Matthew Humphreys put himself front and centre for a Test place against Zimbabwe with another five wicket haul to record match figures of 10-101 as Ireland beat the West Indies Academy by 10 wickets. The visitors had reached 208 for 3 in their second innings with top scorer Ackeem Auguste hitting 14 boundaries in his 93, adding 71 for the fourth wicket with keeper Carlon Bowen-Tuckett (41). It looked at that stage as if the game could be drawn as the finish time was going to be 3.10pm due to flight changes because of the Aer Lingus strike. Trinity and Lisburn left-arm spinner Humphreys though weaved his magic to end the stubborn stand, and from then the outcome was never in doubt. Ireland Test hopefuls have one more red-ball opportunity to stake a claim with a four-day first class match scheduled for Malahide from July 8-11. It's been labelled as 'The Emerald Challenge' with the teams named the Raiders and Strikers. Whether that is going to be Probables v Possibles or North v South is unclear at this stage.

Ireland added 44 runs this morning for the loss of their final three wickets giving them a first innings lead of 241. A new First Class top score for Fionn Hand beating his previous best of 48*. The Windies Academy began their second innings with an opening partnership of 84 reaching 108/2 at the Lunch break. However only 40 minutes play was possible in the afternoon session due to rain before a end to the day's proceedings was called at 5.45 with the Windies trailing by 93 runs.

Half centuries from Andy Balbirnie, Andy McBrine and Fionn Hand continued Ireland's dominance over the West Indies on the second day of their game at Stormont. Balbirnie hit 8 fours in a top score of 88, sharing an opening stand of 119 with James McCollum (40). Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker both went cheaply, while Paul Stirling (32) and Curtis Campher (25) both got starts. At 251 for 6, the hosts were in danger of throwing away much of their good work, but they wrestled back control in a 7th wicket partnership of 119, with McBrine hitting 7 fours in his 64, while Hand ended unbeaten on 61 in a total of 397 for 7 - Liam McCarthy on 18 not out.

Matthew Humphreys five-wicket haul has put the Lisburn left-arm spinner in contention for his second Test appearance after a fine all-round effort by Ireland against the West Indies at Stormont. Rain delayed the start until early afternoon, but the visitors opted to take first use of the track. Jewel Andrew (27) and Akeem Auguste (26) shared a second wicket stand of 50 after Matty Foster had struck an early blow. The real fireworks began though with the introduction of Curtis Campher into the attack with the all-rounder bowling a triple-wicket maiden as the Windies slumped from 94 for 2 to 94 for 5. Teddy Bishop top-scored with 69 (11 fours) adding 83 for the sixth wicket with skipper Nyeem Young (29) before Humphreys took centre stage. The 21 year-old sparked another collapse as three wickets fell for just one run, going on to claim the final two and the match ball with figures of 5 for 57 in a total of 200 all out. That left openers James McCollum and Andrew Balbirnie a tricky seven overs spell to negotiate, which they did safely to end a very satisfactory first day on 18 for 0.

Cade Carmichael's 92 and a fine bowling fightback late in the day saw Emerging Ireland close in on victory going into the final day of their four-day match with West Indies Academy at Comber. Resuming on 65 for 2, Chris De Freitas, Stephen Doheny and Morgan Topping all fell in the first hour of the day to leave Pete Johnston's side on 95 for 5. A sixth wicket stand of 88 put the hosts back in the ascendancy, with Carmichael's 92 including 8 fours and 2 sixes, while Gavin Hoey hit five boundaries in his 37. There were vital late runs too for Matthew Humphreys (25*) and Liam McCarthy (24) in a final total of 274. That set the visitors a target of 344, and former Saintfield pro Kadeem Alleyene set about the task with relish. he clubbed 9 fours and 4 sixes in an 84-ball 92, sharing an opening partnership of 151 with Akeem Auguste (47) to put a major dent in the chase. Ireland's bowling unit - minus the injured Tom Mayes (side strain) - looked to be wilting, but bounced back to once again grasp the ascendancy. Liam McCarthy took 3 for 24, while Gavin Hoey picked up two and Matthew Humphreys one to complete an excellent day's action.

