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Lasith Malinga Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Separamadu Lasith Malinga aka Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan Cricketer. He was born on 28th August 1983. He is a right arm fast bowler and commonly known as Death Bowler. His nick name is ‘Slinga Malinga’. People also used to called him as a Yorker King. He is the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket and hence he is the person with most number of hat-tricks in international cricket.

Some Unknown Facts

Born and brought from a small village named Rathgama. Former cricketer Chamapaka Ramanayake, who spotted Malinga bowling in a street and and picked him to trained for International Cricket.
In his debut test match against Australia in 2004, Malinga took 6 Wikets.
Malinga was one of the Sexiest man in Cricket by Barbados-based magazine named Easy.
He loves sporting tattoos.
He start practicing with white ball and leather ball after the age of 17.

Bio/Wiki

Real Name	Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Nick Name	Kagawena, Slinga, Slinga Malinga
Profession	Cricketer

Physical Stats & More

Height	-in centimeters- 170 cm -in meters- 1.70 m -in Feet Inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	-in Kilograms- 75 Kg -in Pounds- 165 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black (Dyed Golden-Brown)
Ethnicity	SriLankan

Personal Life

Date of Birth	28 August 1983
Age (as in 2019)	36 Years
Birthplace	Galle, Sri Lanka
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Hometown	Galle, Sri Lanka
School	Vidyathilake Vidyalaya, Thiranagama
College	Mahinda College, Galle
Religion	Buddhism
Educational Qualification	Not Known

Family

Father	Separamadu Milton (Retired Bus Mechanic)
Mother	Swarna Thenuwara (Work in a Bank)
Sister	Not Known
Brother
Religion	Catholic
Hobbies	His hobbies as Sports (soccer, skiing & Cricket), Listening to music.

Favourite Things

Favourite Movie	Not Known
Favourite Music	AC/DC, Lenny Kravitz
Favourite Food	Pizza
Favourite Snacks	Chocolate
Favourite Sports	Cricket & Football
Favourite Number	99

Records/Achievements

He is the only Bowler who have taken 3 Hat-Trick in International Cricket.
First Bowler to take 100 Wickets in all three formats of the game.
He also hold the highest run partnership for the 9th wicket in ODI along with Angelo Mathews.
He took 2 world cup hat-trick in 2007 and 2011 World Cup.
Malinga is the second highest wicket taker in all Twenty20 317 wickets in 232 Games.
He also hold highest number of Wickets in Indian Premier League.
On 19 January 2017, Malinga get best figures in BBL history with with 6/7.
He is the 4th Sri Lankan who taken more than 300 ODI Wickets.
He is the third highest wicket taker in World Cup history.