Personnel | |
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Captain | Nyeem Young (first-class), Kirk McKenzie (List A) |
Coach | Andre Coley |
Team information | |
Founded | 2019 |
History | |
Super50 Cup wins | 1 |
Headley Weekes wins | 1 |
The West Indies Academy, formerly known as West Indies Emerging Team is a cricket team, that plays first-class and List A cricket in the West Indian domestic circuit. The team has no geographical base, rather is made up of the emerging players and top youth performers in the Caribbean. [1] They are currently captained by Nyeem Young, [2] and coached by Andre Coley. [3]
The team was formed in October 2019 to compete in the Super50 Cup for the first time. [4] The first recorded match by the team was played on 7 November 2019, against Guyana in the 2019–20 Regional Super50. [5] In December 2022, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced that the West Indies Academy would be one of the three teams to take part in the inaugural 2023 Headley Weekes Tri-Series. [6] The team made their first-class debut on 19 April 2023, [7] which they won by seven wickets against Team Headley. [8]
Based on the squad announced for the 2022–23 season. [9]
Name | National team | Notes |
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Nyeem Young | Barbados | Captain |
Kevlon Anderson | Guyana | |
Ackeem Auguste | Saint Lucia | |
Joshua Bishop | Barbados | |
Teddy Bishop | Grenada | |
McKenny Clarke | Saint Lucia | |
Joshua James | Trinidad and Tobago | |
Tevin Imlach | Guyana | |
Johann Layne | Barbados | |
Kirk McKenzie | Jamaica | |
Ashmead Nedd | Guyana | |
Kelvin Pitman | Leeward Islands | |
Keagan Simmons | Trinidad and Tobago | |
Ramon Simmonds | Barbados | |
Kevin Wickham | Barbados |
Season | League standings | Notes | Ref | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2019–20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | –0.200 | 18 | 2nd | Champions | [10] |
2022–23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –0.700 | 4 | 4th | [11] | |
2023–24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.256 | 33 | 5th | [12] |
Tournament | No. of titles | Seasons |
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Super50 Cup | 1 | 2019–20 [13] |
Headley Weekes Tri-Series | 1 | 2023 [14] |
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