |
Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin - July 1-3, 2004 |
|
Last Test |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Dec 15-18, 2006 |
|
ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dambulla - Jul 17, 2004 |
|
Last ODI |
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Providence - Mar 28, 2007 |
|
Twenty20 Int. debut |
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton - Jun 15, 2006 |
|
Last Twenty20 Int. |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland - Dec 26, 2006 |
|
First-class span |
2001/02 - 2006/07 |
|
List A span |
2001/02 - 2006/07 |
|
Twenty20 span |
2004 - 2006/07 |
Lasith started playing first level cricket while he was a member of Mahinda College First Eleven Cricket Team thanks to Mr. Keerthi Dharmapriya who was the Coach of the MCG Cricket Team at that time.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, he is 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 hope around - and the World Cup is the type of stage where his confident character could thrive. ALL MAHINDIANS WISH HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD AND HAVE COURAGE TO BREAK MANY RECORDS IN FUTURE.