Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga's fifth hat-trick and 100 T20I wickets
2- Number of times Lasith Malinga has picked up four wickets in four balls in international cricket, the
only bowler to do so. He got Colin Munro, Hamish Rutherford, Colin de
Grandhomme and Ross Taylor off successive balls in the third T20I in
Pallekelle. Before this, he had achieved it in the 2007 CWC against South Africa, with the wickets of Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall,
Jacques Kallis and Makhaya Ntini.
Rashid Khan is the only other bowler
to have taken four wickets in four balls, having done it earlier this
year against Ireland in a T20I in Dehradun
5- Number of hat-tricks for Malinga in international cricket - 3 in ODI's and 2 in T20's. No other bowler has taken five hat-tricks in international cricket. Wasim Akram had four hat-tricks, two in Tests and ODIs each. Apart from Malinga and Akram, no one else has picked more than two hat-tricks.
1- Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in T20Is. He had gone past Shahid Afridi's 98 wickets earlier in this series to become the leading wicket-taker in T20Is.
100-
Number of hat-tricks across all three international formats. Malinga's
was the 100th hat-trick. There have been 44 hat-tricks in Tests, 48 in
ODIs and 8 in T20Is, by 84 bowlers. England and Australia bowlers have
the most hat-tricks - 18 each. Sri Lanka are next with 13, five of them
by Malinga.
5 for 6- Malinga's figures from four overs in the third T20I. Only two bowlers have conveded fewer runs
in five-wicket hauls in T20Is - Rangana Herath and Rashid Khan, both
taking 5 for 3. This was Malinga's second five-wicket haul in T20Is, the
joint-most. Overall in T20s it was his fifth five-for, the most by any bowler.
1) Malinga to Munro, OUT, there comes Malinga's 100th T20I wicket
and he has bowled Munro again! Little similar to how he got Munro in
the first T20I but this wasn't a yorker. It was swinging in, in pitched
on middle stump and it found the gap between Munro's bat and pad to
rattle the leg stump. What a sight that is for a fast bowler
C Munro b Malinga 12 (12b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
2)Malinga to Rutherford, OUT, loud, loud appeal first ball,
it's turned down and Malinga, the captain, has reviewed immediately.
This one also to a left-hander, also swinging in, also missed by the
batsman, and he's hit right in front of leg stump after the ball pitched
on middle. Ball-tracking says it's hitting, the crowd erupts! It might
have looked not out initially but seems like Rutherford took a tiny step
towards middle stump which went in Malinga's favour
HD Rutherford lbw b Malinga 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
3)Malinga to de Grandhomme, OUT, he has done it, three in three, Malinga has taken a hat-trick
when his team needs it the most! Dear o dear, they're checking for the
no-ball and this is so close! The foot is pitching on the line and it
seems like, on impact, a fraction of a tiny part of the heel was behind
in the crease. It couldn't have been closer than that without being a
no-ball. And how's this for a hat-trick delivery: a searing yorker with
late swing to an in-form Colin de Grandhomme who was squared up and the
ball took the base of off and middle stumps. What a sight, what a
bowler. He points to the number on his jersey in celebration. It says
99!
C de Grandhomme b Malinga 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
4) Malinga to Taylor, OUT, FOUR IN FOUR!
Is this the 2007 World Cup all over again?! Ross Taylor this time, and
he gets the same treament - an unplayable yorker. He looked more still
than de Grandhomme at the crease but it didn't matter. This one is
headed right for the foot, it swings late from around leg to middle
stump and it sneaks under Taylor's bat to get him plumb
LRPL Taylor lbw b Malinga 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
1)Malinga to Pollock, OUT,
BINGO! Finally Malinga strikes, that is a superb bit of bowling. It's a
slower ball on the stumps, Pollock just does not pick it, plays inside
the line of the ball and loses his leg stump. Even with the game all but
gone Sri Lanka are fighting. Pollock played a good hand but now he's
gone!
SM Pollock b Malinga 13 (23m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.16
2)Malinga to Hall, OUT,
ANOTHER! Andrew Hall goes off the very first ball! It's another
speared-in yorker, Hall just about manages to dig it out, but he can't
keep the ball down ... it bobs up into the air for the man at cover to
pouch easily! Is there a twist left in this game
AJ Hall c Tharanga b Malinga 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
3)Malinga to Kallis, OUT,
Would you believe it? Malinga has got the hat-trick! Full, furious,
outside off stump, Kallis goes for a square-drive and nicks it behind.
Loud appeal. Kallis stays rooted. Even louder appeal and Harper raises
the fatal finger. SA eight down and choking real badly.
JH Kallis c †Sangakkara b Malinga 86 (187m 110b 4x4 0x6) SR: 78.18
3)Malinga to Ntini, OUT,
And then they were one! Malinga gets four in four. Unbelievable!
Screaming yorker and Ntini drives, plays all over it and ball crashes
into the middle stump. Malinga is slinging down magic deliveries and SA
are nine down.
M Ntini b Malinga 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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