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PR Stirling
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Paul Stirling is Ireland Cricket's most-capped player in this dataset, appearing in 258 matches for the national side across formats and a further 106 appearances spread across county cricket, franchise T20 leagues and inter-provincial competition. His primary format is T20 International, where he has played 130 times. Across all 364 career matches he has scored 10,017 runs at an average of 28.3 and a strike rate of 112.06, while his 75 wickets at a bowling average of 36.55 confirm him as a regular part-time bowling option. Recent form has been patchy: his last 10 outings have produced nothing above 45, with scores of 1 and 6 in back-to-back T20Is against Australia and Sri Lanka in February 2026.
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PRSTIRLING
Bat Avg
28.3
Bowl Avg
36.5
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Stirling's last 10 appearances have been modest with the bat: scores of 1, 6, 14, 8, 45, 23, 0, 38, 29 and 21 across a mix of T20 Internationals and Ireland tour fixtures, with no bowling recorded. Th
Strongest format
T20 International — T20 Internationals are Stirling's primary format with 130 matches, and his strike rate of 135.07 there is comfortably his most aggressive across any f
Career stats overview
8 Test · 110 ODI · 246 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
8 matches
415
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
110 matches
3,548
Runs scored
22
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
246 matches
6,054
Runs scored
53
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
10,000 runs across 364 career appearances
Paul Stirling has accumulated 10,017 runs at a career batting average of 28.3 across all formats and competitions. That volume of output, spread across international cricket and several domestic T20 leagues, makes him one of Ireland's most prolific batting records.
T20I strike rate of 135.07 from 130 matches
In 130 T20 Internationals, Stirling averages 26.09 with a strike rate of 135.07. His bowling in the same format is also productive: 31 wickets at an average of 22.48, making him a genuine two-way contributor at the top of the order.
ODI format shows his most consistent batting
Stirling's ODI record across 110 matches reads 3,548 runs at 33.16. That average is his highest across any format with a meaningful sample size, and his economy of 5.00 with the ball in ODIs underlines his value across both disciplines.
Lord's and Abu Dhabi are his standout venues
At Lord's, Stirling averages 32.8 with a strike rate of 138.75 across 24 matches, scoring 820 runs. At Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, 26 appearances have yielded 792 runs at 33.00, also taking 11 wickets at an economy of 6.00.
UAE Cricket his strongest head-to-head opponent
Against UAE across 24 matches, Stirling averages 39.57 with a strike rate of 104.53, totalling 831 runs. That is the highest batting average he holds against any opponent with 10 or more matches in the data.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams PR Stirling has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Zimbabwe
- Matches
- 33
- Runs
- 1,127
- Wickets
- 2
Uae
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 831
- Wickets
- 6
West Indies
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 647
- Wickets
- 3
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 574
- Wickets
- 2
England
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 498
- Wickets
- 3
Netherlands
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 537
- Wickets
- 7
South Africa
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 348
- Wickets
- 3
Scotland
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 479
- Wickets
- 2
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where PR Stirling has turned out most often.
The Village, Malahide
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 572
- Wickets
- 4
Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 792
- Wickets
- 11
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 539
- Wickets
- 6
County Ground
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 649
- Wickets
- 4
Lord's, London
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 820
- Wickets
- 8
Harare Sports Club
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 473
- Wickets
- 2
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 371
- Wickets
- 4
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 382
- Wickets
- 1
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.