Demolition man Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to pick up two triplets at the world cups, as he led Sri Lanka to a flattening of nine-window Kenya Tuesday.
Seamer, who missed his opening two matches of the group a with a bad back, roared back with the wickets of Tanmay Mishra (0), Peter Ongondo (0) and Shem Ngoche (0) with successive, complete, deliveries the last two clean has.
After having finished with a career best six for 38 to reject African for 142, a relaxed Malinga sitting back in the Pavilion and watched his teammates barely breaking sweat as they redesigned the total in only 18.4 overs.
In 2007, Malinga has won four in a row against South Africa.
"Lasith, and usually, the champion he is, the ball which reversed, he did an excellent job for us," summarized in Sri Lanka Captain Kumar Sangakkara, whose team finished on 146 for one.
His Kenyan Jimmy Kamande counterpart was equally impressed: "we know Malinga, we have seen him before, although we have not played against him.". It is a world-class bowler and congratulations to him for the hat trick and all the wickets he gets today. »
It was the second hat-trick in two days at the World Cup after Kemar Roach was last three Dutch wickets in the victory of 215 - run of the West Indies in Group b Monday. It is the seventh hat trick in a World Cup.
Last time the teams met in the World Cup, Sri Lanka suffered a defeat of 53 - run in 2003.
However, an irresistible Malinga ensured that no there is no repeat of this result in Colombo on Tuesday.
Kenya crumbled a respectable 102-2 to 142 while 43.4 overs after choosing to bat first, with the Obuya brothers the only batsmen to reach double figures.
A partnership of 94 - run between Collins Obuya (52 off 100 balls) and his older brother David (51 off 106 balls) gives rise to hope that Kenya could cross the 200 - run mark before Malinga lost them with a superb final burst to blow away the Kenyan tail.
He threw for Collins with a toe crusher in the 32nd fifty before returning to his final burst flatten Kenyans with close to unplayable Yorkers Örn, as he bagged four to five legal wickets bullets in two overs.
Malinga trapped Mishra LBW with the final delivery of his seventh over and returns, then to overthrow Ongondo and Ngoche strains with the first two balls of his more next.
Sri Lankan fans were already dancing in the stands to celebrate the achievements and when Malinga based Elijah Otieno leg stump enter his sixth victim of the day, a roar deafening emoi around the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Malinga could only shake his mass of hair blond-tinted disbelief as he raised the giant Bulletin Board arena which displays a Panel 6-38 under an image of the man of the moment.
Kenyans were left to reflect on their dramatic collapse that it took just 22 deliveries for them to go to 127 for four to be overthrown out - with four batsmen falling for a duck.
Once Malinga has played its role, Sri Lanka struck passes off the coast of the runs in double quick time, with Tillakaratne Dilshan the only man in the fall for 44.
Upul Tharanga finished the match with a boundary hit her on the cover of remain unbeaten on 67 a marked off the coast of 59 balls with 12 fours. Sangakkara was 27 steps out.
It was win second Sri Lanka three matches of group a, while the Kenya fell to their third successive defeat.
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