West Indies A defeated Ireland by 432 runs

West Indies Academy win by 432 runs against Emerging Ireland Players in their 2^nd Four-day match at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Coolidge. The series was played from 2^nd December 2023 to 4^th December 2023.

The Players who played for West Indies A:

• Carlon Bowen-Tuckett
• Kevin Wickham
• Kelvin Pitman
• Joshua Bishop
• Nyeem Young
• Teddy Bishop
• Ackeem Auguste
• Isai Thorne
• Kevlon Anderson
• McKenny Clarke
• Matthew Nandu

The players who played for Emerging Ireland:

• Cade Carmichael
• Tom Mayes
• Liam McCarthy
• James McCollum
• Fionn Hand
• Michael Frost
• Murray Commins
• Stephen Doheny
• Tim Tector
• Scott MacBeth
• Matthew Foster

Toss update:

The toss was won by Emerging Ireland and they decided to bowl first.

Umpires:

• J Blades
• M Abbott

Match Referee:

• HSR Proverbs

West Indies batting:

Kevlon Anderson was Player of the Match, putting up 125 in the first innings. The second highest run scorer from West Indies in the first inning was Nyeem Young who scored 80 runs.

Matthew Nandu and Joshua Bishop scored 35 and 22 runs respectively.

Emerging Ireland bowling:

• Tom Mayes took 5 wickets by giving away 64 runs.
• Matthew Foster and Michael Frost both managed to take two wickets each at a score of 114 and 71 runs.
• Liam McCarthy took only 1 wicket.

Emerging Ireland batting:

Cade Carmichael and Tom Mayes scored 39 and 12 runs. While, rest of the players could not even score in double digits.

West Indies bowling:

• Joshua Bishop managed to take 4 wickets by giving away 18 runs.
• Isai Thorne, Nyeem Young and McKenny Clarke took 3, 2 and 1 wicket respectively.

2^nd Inning

West Indies batting:

• Kevin Wickham scored 105 runs in the second innings for the team and Ackeem Auguste scored 75 runs in just 102 balls.
• Teddy Bishop contributed 46 runs for their team.

Thus, West Indies declared their inning with 321 runs, having lost 8 wickets.

Emerging Ireland bowling:

• Tom Mayes took 5 wickets by giving away 75 runs.
• Michael Frost and Liam McCarthy managed to take 2 and 1 wicket each.

Emerging Ireland batting:

• Liam McCarthy scored 35 runs in the second inning for their team and Stephen Doheny scored 23 runs.

Ireland struggled with their batting and the entire team got out in 143 runs.

West Indies bowling:

Joshua Bishop took 4 wickets and McKenny Clarke managed to take 2 wickets.

Nyeem Young, Kelvin Pitman and Isai Thorne took 1 wicket each by giving away 20, 36 and 17 runs respectively.

The academy delivered an emphatic 432-run win for the West Indies Academy over Emerging Ireland in the second test.