Minutes after Australia hammered Sri Lanka in their final warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Lankan legend Lasith Malinga was seen teaching Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis how to bowl slower yorkers.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) shared a video of veteran Malinga, who is taking part in his fourth World Cup, sharing his trade secrets with a rival after the warm-up match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday.
Watch it here:
Acknowledging Malinga's generosity, Cricket Australia retweeted the video post.
Malinga didn't feature in the game.
Speaking to the journalists, Malinga said, "I wanted to give him tips – that's how cricket moves forward. Whoever wants to know, I will help them. I'll share tricks on how to bowl slow balls, which situation you will use it, why you want to use the slow one."
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"Variations is very important in the short-format game. During IPL also he (Stoinis) had wanted to know how I bowl [it]," he added.
Both the sides start their World Cup campaign on June 1, with Sri Lanka taking on New Zealand at Cardiff while defending champions Australia face Afghanistan at Bristol.
