Malinga gamble starting to pay dividends for Sri Lanka


  • Cricket
  • Saturday, 28 Feb 2015

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga celebrates taking the wicket of Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed during their Cricket World Cup match at the MCG in Melbourne, February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Brandon Malone

(Reuters) - The toe-crusher is hitting the target, the bouncer is coming out well and, most importantly, the wicket column is swelling again.

Three games into the World Cup and Sri Lanka's calculated gamble on Lasith Malinga appears to be paying off.

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