LEEDS (Reuters) - Shane Warne has re-ignited his feud with former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga in his new autobiography. The Australia leg-spinner, whose book is due to go on sale on Thursday, repeated criticisms he made of Ranatunga just before the 1999 World Cup. In Shane Warne - My autobiography, he said that many people have wrongly presumed that he did not like Sri Lanka. "I love the place... There are no problems with Sri Lanka, or the vast majority of Sri Lanka people. My differences are with Arjuna Ranatunga." Warne said Ranatunga, who led Sri Lanka to the 1996 World Cup, "seemed to act in ways which were contrary to the spirit of the game, at times pushing the rules to the limits... It often appeared that if there was a ruse Ranatunga could play to try and get under our skin, he would do it". Warne, recalling his column in the Times newspaper at the start of the World Cup two years ago, said he had argued that "Sri Lanka and the game overall would be better off without Ranatunga, and that remains my view".

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