Paul sterling
Ireland cricket team captain Paul Sterling did wonders. The work that Paul Sterling has done for his team, no batsman in international cricket for Ireland has been done earlier. Today has become a special day for Paul Sterling playing cricket for a long time. Paul Sterling has now become the first and the only player of Ireland who has succeeded in touching the 10,000 runs in international cricket. Paul Sterling has done 382 runs by playing only eight Test matches so far. The Test match is rarely playing Ireland’s team, but Paul Sterling plays Danka in ODI and T20 International.
Paul Sterling’s record in ODI and T20
Now Paul Sterling has scored 5979 runs by playing 168 ODIs for his team. Paul Sterling has scored 14 centuries and 32 half -centuries in ODI cricket. His average here is 37.73 and the strike rate is 87.37. At the same time, if we talk about T20 International, then he has scored 3656 runs by playing 150 matches so far. His average may be 26.88 here, but he scored at a strike rate of 134.70. In T20 International, his name is one of the most players playing the most.
Ireland and West Indies first done in ODIs
He did this feat in the very first match of the ODI series being played between Ireland and West Indies. Batting first, captain Paul came down for Sterling opening from the team of Ireland and played a brilliant innings of 54 runs during this period. He succeeded in hitting six fours and two sixes. Although he could not play a very big innings for his team, but has definitely made a new record. For Ireland, he is the highest run -scorer in international cricket and the interesting thing is that there is no other batsman around him.
Four thousand runs ahead of second number batsman
The reign of Paul Sterling can be understood from this that after him, the second number batsman who scored the highest run in international cricket is Andrew Balbirni, who has been able to score only around six thousand. That is, there is a big distance between the first and second number batsman. Just this ODI series has started. It is expected that Paul Sterling will also complete his six thousand ODI runs in the second match of this series. This will also be a special place for him.
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