ICC World Cup 2019: Top 10  Players who could be playing their last World Cup

Amla - The Pillar of South African batting
Amla - The Pillar of South African batting

# 5 Lasith Malinga ( Sri Lanka) Age – 35

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Malinga - Will he be successful this time?
Malinga - Will he be successful this time?

Matches – 213, Wickets – 318,

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Lasith Malinga is a yorker specialist from Sri Lanka who has been around the scene since 2004. He is someone been a consistent success in the World Cup. He first played in the tournament in 2007 and took 12 wickets in 6 wickets. In the 2011 campaign at home, he took 13 wickets. Malinga was instrumental in Sri Lanka reaching the final both World Cups.

Malinga finished the 2015 World Cup with 12 wickets. In the recent ODI series against New Zealand, Malinga came back to form with 7 wickets in 3 matches. Malinga has now got the additional responsibility of being the captain of the Sri Lankan ODI team.

Malinga knows his time is almost over but he will have one last crack at the World Cup trophy. Having played in two World Cup finals, he would wish to be on the right side of the rope this time around.

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