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Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga

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Separamadu Lasith Malinga, popularly known as ‘Slinga Malinga,’ is a former professional cricket player from Sri Lanka. He is known as one of the greatest limited-overs bowlers in the history of cricket. The fast bowler specialized in death-over bowling. He is also widely known for his round-arm action or sling action. Malinga has played 30 Test matches and 226 ODIs in his cricket career. He made his first-class debut in domestic cricket in the 2001-2002 season. On July 1, 2004, Malinga made his Test debut against Australia in Darwin and took six wickets in the match. In the same year, he made his ODI debut against the United Arab Emirates. He is the first bowler to take 100 international wickets in all three formats. Malinga is also the first bowler to take 100 wickets in T20I matches and the only bowler to take five international hat-tricks. He was selected as the Sri Lankan team’s captain during the T20 World Cup 2014. On September 14, 2021, he bid farewell to all forms of cricket.

List of Five-Wicket Hauls

A comprehensive list of international five-wicket hauls taken by Lasith Malinga. Explore complete stats of each milestone, including formats, opponents, and match venues.

# Figures Against Date Venue Format
1 5/80 New Zealand 4 Apr 2005 McLean Park, Napier Test
2 5/68 New Zealand 15 Dec 2006 Basin Reserve, Wellington Test
3 5/34 Pakistan 15 Jun 2010 Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla ODI
4 5/50 India 18 Jul 2010 Galle International Stadium, Galle Test
5 6/38 Kenya 1 Mar 2011 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo ODI
6 5/30 Scotland 13 Jul 2011 Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh ODI
7 5/28 Australia 16 Aug 2011 Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Hambantota ODI
8 5/54 South Africa 11 Jan 2012 Boland Park, Paarl ODI
9 5/31 England 1 Oct 2012 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele T20I
10 5/52 Pakistan 25 Feb 2014 Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah ODI
11 5/56 Pakistan 8 Mar 2014 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka ODI
12 5/44 England 13 Oct 2018 Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla ODI
13 5/6 New Zealand 6 Sep 2019 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele T20I

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