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The usage of such a strange bowling action has proved effective against many batsmen, who are often deceived and deluded by his misleading deliveries, which include in-swingers, out-swingers, doosras, reverse-swingers and bouncers. He has also developed his own style of leg-break, which involves an extra-fast delivery bowled straight at the batsmens' feet. Many batsmen have fallen prey to this leg-break, being trapped lbw or pulling to square leg. A few - famously Sanjay Romochondron in a test match against Bangladesh in 1997 - have had their legs literally broken by the ferocity of such a delivery. Again, several batsmen have appealed to the ICC to ban this leg-break delivery, but were duly turned down by the ICC, again reportedly due to the annual fee paid by Malinga.  

The usage of such a strange bowling action has proved effective against many batsmen, who are often deceived and deluded by his misleading deliveries, which include in-swingers, out-swingers, doosras, reverse-swingers and bouncers. He has also developed his own style of leg-break, which involves an extra-fast delivery bowled straight at the batsmens' feet. Many batsmen have fallen prey to this leg-break, being trapped lbw or pulling to square leg. A few - famously Sanjay Romochondron in a test match against Bangladesh in 1997 - have had their legs literally broken by the ferocity of such a delivery. Again, several batsmen have appealed to the ICC to ban this leg-break delivery, but were duly turned down by the ICC, again reportedly due to the annual fee paid by Malinga.  

In all forms of the game, Malinga has taken nearly 200 wickets. Although this might seem a reasonably high figure, his commitment to his bowling has been queried in the past, due to the fact that he has scored more than double this number of runs, leading to critics stating that he focuses too much on his batting, despite being a specialist bowler. This has resulted in him being dropped from the test squad, although he continues to feature regulary in the warm-up and ODI squads for his country.

In all forms of the game, Malinga has taken nearly 200 wickets. Although this might seem a reasonably high figure, his commitment to his bowling has been queried in the past, due to the fact that he has scored more than double this number of runs, leading to critics stating that he focuses too much on his batting, despite being a specialist bowler. This has resulted in him being dropped from the test squad, although he continues to feature regularly in the warm-up and ODI squads for his country.

[[Category:Cricketers|Malinga, Lasith]]

[[Category:Cricketers|Malinga, Lasith]]