Regardless of being one of many older members of the squad, Stirling admits that ODIs towards the West Indies nonetheless excite him, and that he’s not but considering retirement.

“I believe I realised when I’ve a month off, I discover myself going into the shed and choosing up the cricket bat and I believe that may be a actually good signal for me personally,” he defined.

“I do know if I wasn’t batting in entrance of the mirror at residence that may be an indication that perhaps I am not as eager, however I am nonetheless hungry and fixtures like this are good.”

As captain, Stirling can be tasked with serving to uncapped trio Cade Carmichael, Tom Mayes and Liam McCarthy settled into the squad.

They’ve been included alongside Jordan Neill and Stephen Doheny, who have been late call-ups for the injured Craig Younger, Curtis Campher, with Mark Adair, Graham Hume and Fionn Hand additionally dominated out.

The Belfast native hopes that Eire can compete regardless of their spate of injures and that the injection of recent gamers can assist develop squad depth.

“You need to take a look at the optimistic facet of it, new faces and recent vitality and see what’s beneath the primary staff itself and put some stress on outdated faces like me.

“There is no cause why we should not be competing all through the 50 overs in each innings. There is no stress on anybody coming in. When you’re in your debut, you’ve got acquired the liberty to play your individual sport.

“You’re slight underdogs for many video games you play however not as a lot as so up to now and our depth is bettering annually, so that is all the time the problem to play a facet just like the West Indies to see the place you’re.”