Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga to retire from ODI cricket

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga will retire from one-day international cricket after Friday’s first match against Bangladesh in Colombo, captain Dimuth Karunaratne has said.

Malinga, 35, played his last Test in 2010 but continued playing the shorter formats and has taken 335 wickets from 225 one-day internationals for Sri Lanka, the third highest for the country behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.

“He is going to play the first match,” Karunaratne told reporters. “After that he is retiring. That’s what he told me.”

The paceman with the distinctive slingshot action has previously said he would retire from international cricket following next year’s World Twenty20 in Australia.

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