Before that , they had been playing Participation 14 successive ODIs , with their last series being a 2–2 draw in India .

Sri Lanka were touring Traveling New Zealand immediately before this series , completing Process_end a tour that should have been played Participation in 2004–05 but was postponed Change_event_time because of the Asian tsunami ; they lost Earnings_and_losses three ODIs and won only one .

All matches were recorded Recording as List A matches , and those in which both teams had ODI status were also recorded Recording as ODIs .