- Born
- Birth nameSeparamadu Lasith Malinga
- Nicknames
- Malinga the Slinga
- Slinga
- Kagawena
- Lasith Malinga was born on August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka. He has been married to Tanya Perera since 2010.
- SpouseTanya Perera(2010 - present)
- He is the only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and only bowler in cricketing history to take 2 four wicket in four consecutive balls in international cricket (v. South Africa March 2007 and New Zealand 2019) and also the only bowler to do so in two different format.
- Malinga was the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the final of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
- Malinga holds highest number of wickets (170) in Indian Premier League.
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