{"id":14347,"date":"2023-11-29T15:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14347"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:26:56","slug":"matthew-nandu-shines-as-windies-academy-secures-series-victory-over-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/matthew-nandu-shines-as-windies-academy-secures-series-victory-over-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Nandu Shines as Windies Academy Secures Series Victory Over Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>West Indies Academy clinched a series victory against Ireland&#8217;s Emerging team with a convincing six-wicket win at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standout performance came from Guyanese opener Matthew Nandu, who displayed brilliance amid falling wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandu crafted an impressive half-century, scoring 63 runs from 107 balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the early departure of fellow opener Kadeem Alleyne (7), Teddy Bishop (7), Jordan Johnson (duck), and Kevin Wickham (18), Nandu found a reliable partner in skipper Nyeem Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nyeem Young took charge, contributing an aggressive 75 runs off 67 balls, featuring eight fours and three sixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their partnership propelled the Windies Academy to overhaul Ireland&#8217;s Emerging team total, finishing at 179 for 4 in 40.3 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to Ireland&#8217;s total of 175 in 43.4 overs, the Windies Academy&#8217;s bowling trio of Joshua Bishop (3-32), Ashmead Nedd (3-28), and Kevin Wickham (3-42) played a crucial role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s skipper, Stephen Doheny, was the only player to shine with a top score of 64 from 96 balls, including six fours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Mayes (27) and Morgan Topping (20) made notable contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Humphreys led Ireland&#8217;s bowling attack, with Scott Macbeth and Liam McCarthy claiming the other wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series victory is particularly satisfying for the West Indies Academy, led by Guyanese head coach Rayon Griffith, as they rebounded after losing the first match by 26 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They secured a convincing 7-wicket win in the second match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus now shifts to a pair of four-day matches scheduled from November 25-28 and December 2-5 at Coolidge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies Academy clinched a series victory against Ireland&#8217;s Emerging team with a convincing six-wicket win at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. The standout performance came from Guyanese&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14349,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions\/14349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}