Separamadu Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, born on 28 August 1983, widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. A right-arm fast bowler nicknamed Slinga Malinga for his round-arm sling action, he was commonly used as a specialist death bowler and captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team to the 2014 T20 World Cup title. He is the only bowler in the world with two World Cup hat-tricks, was the first bowler to take a double hat-trick, and holds the record for the most hat-tricks in international cricket. He retired from Test cricket on 22 April 2011, from One Day International cricket on 26 July 2019 and from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021.
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He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021
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he is the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks
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