Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga is celebrating his 41st birthday today i.e. on 28 August. Lasith Malinga is considered one of the best fast bowlers in the world. There are many records that this experienced player has made and broken.

Lasith Malinga is one of those players who has taken a hat-trick in the World Cup. Talking about Lasith Malinga’s international bowling career, he has taken 101 wickets in 30 Tests at an average of 33.16, while in 226 ODI matches, this experienced player has taken 338 wickets at an average of 28.87. Malinga has taken 107 wickets in 84 T20 matches at an average of 20.79. With this, today we tell you about the top 5 bowling spells of Lasith Malinga.

1. Lasith Malinga 5/6: Against New Zealand in 2019

Lasith Malinga’s performance has also been excellent in the T20 format. New Zealand toured Sri Lanka in 2019. In the third T20 match played between these two teams, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 125 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Danushka Gunathilaka played an innings of 30 runs for the team.

Chasing the target of 126 runs, New Zealand team was all out for 88 runs. In this match, Lasith Malinga took 5 wickets for 6 runs from Sri Lanka and played an important role in his team’s victory. Malinga took the wickets of four batsmen in four balls in this match.

Malinga, who came to bowl the third over of New Zealand’s innings, dismissed Colin Munro on the third ball. On the next ball, Hamish Rutherford returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Malinga completed his hat-trick by bowling out Colin de Grandhomme. On the last ball of this over, Malinga dismissed Ross Taylor and took four wickets in four balls. Apart from these four wickets, the legendary fast bowler also sent Tim Seifert back to the pavilion in this match. Sri Lanka won this three-match T20 series 2-1.