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

The Emerging Ireland toured West Indies in November and December 2023 to play the West Indies Academy. The tour consisted of three List A and two first-class matches.
West Indies Academy won the List A series 2-1 beating Emerging Ireland by 6 wickets in last game.
West Indies Academy outplayed the Emerging Ireland to sweep the first-class series 2-0.

## Squads

| West Indies Academy | West Indies Academy | Emerging Ireland | Emerging Ireland |
| 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
* 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.

### 2nd Unofficial Test

* 2–5 December 2023 Scorecard
* 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.