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Lasith Malinga stats

Data through 6 March 2020Last updated 6 March 2020

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 23 July 2004 to 6 March 2020. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Lasith Malinga played 22 Tests, 213 ODIs, 83 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2004 and 2020. With the ball, the best return was 322 wickets in ODIs at an average of 28.73 and an economy rate of 5.37.

International matches

318

Tests 22 · ODIs 213 · T20Is 83

International runs

899

0 hundreds

International wickets

498

11 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

145

110 runs

Best bowling

6/7

T20 (leagues & domestic)

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2004–2020 · 318Mumbai Indians 2009–2019 · 122Melbourne Stars 2012–2014 · 11Rangpur Riders 2017 · 8Khulna Titans 2019 · 2Guyana Amazon Warriors 2013 · 2

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Lasith Malinga batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	22	27	9	255	64	14.17	536	47.6	1	5	34	6
ODI	213	111	33	508	56	6.51	689	73.7	1	26	41	19
T20I	83	33	12	136	27	6.48	161	84.5	0	8	9	5
T20 (leagues & domestic)	145	31	15	110	17	6.88	113	97.3	0	6	8	6

Runs per year

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Lasith Malinga: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	1
2005	5
2006	182
2007	88
2008	19
2009	39
2010	173
2011	69
2012	129
2013	64
2014	20
2015	41
2016	0
2017	45
2018	14
2019	112
2020	8

Year-by-year batting (41 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2004	ODI	1	1	–	100.0	1	0
2005	ODI	1	1	–	16.7	1	0
2005	Test	4	4	4.00	30.8	4	0
2006	ODI	8	34	8.50	63.0	15	0
2006	T20I	2	40	20.00	129.0	27	0
2006	Test	14	108	10.80	39.0	26	0
2007	ODI	6	15	5.00	71.4	10	0
2007	T20I	2	13	13.00	108.3	12	0
2007	Test	6	60	15.00	46.2	42	0
2008	ODI	4	19	4.75	29.2	12	0
2009	ODI	6	32	6.40	80.0	15	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2009	T20I	5	7	–	100.0	4	0
2010	ODI	5	86	17.20	93.5	56	1
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	1	–	100.0	1	0
2010	T20I	3	3	1.50	23.1	2	0
2010	Test	3	83	27.67	71.6	64	1
2011	ODI	12	60	6.00	109.1	26	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	8	2.67	88.9	7	0
2011	T20I	1	1	1.00	50.0	1	0
2012	ODI	14	69	6.90	81.2	19	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	55	9.17	103.8	17	0
2012	T20I	2	5	2.50	33.3	5	0
2013	ODI	16	53	4.82	79.1	19	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	11	2.75	57.9	7	0
2013	T20I	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2014	ODI	8	18	3.00	42.9	10	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	2.00	50.0	2	0
2014	T20I	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2015	ODI	9	33	5.50	76.7	17	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	6	–	60.0	6	0
2015	T20I	1	2	2.00	50.0	2	0
2017	ODI	6	21	5.25	65.6	9	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	22	–	157.1	14	0
2017	T20I	3	2	1.00	28.6	1	0
2018	ODI	3	9	–	150.0	4	0
2018	T20I	1	5	5.00	71.4	5	0
2019	ODI	12	57	5.70	71.2	17	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	5	–	250.0	5	0
2019	T20I	8	50	12.50	96.2	13	0
2020	T20I	3	8	2.67	100.0	8	0

Lasith Malinga bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	43	3,791	2,470	69	5/50	7/105	35.80	3.91	54.9	5	2	74
ODI	208	10,336	9,251	322	6/38	–	28.73	5.37	32.1	18	7	95
T20I	83	1,800	2,225	107	5/6	–	20.79	7.42	16.8	3	2	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	145	3,355	3,971	196	6/7	–	20.26	7.10	17.1	8	2	9

