#1 6/38 vs Kenya, 2011

In the 14th match of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka were pitted against Kenya at Colombo in a day and night game. Kenya won the toss and chose to bat first. Malinga stuck in his first over trapping Seren Waters for LBW.
He then ripped through the batting lineup and finished the game with 6 wickets. This was the first instance Malinga picked up 6 wickets and remains his career-best performance to this day.
Sri Lanka came out to chase a mere 143 and chased it down without much difficulty with 9 wickets remaining. Malinga was awarded the Man of the Match for this match-winning performance.
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