Cricket: Paul Stirling prefers to stay out of spotlight

Some Ireland cricketers love the attention that playing in a World Cup brings. 

Ignored for four years by the media and all but a minority of Irish sporting fans, they revel in the spotlight of their six weeks in the sun.

Ireland opening batsman Paul Stirling is not one of those. He is a cricketing Paul Scholes, wary of press attention, uncomfortable with the formality of the interview process, and cautious with his words.