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]
^"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.
^"Imlach joins West Indies Academy for Tri-Series". News Room Guyana. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^"West Indies Academy seek experience at Super50". Jamaica Observer. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^"Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup Dates and Venues Announced" (Press release). St. John's, Antigua: Cricket West Indies. 11 October 2019.
^"List A matches played by the West Indies Academy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^"Cricket West Indies announces Headley-Weekes series, a domestic red-ball competition". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^"Headley Weekes Tri-Series, 2023 - West Indies Academy Cricket Team | Match Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^"Young, Pitman set up victory for WI Academy". Jamaica Observer. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^"Trinidad and Tobago pair on Windies Academy team for Ireland tour". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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