Ireland 'need to pride ourselves on our fight'

Ireland skipper Paul Stirling says his broadside tin "pride themselves connected their fight" arsenic they exited nan T20 World Cup aft finishing bottommost of Group A without a win.

Ireland mislaid heavy to India successful their opening fixture, earlier suffering a daze conclusion by Canada.

A washout of their 3rd scheduled group lucifer against nan USA ended immoderate hopes of making nan Super 8s stage, pinch a reverse astatine nan hands of Pakistan ensuring Ireland were eliminated pinch conscionable a solitary point.

"It's been a tricky tournament," reflected Stirling aft nan nonaccomplishment to Pakistan.

"As a broadside erstwhile we show conflict for illustration we did against Pakistan and against India, erstwhile our backs are truthful overmuch against nan wall, and travel retired to show that we are ever trying our hardest, we can’t do immoderate little than that. If we do little than that we will get put away.

“I deliberation we request to pridefulness ourselves connected that fight. That and our fielding are 2 things that we request to make judge we are 100% on. We are ever continually trying to amended those."

Stirling is reluctant to make excuses for his side's nonaccomplishment to advancement to nan adjacent shape of nan title but adds that nan adverse upwind they knowledgeable played a important part.

"I'm observant connected making excuses but it has been challenging - there's nary uncertainty astir that.

"Certainly nan Florida limb it has beautiful overmuch rained since we sewage present and we were incapable to train but again we are from Ireland and we're utilized to sometimes not training, truthful you get connected pinch that and nan challenges that world cricket brings."

Stirling believes nan capacity of nan subordinate nations successful their group, USA and Canada, was different factor.

"We cognize from our ain acquisition of 10 to 15 years agone that each azygous crippled is simply a spot for illustration a World Cup last erstwhile you are trying to travel up nan ranks.

"From astir eighth to 20th successful nan world location is simply a not a batch successful it. It’s possibly conscionable a flimsy quality successful quality. So we cognize that each crippled that you play, nary crippled is an easy win."

Ireland person mostly adopted an fierce attack successful T20 cricket and Stirling says uncovering nan due strategies for that shape of nan crippled tin beryllium a delicate balance.

“It [an fierce approach] will decidedly activity amended connected flatter decks but it’s tricky because I deliberation we did temper down for Canada and that besides didn’t work, truthful it’s astir uncovering that existent tempo that does activity connected a tricky platform successful T20 cricket.

“It’s easier said than done. I would overmuch alternatively spot america spell down for illustration we did against Pakistan, fighting and showing that we want to put unit connected nan bowlers than possibly our first 12 aliases 14 overs against Canada wherever you spell into your ammunition truthful overmuch to effort to get a people that it really hinders you much than trying to deed fours and sixes. To get that equilibrium right, that’s what nan task is.”

Ireland vanished their run pinch a battling capacity against Pakistan, losing a low-scoring crippled by 3 wickets astatine Lauderhill.

Ireland made 106-9 disconnected their 20 overs, pinch their opponents labouring to 111-7 to triumph pinch 7 balls to spare.

"We astir apt rue nan truth we didn’t get much runs but I deliberation nan measurement we came backmost into nan crippled successful some innings I was really pleased with," added Stirling.

"We could person folded really easy but we didn’t. We showed conflict to get backmost into nan crippled doubly and possibly midway done that 2nd innings we were touch-and-go favourites."

Stirling said it could person been "difficult" to find information for what was fundamentally a dormant rubber against Pakistan, whose hopes of advancement to nan past 8 had besides been extinguished.

"Those matches pinch perfectly thing connected them tin beryllium difficult but you do person to punctual yourself of nan value - that you person group coming each nan measurement from Ireland to support your squad and watching connected TV, that you really want to put connected a bully show. Ultimately that’s what gets you up for it.

“I would person loved to person won nan flip and put Pakistan successful connected what was a juicy, tricky wicket. It showed that we were a small spot - not retired of nick - but not rather crippled fresh this morning, and that astir apt costs america successful nan end."