Wickets per year

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Lasith Malinga: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	3
2005	12
2006	56
2007	59
2008	11
2009	46
2010	54
2011	74
2012	88
2013	70
2014	62
2015	47
2016	4
2017	41
2018	11
2019	55
2020	1

Year-by-year bowling (42 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	3	3	40.00	5.00	2/56
2005	ODI	1	0	–	7.33	0/44
2005	Test	7	12	36.58	4.06	3/32
2006	ODI	16	29	20.86	4.49	4/44
2006	T20I	2	0	–	6.67	0/15
2006	Test	18	27	34.22	3.84	5/68
2007	ODI	17	32	19.34	4.67	4/54
2007	T20I	5	7	14.29	7.06	3/43
2007	Test	14	20	41.70	3.96	4/25
2008	ODI	7	11	29.36	4.99	4/47
2009	ODI	11	11	55.45	6.21	4/28
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	18	17.33	6.30	3/11
2009	T20I	13	17	21.18	7.71	3/17
2010	ODI	10	18	20.50	4.24	5/34
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	15	22.93	7.02	4/22
2010	T20I	9	11	20.73	7.28	3/12
2010	Test	4	10	27.30	3.79	5/50
2011	ODI	22	43	20.79	4.90	6/38
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	28	13.39	5.95	5/13
2011	T20I	2	3	15.67	6.27	2/15
2012	ODI	31	47	32.09	5.67	5/54
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	31	13.71	5.94	6/7
2012	T20I	9	10	25.00	7.94	5/31
2013	ODI	28	39	30.15	5.39	4/34
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	23	23.87	7.01	3/39
2013	T20I	8	8	27.25	7.03	3/26
2014	ODI	16	29	25.69	5.92	5/52
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	21	17.57	6.24	4/23
2014	T20I	9	12	16.00	6.44	3/20
2015	ODI	13	17	39.12	5.96	3/35
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	24	18.50	7.40	4/23
2015	T20I	4	6	20.17	7.56	2/16
2016	T20I	1	4	6.50	6.50	4/26
2017	ODI	13	10	62.30	6.00	2/44
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	19	34.16	8.56	2/5
2017	T20I	6	12	16.50	8.25	3/34
2018	ODI	5	9	17.56	4.65	5/44
2018	T20I	1	2	15.00	7.50	2/30
2019	ODI	15	24	33.00	5.93	4/43
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	29.65	9.54	4/31
2019	T20I	10	14	17.93	6.44	5/6
2020	T20I	4	1	164.00	10.93	1/37

