Lasith Malinga Wife, Height, Age, Stats, IPL, Records and More

Lasith Malinga, Nicknamed “Slinga Malinga”, “Malinga the Slinga”, Lasith Malinga the curly hair assasin, who can bowl yorkers at will which can clock around 140-145 kmph has always been a lethal armoury for any team he plays.

Biography

He burst into the Sri Lankan scene when he bowled consistent yorkers to the Sri Lankan batsmen on the nets as a practice bowler. None of the batsmen were ready to face his sling action, it was Aravinda de Silva who was the first one to bat against him in the nets. He has many accolades to his name which includes him being the only bowler to take two World Cup hat-tricks and claiming 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls.

Nickname:	Kagawena, Slinga, Slinga Malinga
Profession:	Cricketer
Autobiography:	NA
Biopic:	NA
Physical Appearance
Height	5 feet 8 inches
Weight (approx.):	75 kg
Eye Colour:	Dark Brown
Hair Colour:	Black (Dyed- Golden Brown)
Tattoo	On both arms
Personal Life
Date of Birth:	28 August 1983
Instagram	malinga_ninety9
Birth Place:	Galle, Sri Lanka
Zodiac sign/Sun sign:	Virgo
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
School:	Vidyathilake, Vidyalaya, Thirangama Vidyaloka College, Galle
College:	Mahinda College, Galle
Educational Qualifications:	NA
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• He is the only player in the cricketing history to have taken 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls against South Africa in 2007.
• Malinga is the second highest wicket-taker in T20 format both domestic and international combined with 311 scalps in 227 matches till date.
• Malinga is the first and the only bowler till now to take 3 hat-tricks in ODI’s.
• He is the only player in the world to take 2 world cup hat-tricks. The first one came against South Africa in 2007 while the second one came against Kenya in the 2011 edition.

• When he retired from Test cricket in 2011 in order to prolong his ODI and T20 career, there has been some disputes and miscommunications between him and the Sri Lankan cricket board. The board stated that he does not care about the fate of his nation and instead concerned only with the earnings which he makes from playing cash-rich leagues around the world.

• Lasith hails from a small village Rathgama near Galle in Sri Lanka.
• Former cricketer Chamapaka Ramanayake who also tends to be his coach/mentor spotted Malinga’s bowling in a street and from there on we all know what is Malinga’s mettle around the world.
• Malinga made his first-class debut at the age of 17 for the Galle cricket club and he made 8 scalps to his name.
• He did not played with a leather ball until the age of 17. He used to play with a softball instead.
• It was Aravinda de Silva who first batted against him at the nets. Malinga made his debut in the year 2001 but he was asked to bowl at the nets against the Sri Lankan international team. None of the batsmen was ready to face him because of his lethal sling action that is when Aravinda de Silva decided to step up and face him at the nets.
• In 2005, New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming asked the on-field umpires to remove their ties as it was difficult for the batsman to spot the ball from Malinga’s hand due to his sling action.
• He has a superstition, he always kisses the ball before running to deliver.
• In his debut test match against Australia in the year 2004, he claimed 6 wickets in tough Australian conditions.
• Malinga was once named as the sexiest cricketer by a Barbados magazine named ‘Easy’.
• Malinga is the only bowler to grab 4 wickets in 4 successive deliveries in an ODI against South Africa.