# West Indies Academy cricket team in Ireland in 2024

The West Indies Academy cricket team toured Ireland in June 2024 to play the Emerging Ireland cricket team. The tour consist of three List A and two first-class matches.

## Squads

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