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Full name Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born August 28, 1983, Galle
Current age 21 years 320 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, BCCSL Academy XI, Galle Cricket Club
Also known as Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 6 9 5 11 6* 2.75 59 18.64 0 0 1 0 5 0
ODIs 4 2 2 6 5* - 12 50.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 43 57 27 174 27 5.79 512 33.98 0 0 16 0
List A 20 11 4 26 8 3.71 0 0 1 0
Twenty-20 2 1 1 0 0* - 3 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 6 1189 766 26 5/80 9/210 29.46 3.86 45.73 3 1 0
ODIs 4 204 159 4 2/56 2/56 39.75 4.67 51.00 0 0 0
First-class 43 6087 4106 140 6/17 29.32 4.04 43.47 10 4 0
List A 20 894 698 30 4/16 4/16 23.26 4.68 29.80 1 0 0
Twenty-20 2 48 56 1 1/22 1/22 56.00 7.00 48.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin - Jul 1-3, 2004 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Apr 11-14, 2005
scorecard
ODI debut Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dambulla - Jul 17,
2004 scorecard
Last ODI Sri Lanka v South Africa at Dambulla - Aug 28, 2004
scorecard
First-class span 2001/02 - 2004/05
List A span 2001/02 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2004
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. He remains quite erratic and has a propensity to bowl
no-balls, but is a genuine strike bowler, with both new ball and old
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