Malinga picks up second World Cup hat-trick

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.