West Indies Academy

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West Indies Academy
Captain: Nyeem Young (first-class), Kirk McKenzie (List A)
Coach: Ramesh Subasinghe
Founded: 2019
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] West Indies Academy scheduled to tour Ireland for the first time in June 2024 to play three List A and two First-class games against Emerging Ireland.[9]

Current squad

Based on the squad announced for the 2022–23 season.[10]

Name National team Notes
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

Seasons

Super50 Cup

Season League standings Notes Ref
P W L T A NRR Pts Pos
2019–20 8 4 3 0 1 –0.200 18 2nd Champions [11]
2022–23 6 1 5 0 0 –0.700 4 4th [12]
2023–24 7 3 2 0 2 0.256 33 5th [13]

Honours

Tournament No. of titles Seasons
Super50 Cup 1 2019–20[14]
Headley Weekes Tri-Series 1 2023[15]

References

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