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English County Middlesex bags Lasith Malinga for Friends Life t20 – Cricket News Update

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English County Middlesex bags Lasith Malinga for Friends Life t20 – Cricket News Update
Middlesex, the English County side, has acquired the services of Sri Lanka’s pace spear-head, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Corey-Collymore-c1283.
Middlesex's director of cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Angus-Robert-Charles-Fraser-c44701, was delighted to sign a bowler of Malinga’s stature. The director held that Middlesex were looking to strengthen their pace attack by bringing a bowler, who could bowl both with the new ball and in the death overs, and in Malinga they found just that.
While speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Fraser said, “We are all naturally thrilled about the prospect of a player of Lasith's talent coming to the club. In T20 cricket every county is looking for a bowler that provides their attack with variety, the ability to bowl during Powerplays and at the death, basically something different from the norm and in Lasith we will have the best in the world.”
Malinga is currently taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL5). The right-arm pacer is playing under the flag of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians and is the second highest wicket-taker of the tournament, claiming 20 wickets from 9 games.  
Fraser hoped that the inclusion of Malinga will do wonders for Middlesex, who finished at the bottom of South Group in Friends Life t20 2011 points table.
The direchttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472or said, “In 2011 we had a disappointing T20 campaign and we are looking for the players to react positively and improve on last season's performances this summer. The addition of Lasith can only help us achieve this goal.”
Middlesex’s Friends Life t20, 2012 campaign kicks-off with a match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789, on June 18.
Malinga won’t be part of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 on Thursday, June 21.

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