Paul Stirling

Ed Joyce, William Porterfield and Niall O'Brien have waited most of their professional career for a chance at Test cricket: their first innings were done inside eight overs

Afghanistan lost their group games to Scotland, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong and entered the Super Six with no points, but victories over West Indies, UAE and Ireland - as well as helpful results in other games - meant that Friday's win took them to the 2019 Wo

Kevin O'Brien, Body Rankin and Simi Singh also made significant contributions to Ireland's massive 226-run DLS win

Scotland made a fist of the 332 chase, with Michael Jones, Calum MacLeod, and Michael Leask making fifties, but they ultimately fell short by 24 runs

Our shortlist of Associate batting performances from 2017 features big hitting from players of teams that have since gone on to become Full Members

Ireland gained Test status in 2017, but are they ready for it?

Paul Stirling contributed 52 off 23 balls in a 113-run partnership with Eoin Morgan, which handed Kerala Kings the T10 title at Sharjah Cricket Stadium

And in the tournament opener, Ireland's Paul Stirling smacked an unbeaten 66 to help Kerala Kings chase down a target of 90 with two openers to spare

George Dockrell's first four-for in nearly three years was followed by a century from Paul Stirling, who struck 101 off 97 balls, to chase down 178 with 12 overs to spare

Earlier, Paul Stirling's 82 helped Ireland reach 271 after electing to bat

Wicketkeeper-batsman Niall O'Brien and offspinning allrounder Paul Stirling, though, returned from injuries

Paul Stirling, with his maiden Championship century, and Sam Robson put Middlesex in control against Yorkshire

ESPNcricinfo present the Plays of the Day from the first ODI between England and Ireland at Bristol

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Paul Stirling's 99 - his third consecutive fifty - and an unbeaten 85 from Andy Balbirnie took Ireland to a six-wicket victory in a must-win third ODI

Rashid Khan took a career-best 6 for 43 as he ripped through Ireland's middle order yet again after Paul Stirling's 6 for 55 and 95 had kept them in the game in the second ODI

Stats highlights from a day of spectacular individual achievements in the second ODI between Afghanistan and Ireland in Greater Noida

Ireland progressed to the final of the Desert T20 Challenge with a performance that showed glimpses of the form that made them the dominant force among Associates

Paul Stirling and Eoin Morgan both scored attractive hundreds as Middlesex eased to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Kent in the Royal London One-day Cup at Lord's