Colombo: Sri Lanka cricket team captain and legendary fast bowler Lasith Malinga holds a unique record. In the last match of the three T20 matches series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, Malinga created a new history. Malinga took four wickets in four balls for the first time in T20 cricket. It also included a hat-trick. Although in ODI cricket Malinga has done this amazing 2007 before. He is the only bowler in ODI cricket who took four wickets from four balls.

Now once again he has done this feat in the shortest format of cricket. The bowling bowler who took the most number of hat-trick wickets in international cricket has now become Malinga. This is the second time he has taken a hat-trick wicket in T20 cricket. Lasith Malinga has also become the first bowler to take hundred wickets in T20 cricket. Malinga made these four New Zealand batsmen his prey.

Malinga bowled Colin Munro for 12 on the third ball of his second over to become the first T20 bowler to claim 100 wickets as he began his demolition of the Kiwi batting. He then sent Hamish Rutherford, Colin de Grandhomme and Ross Taylor back to the pavilion on balls four, five and six as he raised the roof in front of a raucous home crowd. New Zealand slipped to 15 for four. With this, Malinga also holds the record for taking the most hat-trick in world cricket ie five times.

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