A boundary-studded, unbeaten half-century from former West Indies Below-19 captain Ackeem Auguste was the spotlight for the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Academy towards hosts Rising Eire earlier than rain intervened of their first-class match Thursday.
The 20-year-old left-hander from St Lucia struck 11 fours in his 70 not out from 91 balls, spending slightly below two hours on the crease. The Caribbean facet was at 148 for 3 of their second innings, nonetheless trailing by 93 runs, when adversarial climate introduced an early shut on the third day of the four-day match at Stormont.
Kadeem Alleyne offered stable help with 38 runs, sharing an 84-run partnership for the primary wicket with Auguste. Nonetheless, a mix-up led to Alleyne being run out as each batsmen ended up on the similar crease. Following his dismissal, the opposite CWI Academy batsmen struggled to make important contributions on a day when solely 37.5 overs had been potential.
A 241-run first innings lead
Earlier, the guests wanted lower than an hour to wrap up the Rising Eire innings, dismissing them for 441 and conceding a 241-run first innings lead. Nyeem Younger ended with figures of two for 55 from 15 overs, and Antiguan paceman Kelvin Pitman completed with two for 65 from 18.5 overs, because the duo shared the final three wickets after Eire began the day on 397 for seven.
Younger made the breakthrough by dismissing Fionn Hand for 79, due to a exceptional reflex catch by Alleyne at gully, ending a 65-run, eighth-wicket stand with Liam McCarthy, who was the final man out for 30.
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At lunch, CWI Academy was 108 for 2 after Alleyne’s run-out and Andy McBrine bowling West Indies Below-19 wicketkeeper-batsman Jewel Andrew for 13 within the penultimate over earlier than the interval.
After lunch, CWI Academy captain Teddy Bishop was lbw to left-arm spinner and first innings wrecker-in-chief Matthew Humphreys for 9. 5 minutes later, rain interrupted play, halting the motion for the rest of the day.
