Emerging Ireland cricket tour of the West Indies in 2023–24

Emerging Ireland cricket team in West Indies in 2023-24
	West Indies Academy	Emerging Ireland
Dates	17 November – 5 December 2023
Captains	Nyeem Young	Stephen Doheny
FC series
Result	West Indies Academy won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Kevlon Anderson (208)	Cade Carmichael (114)
Most wickets	Isai Thorne (12)	Thomas Mayes (10)
Player of the series	Joshua Bishop (West Indies Academy)
LA series
Result	West Indies Academy won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Matthew Nandu (131)	Murray Commins (138)
Most wickets	Joshua Bishop (10)	Scott MacBeth (4)
Player of the series	Joshua Bishop (West Indies Academy)

The Emerging Ireland toured West Indies in November and December 2023 to play the West Indies Academy. ^[1] The tour consisted of three List A and two first-class matches. ^{[2] [3]}

West Indies Academy won the List A series 2-1 beating Emerging Ireland by 6 wickets in last game. ^[4]

West Indies Academy outplayed the Emerging Ireland to sweep the first-class series 2-0. ^[5]

Squads

West Indies Academy [6]		Emerging Ireland [7]
List A	First-class	List A & First-class
Nyeem Young (c) Ackeem Auguste Joshua Bishop Teddy Bishop Carlon Bowen-Tuckett McKenny Clarke Jordan Johnson Leonardo Julien Johann Layne Matthew Nandu Ashmead Nedd Kelvin Pitman Junior Sinclair Kevin Wickham Kadeem Alleyne	Nyeem Young (c) Ackeem Auguste Kevlon Anderson Joshua Bishop Teddy Bishop Carlon Bowen-Tuckett McKenny Clarke Jordan Johnson Leonardo Julien Johann Layne Matthew Nandu Ashmead Nedd Kelvin Pitman Junior Sinclair Kevin Wickham Isai Thorne	Stephen Doheny (c) Cade Carmichael Murray Commins Matthew Foster Mike Frost Fionn Hand Gavin Hoey Matthew Humphreys Scott Macbeth Thomas Mayes Liam McCarthy James McCollum Tim Tector Morgan Topping

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

17 November 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Emerging Ireland 245 (49.1 overs)	v	West Indies Academy 219 (41.4 overs)
Murray Commins 118* (127) Joshua Bishop 4/45 (10 overs)		Matthew Nandu 59 (99) Scott MacBeth 3/33 (9 overs)

Emerging Ireland won by 26 runs Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Umpires: Ryan Banwarie (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Murray Commins (Emerging Ireland)

• Emerging Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Junior Sinclair (West Indies Academy) made his List A debut.

2nd Unofficial ODI

19 November 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Emerging Ireland 103 (27.3 overs)	v	West Indies Academy 107/3 (15.4 overs)
Scott MacBeth 29 (36) Joshua Bishop 3/19 (6.3 overs)		Jordan Johnson 40* (21) Fionn Hand 2/29 (4 overs)

West Indies Academy won by 7 wickets Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua Umpires: Ryan Banwarie (WI) and Jonathan Blades (WI) Player of the match: Jordan Johnson (West Indies Academy)

• West Indies Academy won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Unofficial ODI

21 November 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Emerging Ireland 175 (43.4 overs)	v	West Indies Academy 179/4 (40.3 overs)
Stephen Doheny 64 (95) Ashmead Nedd 3/28 (9 overs)		Nyeem Young 75* (65) Matthew Humphreys 2/52 (9.3 overs)

West Indies Academy won by 6 wickets Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Umpires: Jonathan Blades (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Nyeem Young (West Indies Academy)

• West Indies Academy won the toss and elected to field.

First-class series

1st Unofficial Test

25–28 November 2023 Scorecard

Emerging Ireland	v	West Indies Academy
213 (61.4 overs) Murray Commins 93 (122) Isai Thorne 4/33 (9.4 overs)		409 (96.4 overs) Joshua Bishop 102* (70) Michael Frost 4/89 (17 overs)
62 (32.4 overs) Stephen Doheny 17 (55) Isai Thorne 4/8 (6 overs)

West Indies Academy won by an innings and 134 runs Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua Umpires: Ryan Banwarie (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Joshua Bishop (West Indies Academy)

• Cade Carmichael, Michael Frost, Gavin Hoey, Scott MacBeth, Morgan Topping (Emerging Ireland), Isai Thorne and Carlon Bowen-Tuckett (West Indies Academy) all made their first-class debuts.
• Joshua Bishop (West Indies Academy) scored his maiden first-class century. ^[8]

2nd Unofficial Test

2–5 December 2023 Scorecard

West Indies Academy	v	Emerging Ireland
326 (96.5 overs) Kevlon Anderson 125 (207) Thomas Mayes 5/64 (24.5 overs)		72 (26.4 overs) Cade Carmichael 39 (56) Joshua Bishop 4/18 (6.4 overs)
321/8d (71.2 overs) Kevin Wickham 105* (108) Thomas Mayes 5/75 (18.2 overs)		143 (37.5 overs) Liam McCarthy 35* (32) Joshua Bishop 4/36 (11 overs)

West Indies Academy won by 432 runs Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua Umpires: Jonathan Blades (WI) and Maria Abbott (WI) Player of the match: Kevlon Anderson (West Indies Academy)

• Emerging Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Liam McCarthy and Tim Tector (Emerging Ireland) both made their first-class debuts.

References

1. "All you need to know–Emerging Ireland v West Indies Academy". Cricket Ireland. 26 November 2023.
2. "Ireland Emerging tour of West Indies 2023". Cricket World. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
3. "WEST INDIES ACADEMY SQUAD NAMED TO FACE IRELAND ACADEMY IN FIVE-MATCH SERIES IN ANTIGUA". West Indies Cricket. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
4. "Captain leads West Indies Academy 'young guns' to superb Series win | Windies Cricket news". Windies. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
5. "WEST INDIES ACADEMY WIN BY WHOPPING BY 432 RUNS TO SWEEP SERIES". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
6. "West Indies Academy squad named to face Ireland Academy in five-match series in Antigua | Windies Cricket news". Windies. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
7. "James McCollum set to join Emerging Ireland men's squad in Caribbean | Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
8. @windiescricket (27 November 2023). "Joshua Bishop receives his Player of the Match award from Junie Mitcham as West Indies Academy win by an innings and 134 runs before lunch on Day 3 Bishop made 102 not out to set up the big victory" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 December 2023– via Twitter.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo