West Indies Academy

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]

West Indies Academy

Personnel
Captain	Nyeem Young (first-class), Kirk McKenzie (List A)
Coach	Ramesh Subasinghe
Team information
Founded	2019
History
Super50 Cup wins	1
Headley Weekes wins	1

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

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
Rivaldo Clarke	Barbados
Joshua James	Trinidad and Tobago
Tevin Imlach	Guyana
Johann Layne	Barbados
Kirk McKenzie	Jamaica
Ashmead Nedd	Guyana
Kelvin Pitman	Antigua and Barbuda
Keagan Simmons	Trinidad and Tobago
Ramon Simmonds	Barbados
Junior Sinclair	Guyana
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	[10]
2022–23	6	1	5	0	0	–0.700	4	4th		[11]
2023–24	7	3	2	0	2	0.256	33	5th		[12]

Honours

Tournament	No. of titles	Seasons
Super50 Cup	1	2019–20[13]
Headley Weekes Tri-Series	1	2023[14]

References

1. "West Indies Academy and CCC a key feature in return of Super50". The Royal Gazette. 28 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
2. "Imlach joins West Indies Academy for Tri-Series". News Room Guyana. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. "West Indies Academy seek experience at Super50". Jamaica Observer. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
4. "Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup Dates and Venues Announced" (Press release). St. John's, Antigua: Cricket West Indies. 11 October 2019.
5. "List A matches played by the West Indies Academy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
6. "Cricket West Indies announces Headley-Weekes series, a domestic red-ball competition". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
7. "Headley Weekes Tri-Series, 2023 - West Indies Academy Cricket Team | Match Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
8. "Young, Pitman set up victory for WI Academy". Jamaica Observer. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
9. "Trinidad and Tobago pair on Windies Academy team for Ireland tour". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
10. "Regional Super50 Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
11. "Super50 Cup 2022/Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
12. "Super50 Cup 2023/Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
13. "West Indies Emerging Team clinch maiden Super 50 Cup title with 205-run win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
14. "West Indies Academy win inaugural Headley-Weekes Tri-Series". Sportsmax. Retrieved 12 November 2023.