SL Malinga – on the threshold of capturing 300 wickets in Twenty20 games
SL Malinga captured four for 26 against UAE at Dhaka on 25.02.16 to take his aggregate of wickets in Twenty20 to 299 . He requires one more wicket for his 300 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the first bowler in the history of Twenty20 games to captured 300 wickets. The following table furnishes the season by season performance of SL Malinga which has given him 299 wickets
| Season | Venue | Balls | M | E | W | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI |
| 2004-05 | Sri Lanka | 48 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 1-22 | 56.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | Sri Lanka | 36 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1-11 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | England | 18 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-07 | New Zealand | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | England | 46 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 3-30 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | South Africa | 84 | 0 | 100 | 7 | 3-43 | 14.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Sri Lanka | 98 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 2-24 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | England | 152 | 0 | 181 | 12 | 3-17 | 15.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Sri Lanka | 72 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 2-21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | South Africa | 297 | 2 | 312 | 18 | 3-11 | 17.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | India | 330 | 0 | 401 | 16 | 4-22 | 25.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | USA | 39 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 3-12 | 9.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | West Indies | 125 | 0 | 165 | 6 | 3-28 | 27.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Australia | 24 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1-26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | South Africa | 96 | 0 | 118 | 6 | 3-33 | 19.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | India | 378 | 2 | 375 | 28 | 5-13 | 13.39 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | England | 24 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2-15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | UAE | 21 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1-32 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Sri Lanka | 36 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4-11 | 4.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | India | 120 | 0 | 117 | 10 | 4-20 | 11.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | India | 333 | 1 | 350 | 22 | 4-16 | 15.90 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Sri Lanka | 174 | 1 | 165 | 9 | 4-21 | 18.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Sri Lanka | 171 | 0 | 234 | 9 | 5-31 | 26.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012-13 | South Africa | 71 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 5-32 | 10.75 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012-13 | Australia | 210 | 2 | 184 | 13 | 6-07 | 14.15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | West Indies | 42 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 2-18 | 15.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Sri Lanka | 120 | 0 | 134 | 7 | 2-21 | 19.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | India | 392 | 0 | 468 | 20 | 3-39 | 23.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Australia | 132 | 0 | 131 | 5 | 2-08 | 26.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | UAE | 48 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 3-26 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Bangladesh | 155 | 0 | 164 | 9 | 3-20 | 18.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Sri Lanka | 24 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1-33 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | India | 118 | 0 | 134 | 8 | 2-15 | 16.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | UAE | 117 | 0 | 119 | 8 | 4-23 | 14.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Sri Lanka | 72 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 1-20 | 36.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | England | 48 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 3-28 | 9.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | India | 66 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 1-28 | 89.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Sri Lanka | 48 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 1-40 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | India | 360 | 3 | 444 | 24 | 4-23 | 18.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Sri Lanka | 48 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 2-16 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Bangladesh | 24 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4-26 | 6.30 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4835 | 13 | 5393 | 299 | 6-07 | 18.03 | 8 | 4 |