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Wounded Lions seek solace in New Zealand and Australia – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE          Gunatilleka has much to prove. Dimuth Karunaratne will be key to Sri Lanka’s revival.   Sri Lanka’s wounded Lions desperately seek some form of solace on their tour of New Zealand that has just begun after a humiliating home series drubbing by the Englishmen recently.   And if New Zealand looms large, the Lankans face the acid test of pitting themselves against Australia followed by similar hostilities in South Africa in the beginning of next year.   Two Tests against the New Zealanders followed by three one-dayers and a T20 game will set them up for the tougher encounters against the Australians , two Tests before they depart to the African leg which will test their worth.   Indifferent form, bad selection and a huge question mark hanging over coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ...