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Sheep to the slaughterhouse in Auckland – Sri Lanka surrender in the house of pain – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) The Test series was a disaster, so Sri Lanka changed focus and sought solace and new direction from the one day series. But that dream of a reversal of fortunes quickly dissipated to horror as New Zealand thrashed the hapless Lankans in the first one-dayer at the garden of pain in Auckland. Known over the ages for being a venue where the Kiwis are unstoppable, mainly in Rugby Union,  the Lankans were quickly reminded about this statistic as New Zealand’s batters and bowlers ran riot to complete an embarrassing demolition of the visiting Islanders. Dasun Shanaka and his team will reflect on a lack of proper preparation and planning of the tour where most of the squad were given insufficient time to acclimatise and work out ...