West Indies Academy cricket team in Ireland in 2024

West Indies Academy cricket team in Ireland in 2024
	Emerging Ireland	West Indies Academy
Dates	11 – 28 June 2024
Captains	Matthew Humphreys (List A) Stephen Doheny (First-class) [n 1]	Nyeem Young [n 2]
FC series
Result	Emerging Ireland won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Christopher De Freitas (114)	Kadeem Alleyne (182)
Most wickets	Matthew Humphreys (15)	Johann Layne (10)
LA series
Result	Emerging Ireland won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Morgan Topping (165)	Jewel Andrew (160)
Most wickets	Gavin Hoey (7)	Johann Layne (5) Nyeem Young (5)

The West Indies Academy cricket team toured Ireland in June 2024 to play the Emerging Ireland cricket team. ^[1] The tour consist of three List A and two first-class matches. ^{[2] [3]}

Squads

Emerging Ireland [4]		West Indies Academy [5]
List A	First-class	List A and First-class
Matthew Humphreys (c) Cade Carmichael Christopher De Freitas Jake Egan Matthew Foster Kian Hilton Gavin Hoey Seamus Lynch Scott Macbeth Liam McCarthy Tom Mayes Oliver Riley Cian Robertson Morgan Topping Reuben Wilson	Stephen Doheny (c) Cade Carmichael Christopher De Freitas Jake Egan Matthew Foster Fionn Hand Gavin Hoey Matthew Humphreys Liam McCarthy Tom Mayes James McCollum Morgan Topping Reuben Wilson	Nyeem Young (c) Teddy Bishop (vc) Kadeem Alleyne Jewel Andrew Ackeem Auguste Joshua Bishop McKenny Clarke Joshua James Jordan Johnson Leonardo Julian Johann Layne Ashmead Nedd Kelvin Pitman Ramon Simmonds Carlon Bowen-Tuckett

Cricket Ireland also announced squad for 2nd unofficial Test match after Ireland Men exit the ICC Men's T20 World Cup before the Super 8 stage. Andrew Balbirnie captaining the team along with following players: Curtis Campher, Fionn Hand, Matthew Foster, Tom Mayes, Andy McBrine, Liam McCarthy, PJ Moor, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker and Reuben Wilson.

Unofficial ODI series

1st unofficial ODI

11 June 2024 Scorecard

West Indies Academy 224 (43.1 overs)	v	Emerging Ireland 227/4 (46.5 overs)
Leonardo Julien 82 (61) Matthew Foster 2/29 (7 overs)		Morgan Topping 66* (85) Johann Layne 2/36 (8 overs)

Emerging Ireland won by 6 wickets Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: George Brolly (Ire) and Gareth Morrison (Ire)

• Emerging Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

2nd unofficial ODI

12 June 2024 Scorecard

West Indies Academy 278/8 (50 overs)	v	Emerging Ireland 282/9 (49.5 overs)
Jewel Andrew 143 (141) Liam McCarthy 3/80 (10 overs)		Christopher De Freitas 84 (108) Johann Layne 3/55 (10 overs)

Emerging Ireland won by 1 wickets Bready Cricket Club Ground, County Tyrone Umpires: Jareth McCready (Ire) and Gareth Morrison (Ire)

• Emerging Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Oliver Riley (Emerging Ireland) made his List A debut.

3rd unofficial ODI

14 June 2024 Scorecard

West Indies Academy 236 (43 overs)	v	Emerging Ireland 238/6 (39 overs)
Ackeem Auguste 81 (68) Gavin Hoey 4/45 (10 overs)		Morgan Topping 46 (50) Nyeem Young 3/56 (9 overs)

Emerging Ireland won by 4 wickets Bready Cricket Club Ground, County Tyrone Umpires: George Brolly (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)

• West Indies Academy won the toss and elected to bat.
• Onaje Amory (West Indies Academy) made his List A debut.

Unofficial Test series

1st unofficial Test

18-21 June 2024 Scorecard

Emerging Ireland	v	West Indies Academy
283 (91.3 overs) Christopher De Freitas 88 (125) Johann Layne 4/84 (19 overs)		214 (49.1 overs) Nyeem Young 48* (55) Thomas Mayes 4/61 (11.4 overs)
274 (74 overs) Cade Carmichael 92 (164) Johann Layne 5/39 (613overs)		271 (56.4 overs) Kadeem Alleyne 93 (84) Gavin Hoey 4/81 (19 overs)

Emerging Ireland won by 72 runs The Green, Comber Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)

• West Academy won the toss and elected to field.
• Only 67 overs of play was possible on day 1 due to rain and wet outfield.
• Christopher De Freitas, Gavin Roulston (Emerging Ireland) Onaje Amory and Leonardo Julien (West Indies Academy) all made their First-class debuts.
• Jordan Johnson (West Indies Academy) replaced Jewel Andrew as a concussion substitute during the first innings of the match.

2nd unofficial Test

25-28 June 2024 Scorecard

West Indies Academy	v	Emerging Ireland
200 (56 overs) Teddy Bishop 69 (110) Matthew Humphreys 5/57 (15 overs)		441 (112.5 overs) Andrew Balbirnie 88 (134) Joshua Bishop 2/72 (31 overs)
268 (73.3 overs) Ackeem Auguste 93 (154) Matthew Humphreys 5/44 (17 overs)		30/0 (3.5 overs) James McCollum 14* (13)

Emerging Ireland won by 10 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Gareth Morrison (Ire)

• West Indies Academy won the toss and elected to bat.
• Only 63 overs of play was possible on day 1 due to rain and wet outfield.

Notes

1. Andrew Balbirnie captained Emerging Ireland in the 2nd unofficial Test.
2. Teddy Bishop captained West Indies Academy in the 2nd unofficial Test.

References

1. "Trinidad and Tobago pair on Windies Academy team for Ireland tour". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
2. "FIXTURES RELEASED FOR 2024". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
3. "Jordan Johnson named in West Indies squad for upcoming Academy tour of Ireland". Ireland FM.net. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
4. "EMERGING IRELAND v West Indies Academy". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. "WEST INDIES ACADEMY SQUAD NAMED FOR IRELAND TOUR". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo