Lasith Malinga cricket records

Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka holds 3 cricket records known to us.

Lasith Malinga is a bowler of Sri Lanka cricket team.

He has played 30 test matches and taken 101 wickets in 59 innings at bowling average of 33.15, with economy of 3.85 and bowling strike rate of 51.5. His personal best in a Test match is 9 wickets for 210 runs. His best performance in an inning is 5 wickets for 50 runs. 3 times he has taken 5+ wickets but never took 10+ wickets in Test cricket.

He took 6 wickets for 38 runs in his best ODI bowling. His bowling economy in one-day cricket is 5.35 in 220 matches. He has taken 338 wickets at strike rate of 32.3 and bowling average of 28.87, which includes 11 times 4 wicket haul and 8 times 5 wicket haul.

His Twenty20 best bowling is 5 wickets for 6 runs. He has taken 107 wickets in 83 T20 matches at economy of 7.42, with bowling average of 20.79 and bowling strike rate of 16.8. 1 times he has taken 4+ wickets and 2 times he has taken 5+ wickets in Twenty20 cricket.

He has played 30 test matches and scored 275 runs in 37 innings, with 0 centuries and 1 half-centuries, at batting average of 11.45 and his personal best of 64 runs.

His highest score in one-day cricket is 56. His one-day career includes 0 hundreds and 1 half-centuries in his 567 runs scored in 119 matches, at an average of 6.83 and strike rate of 74.5%.

He has hit 136 runs in 33 Twenty20 matches, with highest score of 27 and 0 centuries at an average of 6.47 and strike rate of 84.47. He has scored 0 half centuries and hit 5 sixes and 9 fours in Twenty20 cricket.