5 of the best death bowlers in World Cup history

#3. Lasith Malinga

When Lasith Malinga came in to the fray, he was feared. Not for his pace, but for his very weird bowling action. Some even thought he was bowling illegally, but it was just a shout in the dark against something they couldn’t comprehend.

Sri Lanka were knocking at the door for a long time. In the 2007 World Cup, a rain-afflicted final saw them lose out to Australia. Then came the 2011 World Cup final, and they once again lost out.

However, despite not being able to lift the trophy, Malinga’s exceptional bowling—especially in death overs—made batsmen fear for their toes.

Malinga has this uncanny ability to bowl accurate yorkers—largely thanks to his round arm action—and bowling them in death overs is like laying a golden egg every single day.