Bungle in the jungle
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The Bungle in the jungle is an epithet
, given to a cricket match played on 18 November 2003. It was an "unmitigated disaster" for England.
Played at the Dambulla
stadium, in the Sri Lanka
n jungle
, this One Day International is notable for the dismissal of the England cricket team for just 88 runs. In the 477 One day internationals played by England, this aggregate was only two runs more than their worst display.
Sri Lanka knocked off the 89 runs required to win in just 13.5 of their permitted 50 overs, for the loss of no wickets and a "comprehensive victory". In Wisden's words, England were "battered". The disastrous England score was attributed to "a flurry of misjudgments, over-ambition, and world-class fielding".
Epithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title...
, given to a cricket match played on 18 November 2003. It was an "unmitigated disaster" for England.
Played at the Dambulla
Dambulla
The city of Dambulla is situated in the Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, situated 148 km north-east of Colombo and 72 km north of Kandy....
stadium, in the Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Jungle
A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
, this One Day International is notable for the dismissal of the England cricket team for just 88 runs. In the 477 One day internationals played by England, this aggregate was only two runs more than their worst display.
Sri Lanka knocked off the 89 runs required to win in just 13.5 of their permitted 50 overs, for the loss of no wickets and a "comprehensive victory". In Wisden's words, England were "battered". The disastrous England score was attributed to "a flurry of misjudgments, over-ambition, and world-class fielding".
See also
- English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003-04
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