Lasith Malinga sets T20 record with 99 wickets

KANDY, Sri Lanka, Sept 02 (AFP): Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga Sunday became the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals with his 99th scalp in the first match against New Zealand, surpassing Pakistan's Shahid Afridi.

Malinga, who retired from Test cricket in 2011 and played his farewell ODI in July, bowled Colin Munro in the first over of the New Zealand chase to equal Afridi's record of 98 wickets.