No, trust your eyes, you read it right. Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan ace pacer bowled off-spin in a domestic match.

Just like his pace bowling, he managed to pick up wickets with it too. Not one or two, but he picked three wickets for Teejay Lanka against LB Finance in the final encounter of MCA ‘A’ division knockout tournament. 

The Teejay Lanka skipper decided to bowl off-spin and his action almost looked like India’s all-rounder Kedar Jadhav’s side-arm delivery. Malinga’s brilliance with the ball helped his team win the match by 82 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.

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Chasing an achievable target, LB Finance trotted along to score 125 runs for 7 wickets in 25 overs when bad light stopped play. Sahan Arachchige scored 26 runs, Priyamal Perera scored an unbeaten 24 runs and Kusal Mendis scored 24 runs.

Malinga trying his hands in spin, got his first wicket when the right-handed batsman decided to go for a slog sweep but all he could manage was a top edge which was caught by the wicketkeeper easily. The second one was a played-on by the batsman to his stumps while going for a massive slog over long on.

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The last wicket came after a miscue by the right-handed batsman. He was caught at deep mid-off just outside the 30-yard-circle.

Despite a good performance with the ball by Malinga, his teammate Shalika Karunanayake of Teejay Lanka was adjudged man of the match.

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(Readers can also watch here: LASITH MALINGA BOWLING SPIN)