#2 Sri Lanka v Australia ODI, Colombo 2011
At the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, a happy hunting ground for Malinga, the Australians were wrecked by some fine bowling by the Sri Lankans. Malinga cleaned up the lower order with a wonderful hat-trick.
Australia were 211 for 6 in the 45th over, looking to push towards a score of 250. However, Malinga picked up Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Xavier Doherty in the 46th over. Brad Haddin was out in the first ball of the 47th over and Australia were all out for 211, losing five wickets in the span of a run.
Sri Lanka chased down 212 with 18 balls to spare, winning the match by four wickets. Malinga returned figures of 3/35 in eight overs and won the Player of the Match award for his efforts.
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