Lasith Malinga      

Sri Lanka

Full name Separamadu Lasith Malinga

Born August 28, 1983, Galle

Current age 27 years 39 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

Playing role Bowler

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	30	37	13	275	64	11.45	619	44.42	0	1	36	6	7	0
ODIs	72	34	12	152	16	6.90	258	58.91	0	0	10	4	12	0
T20Is	28	12	7	63	27	12.60	63	100.00	0	0	3	3	12	0
First-class	83	100	41	584	64	9.89	1439	40.58	0	1			23	0
List A	115	61	20	276	23*	6.73			0	0			20	0
Twenty20	70	20	11	68	27	7.55	76	89.47	0	0	3	3	20	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	30	59	5209	3349	101	5/50	9/210	33.15	3.85	51.5	7	3	0
ODIs	72	69	3494	2896	106	5/34	5/34	27.32	4.97	32.9	5	1	0
T20Is	28	28	564	702	34	3/12	3/12	20.64	7.46	16.5	0	0	0
First-class	83		11867	7751	255	6/17		30.39	3.91	46.5	16	7	0
List A	115		5519	4600	182	5/34	5/34	25.27	5.00	30.3	8	2	0
Twenty20	70	68	1459	1695	83	4/22	4/22	20.42	6.97	17.5	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin, Jul 1-3, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dambulla, Jul 17, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 23, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Durban, Sep 19, 2010scorecard

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.