Lasith Malinga against each team

vs Pakistan vs Australia vs England vs India vs New Zealand vs South Africa vs Bangladesh vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
England	Test	8	88	12.57	52.1	26	0
India	Test	5	83	20.75	66.4	64	1
New Zealand	Test	6	11	3.67	20.0	7	0
Pakistan	ODI	23	114	7.12	73.1	19	0
India	ODI	18	108	9.00	78.8	19	0
Australia	ODI	18	92	6.57	67.2	56	1
England	ODI	16	61	6.10	80.3	26	0
New Zealand	ODI	10	53	5.89	93.0	17	0
South Africa	ODI	16	35	2.92	49.3	15	0
Bangladesh	ODI	6	31	15.50	83.8	10	0
Australia	T20I	7	45	15.00	90.0	13	0
New Zealand	T20I	8	43	10.75	104.9	27	0
West Indies	T20I	3	15	5.00	65.2	8	0
South Africa	T20I	3	8	2.67	80.0	8	0
Pakistan	T20I	4	4	2.00	66.7	2	0
India	T20I	3	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Chittagong Vikings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	19	–	158.3	14	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	18	4.50	81.8	17	0
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	17	8.50	73.9	11	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	9	4.50	90.0	7	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	9	2.25	52.9	7	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Bangladesh	Test	14	27	24.81	4.13	4/25
India	Test	6	14	32.07	3.87	5/50
New Zealand	Test	5	11	30.18	3.62	5/68
England	Test	10	10	49.10	3.36	3/78
South Africa	Test	4	4	64.75	4.60	3/81
Pakistan	ODI	34	48	32.65	5.34	5/34
Australia	ODI	27	48	25.42	5.01	5/28
England	ODI	29	47	26.49	5.30	5/44
India	ODI	38	43	45.51	6.06	3/64
South Africa	ODI	24	37	29.65	5.77	5/54
New Zealand	ODI	22	35	28.17	5.84	4/28
Bangladesh	ODI	14	27	16.56	3.79	4/23
West Indies	ODI	10	19	19.89	4.95	3/30
Zimbabwe	ODI	7	7	39.57	5.28	3/25
New Zealand	T20I	15	20	18.15	6.68	5/6
Pakistan	T20I	11	16	19.19	7.28	3/17
England	T20I	7	13	14.85	7.15	5/31
West Indies	T20I	10	13	23.08	8.41	3/28
Australia	T20I	12	12	27.67	7.72	3/36
Bangladesh	T20I	6	11	14.64	7.32	3/20
South Africa	T20I	7	7	27.14	7.31	2/11
India	T20I	9	4	72.50	8.70	2/25
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	31	19.03	7.24	4/37
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	22	14.23	6.66	5/13
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	22	20.00	8.00	4/22
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	20	22.85	7.01	4/23
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	19	7.58	4.70	4/16
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	14	33.50	7.48	4/31
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	13	19.92	7.40	4/23
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	12	11.92	5.96	3/25
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	35.45	7.62	2/13
Chittagong Vikings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	106.00	8.83	1/37
Melbourne Renegades	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	61.00	5.08	1/21

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
R Premadasa Stadium	25	87	6.21	17
Galle International Stadium	2	69	34.50	64
Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	69	23.00	56
Bellerive Oval	5	58	14.50	42
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	7	44	8.80	16
Trent Bridge	3	43	14.33	22
Kennington Oval	6	42	10.50	26
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	12	38	7.60	10
Eden Park	2	33	16.50	27
The Wanderers Stadium	5	31	6.20	15

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
R Premadasa Stadium	47	73	24.59	5.62
Wankhede Stadium	45	71	17.73	6.90
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	28	42	23.88	6.01
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	18	24	29.96	4.99
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	18	22	34.36	6.43
Melbourne Cricket Ground	13	18	24.06	5.09
Shere Bangla National Stadium	11	17	21.65	5.84
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	10	16	22.75	5.73
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	10	15	31.40	4.25
Kennington Oval	10	15	34.27	6.53

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	1962	68	6.38
T20	Middle	11	26	42.3	1	1117	57	7.17
T20	Death	235	248	94.8	36	2076	178	8.02
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	4032	99	4.64
ODI	Middle	188	280	67.1	22	4176	103	5.38
ODI	Death	320	409	78.2	56	2128	120	6.73

How Lasith Malinga was dismissed

Caught54 (41%)
Bowled46 (35%)
Run out15 (11%)
Lbw10 (8%)
Stumped5 (4%)
Caught and bowled3 (2%)

How Lasith Malinga took wickets

Caught355
Bowled232
Lbw87
Caught and bowled20

Last 20 innings

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Lasith Malinga: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
19 Jan 2019	5
3 Mar 2019	15
6 Mar 2019	1
13 Mar 2019	0
16 Mar 2019	0
22 Mar 2019	8
24 Mar 2019	0
1 Jun 2019	1
15 Jun 2019	1
21 Jun 2019	1
28 Jun 2019	4
26 Jul 2019	6
3 Sep 2019	0
6 Sep 2019	6
27 Oct 2019	13
30 Oct 2019	9
1 Nov 2019	8
7 Jan 2020	0
10 Jan 2020	0
4 Mar 2020	8

