Windies Academy seal 4-Day series with 254-run win over Ireland
On the back of a Kevin Wickham century and a Joshua Bishop four-wicket haul, West Indies Academy wrapped up a 254-run victory over Ireland Emerging inside three days of their second Four-Day match.
As a result, the home team have also sealed a series win, 2-0.
West Indies Academy began the day at the crease after bowling Ireland out cheaply in their first innings, with 172-4 on the board, as Ackeem Auguste and Teddy Bishop hit 75 from 102 balls and 46 from 72 deliveries respectively. While Kevlon Anderson was unable to repeat his dazzling feat from the first innings, Wickham picked up the momentum.
He slammed six fours and five sixes in his 108-ball 102 to help the Academy get close to the 300-run mark.
A look at the action between West Indies Academy and Ireland
Captain Nyeem Young added 32 off 50 deliveries, while McKenny Clarke contributed 22 from 27 balls to get the home side to 321-8 before declaring, leaving the visitors 576 runs to get for victory.
Tom Mayes was the most outstanding of the Irish Emerging bowlers, with figures of 5-75 from 18.2 overs. Michael Frost claimed 2-136 from 32 overs, while Liam McCarthy took a single wicket.
Ireland’s batting was once again a disaster, with the top score coming off the bat of number nine batsman McCarthy. He hit 32 from 35 deliveries, while the next best score came from Stephen Doheny, who contributed 23 from 48 balls.
Joshua Bishop was the chief architect of Ireland’s batting meltdown after claiming 4-36 from 11 overs. Clarke had figures of 2-16 from six overs, while the likes of Captain Young, Kelvin Pittman, and Isai Thorne had one scalp each.
The West Indies Academy secured a series win in both the One-Day Internationals (ODI) and Four-Day series against the Irish visitors.
