Watch the highlights of Lasith Malinga 6-38 Including a Hat-trick vs KenyaLasith Malinga 6-38 - ICC Cricket World Cup tournament of the Group A 14th ODI match played between Kenya and Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in 01st March 2011.
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| Lasith Malinga took six-wickets including a hat-trick © ICC |
Sri Lankan fast bolwer Lasith Malinga produced a sensational bowling performance to claimed a career-best 6-wicket haul for 38-runs in 7.4-overs including a hat-trick against Kenya in the 14th match of a World Cup.Lasith Malinga claimed a second hat-trick in the final ball of the 42nd over and next two-balls of 44th over of the Kenya innings.
* Lasith Malinga becoming the first bowler to took two hat-tricks in World Cups, His previous one had come against South Africa in 2007 World Cup.
* Lasith Malinga's hat-trick was the 29th in ODI history, and the seventh in World Cups.
* So far, six bowlers have taken a hat-trick in World Cups. Lasith Malinga takes two hat-tricka, Jerome Taylor, Chetan Sharma, Saqlain Mushtaq, Chaminda Vaas, Brett Lee ans Kemar Roach each took one-hat-trick in World Cups.
Lasith Malinga removed of Tanmay Mishra (0), Peter Ongondo (0) and Shem Ngoche (0).
* Lasith Malinga's 6 for 38 was the tenth best bowling performance for Sri Lanka in One-day international, It is the best bowling figures by an Sri Lanka bowler against Kenya in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 18 held by Muttiah Muralitharan at Nairobi (Gym) in 1996 and the second-best bowling figures by an Sri Lankan bowler in World Cups after Chaminda Vaas' 6 for 25 against Bangladesh in 2003.
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