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
4 Mar 2020	T20I	West Indies	8	6	bowled	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
10 Jan 2020	T20I	India	0	1	caught	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
7 Jan 2020	T20I	India	0	1	caught	Holkar Cricket Stadium
1 Nov 2019	T20I	Australia	8*	4	not out	Melbourne Cricket Ground
30 Oct 2019	T20I	Australia	9	5	stumped	The Gabba
27 Oct 2019	T20I	Australia	13*	19	not out	Adelaide Oval
6 Sep 2019	T20I	New Zealand	6*	11	not out	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
3 Sep 2019	T20I	New Zealand	0*	0	not out	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
26 Jul 2019	ODI	Bangladesh	6*	6	not out	R Premadasa Stadium
28 Jun 2019	ODI	South Africa	4	2	caught	Riverside Ground
21 Jun 2019	ODI	England	1	5	bowled	Headingley
15 Jun 2019	ODI	Australia	1	5	caught	Kennington Oval
1 Jun 2019	ODI	New Zealand	1	2	bowled	Sophia Gardens
24 Mar 2019	T20I	South Africa	0	4	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
22 Mar 2019	T20I	South Africa	8	4	bowled	SuperSport Park
16 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	0*	0	not out	Newlands
13 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	0	2	run out	St George's Park
6 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	1	4	caught	SuperSport Park
3 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	15	24	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
19 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chittagong Vikings	5*	2	not out	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
6 Mar 2020	T20I	West Indies	0/46	3	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
4 Mar 2020	T20I	West Indies	1/37	4	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
10 Jan 2020	T20I	India	0/40	4	0	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
7 Jan 2020	T20I	India	0/41	4	0	Holkar Cricket Stadium
1 Nov 2019	T20I	Australia	1/22	4	0	Melbourne Cricket Ground
30 Oct 2019	T20I	Australia	1/23	3	0	The Gabba
27 Oct 2019	T20I	Australia	0/37	4	0	Adelaide Oval
6 Sep 2019	T20I	New Zealand	5/6	4	1	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
3 Sep 2019	T20I	New Zealand	0/39	4	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
1 Sep 2019	T20I	New Zealand	2/23	4	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
26 Jul 2019	ODI	Bangladesh	3/38	9.4	2	R Premadasa Stadium
6 Jul 2019	ODI	India	1/82	10	1	Headingley
1 Jul 2019	ODI	West Indies	3/55	10	0	Riverside Ground
28 Jun 2019	ODI	South Africa	1/47	10	1	Riverside Ground
21 Jun 2019	ODI	England	4/43	10	1	Headingley
15 Jun 2019	ODI	Australia	1/61	10	1	Kennington Oval
1 Jun 2019	ODI	New Zealand	0/46	5	0	Sophia Gardens
12 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1/49	4	0	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
7 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	0/26	3	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
5 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	3/35	4	0	Wankhede Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Lasith Malinga bowled to most

Alastair Cook vs Lasith Malinga350 balls
MS Dhoni vs Lasith Malinga328 balls
Virender Sehwag vs Lasith Malinga299 balls
Gautam Gambhir vs Lasith Malinga290 balls
Virat Kohli vs Lasith Malinga287 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Lasith Malinga taken in Tests?

69 wickets in 43 innings at an average of 35.80, economy 3.91, best figures 5/50.

How many wickets has Lasith Malinga taken in ODIs?

322 wickets in 208 innings at an average of 28.73, economy 5.37, best figures 6/38.

How many runs has Lasith Malinga scored in Tests?

255 runs in 27 innings (22 matches) at an average of 14.17 and a strike rate of 47.6, in the data from 2005 to 2010.

How many runs has Lasith Malinga scored in ODIs?

508 runs in 111 innings (213 matches) at an average of 6.51 and a strike rate of 73.7, in the data from 2004 to 2019.

How many runs has Lasith Malinga scored in T20Is?

136 runs in 33 innings (83 matches) at an average of 6.48 and a strike rate of 84.5, in the data from 2006 to 2020.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.