Ireland's Physio Andrew Dunne was a man much in demand in Sylhet. The only question on everyone's lips was will Paul Stirling be fit to play?

Dunne is happy that Stirling's injury was not as bad as feared with no break found and just some soft tissue damage.

A last minute fitness test will be needed before Ireland's prolific opener will be cleared to play in the crunch match against the Dutch. So fingers cross all round that he gets the go ahead to play.

Barry Chambers: Well Andrew you've been a busy man this last twelve hours with All Rounder, Paul Stirling. What's the latest news you can give us on him?

Andrew Dunne: Well Paul had an X-Ray immediately after the incident last night. So thankfully that came back with no sign of a fracture or break. So just as an added precaution we had a CT Scan done of his elbow, and that just showed that there was some mild soft tissue damage.

But it's just the nature of the impact, and the site of the injury, can be quite painful for Paul and for any player who gets a hit on that site. So at the moment he's just doing the standardised kind of recovery procedure, just resting it, icing it. We have it strapped and we just have to wait and see how he pulls out of it in the morning.

Barry Chambers: Yes, he seemed in a lot better form today, he was in quite a bit of pain last night, but he seemed much more upbeat today. I mean that's cause for optimism surely?

Andrew Dunne: Yes absolutely. I think probably the initial pain levels would have affected things last night. But now we have that under control in terms of medication, and I think also he's getting a lot more movement back into it as the swelling reduces. So I think he's a lot more upbeat about his prospects tomorrow.

Barry Chambers: Yes, obviously there'll be a last minute fitness test, but he's got to be better than 50-50?

Andrew Dunne: Yes certainly it's hard to put a figure on it, but I would be hopeful. I think the good news is that without any fracture or sign of other soft tissue damage, he can't really do a huge amount of harm to it.

But it can be a very, very painful area to get an injury. So it's just a balance between the two, if we can manage to get him closer to the less painful side, I think things should be ok.