ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Former champions Sri Lanka breezed into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday after crushing Ireland by 70 runs in a Group A preliminary round match in Abu Dhabi.
The 2014 winners had to play the qualifying round but Dasun Shanaka's team proved they were still too good for their opponents as they registered their second successive win to make the main draw.
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