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Ireland captain Paul Stirling says there will be "nothing held back" in his side's one-day international series against West Indies in Dublin this week.

The Irish will host West Indies in Clontarf on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday before three T20 contests against the same opponents in Bready next month.

The two white-ball series will be West Indies' first games in Ireland since 2019, and Stirling expects a full-throttle challenge from the tourists, who face England in between their two trips to Ireland.

"I think when they bookend a tour against us and England, they always bring their strongest side and that's very pleasing," the 34-year-old opener told BBC Sport NI.