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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Malinga picks up second World Cup hat-trick

Updated at: 1739 PST,  Tuesday, March 01, 2011
COLOMBO: Spearhead Lasith Malinga took his second career World Cup hat-trick when he collected six wickets as Sri Lanka dismissed Kenya for 142 in their World Cup clash here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday.Malinga had Tanmay Mishra lbw with the final ball of the 42nd over and then clean-bowled Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche with the first two of the 44th. Malinga became the first bowler to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cups. He took four wickets in four balls against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup,The 27-year-old speedster, who missed his side's opening two matches with a sore back, finished with six for 38 as the Kenyans were dismissed for 142.It is the second hat-trick of the 2011 World Cup after Kemar Roach took the last three Canadian wickets in West Indies' victory in Group B on Monday.