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  Captain Arjuna Ranatunga and defending World Cup champion Sri Lanka won only two matches this time around. Laurence Griffiths/Allsport

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Sri Lankan board replaced after World Cup debacle

Sri Lanka's cricket board was replaced Saturday by an interim committee after the country's miserable performance in the World Cup tournament.
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  • Mendis: It is time to prepare for 2003

  • Sri Lankans appeal to president for change
    A group of businessmen and lawyers have appealed to President Chandrika Kumaratunga to intervene and reconstitute the country's cricket board following Sri Lanka's poor performance at the World Cup.
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    Sri Lanka regrets poor performance at World Cup
    Sri Lankan officials apologized Friday for their World Cup "debacle", but Arjuna Ranatunga said he has no plans to resign his captaincy.
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    Sri Lanka fails to live up to expectations
    Sri Lanka's World Cup defense failed at the first hurdle but the 1996 champion rounded off its 1999 campaign with a 45-run win over Kenya.
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