PAUL STIRLING becomes the first player with 5000 ODI career runs

Ireland beat West Indies by five wickets on DLS in the second one-day international. Harry Tector top-scores with 54 not out after stand-in skipper Paul Stirling becomes the first Irish batter to score 5,000 runs in ODIs. Series decider to be held at Sabina Park on Sunday.

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Paul Stirling becomes the first player for Ireland to pass 5,000 ODI career runs.

Stirling is an exciting opening batsman who strikes the ball hard. And he is one of the most talented young cricketers in the world at the moment. In addition, he is a useful off-spinner, working well in conjunction with George Dockrell on many occasions.

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Another of the younger brigade for Ireland, Paul was first capped against UAE in Abu Dhabi in March 2008, aged 17. Since then and up to the conclusion of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. Paul has represented Ireland 111 times.

Stirling has scored 3,383 runs including 6 centuries. Of those, the highest was 177 against Canada at Toronto in 2010. Four of his centuries came in the 16 matches he played in 2011. Including one of 113 against the old enemy, Scotland, at Edinburgh.