Chris De Freitas top-scored with 88 for Ireland Academy on a truncated opening day of their match against the West Indies Under 23's at Comber. Play didn't get underway until after lunch with Ireland losing opener James McCollum and Gavin Roulston - drafted in to replace the injured Jake Egan - cheaply, having not surprisingly been put in by the visitors. De Freitas helped the recovery with a fluent 88 that included 12 boundaries, receiving good support from Cade Carmichael (20) as the pair shared a fourth wicket stand of 65 in 17 overs for the fourth wicket. The Balbriggan opener was dismissed by Johann Layne - one of four wickets for the languid paceman, and when Gavin Hoey fell for a breezy 31 (6 fours), Ireland were in trouble at 179 for 6. Morgan Topping (24*) dug in with Tom Mayes (18*) to ensure no further wickets in the day, their 7th wicket partnership standing at 40 as they ended the day on 219 for 6.

While Ireland's T20 World Cup campaign was ending in a sodden mess in Florida, the sun was shining on the Academy at Bready as they completed a 3-0 series clean sweep over their West Indian counterparts. The young Irish squad have been a breath of fresh air, displaying a positive, fearless brand of cricket that might - indeed should - give the senior selectors and coaches food for thought. Gavin Hoey took the bowling honours here with the Pembroke all-rounder hastening a West Indies collapse, taking a hat-trick on his way to 4-46, the visitors 236 all out with seven overs unused, having been 150-3 and 191-4 at stages. Teenage speedster Olly Riley claimed 3-38 too, while Liam McCarthy's two catches were quite exceptional. Chris De Freitas (38) got the chase off to a steady start alongside new opener Kian Hilton - Jake Egan joining Reuben Wilson on the injured list. Morgan Topping was again in the runs, top-scoring with 46 (3 fours, 2 sixes), adding 64 for the 5th wicket with Scott Macbeth, whose fluent 36 included six boundaries. There was a slight wobble at 185 for 6, but there was no limping to the line as Terenure's Seamus Lynch hit six fours and cleared the ropes twice in a rapid unbeaten 45 from just 28 balls, adding an unbroken 53 in five overs with Liam McCarthy to seal the four-wicket win in 39 overs. The teams now switch to red-ball cricket, with the first of two four-days matches starting on Tuesday at North Down.

A sparkling innings from seventeen year old Jewel Andrew dominated the West Indies scorecard as he rattled up a century off 114 balls before going on to finish. In the U19 World Cup earlier this year Andrew had scored 130 against South Africa in the Windies opening game so today's innings simply confirms that we are seeing a future star of the game. Andrew and skipper Nyeem Young added 101 for the sixth wicket, Andrew finally out in the penultimate over of the innings for 143 (12x4, 7x6) with Young scoring 5 maximums in his 54, one of two wickets for Tom Mayes in the 50th over. A watchful start to the chase from Ireland saw them lose Egan and Carmichael in reaching only 63 in the fifteenth over, bringing together Chris de Freitas and Morgan Topping who added exactly 100 for the third wicket. But some tight bowling in overs 35-40 meant that the required rate climbed and was approaching 10 an over in the final 10. Topping, Macbeth Hilton and Hoey all gone as pressure mounts - can the big hitting Liam McCarthy pull this out of the fire? No is the answer as he is bowled by Johann Layne who has Tom Mayes as his third wicket. Enter Matthew Humphreys who had a reputation as a schoolboy of being a big hitter - and with a couple of sixes he's got it down to 12 required off the final over. Make that Three sixes!!! Make that FOUR - and Ireland win with a ball to spare. An unbroken 42 run partnership for the tenth wicket - Ollie Riley with 4 of them.

Morgan Topping's unbeaten 66 guided Ireland Academy to a six-wicket win over their West Indies counterparts in the opening match of their three-game 50 overs series in the North West region this week. On an at times bitterly cold day at Eglinton, the West Indies lost two early wickets to Matthew Foster, with the CSNI paceman striking twice in two balls, finding the extra bounce on the hybrid pitch to his liking. Opener Leonardo Julien didn't do much running to warm himself up, thumping 9 fours and 4 sixes in a 61-ball 82 before becoming the first of two wickets for Gavin Hoey's leg-spin. The Irish attack stuck to their task well, backed up by some excellent catches - Tom Mayes taking two at deep extra cover off Cade Carmichael, whose medium pace was required following Reuben Wilson's (1-31) quad muscle injury that saw him leave the field after bowling four overs. Mayes also got two wickets, including the final one to fall, as the Windies were bowled out for 224. The Irish opening pair of Jake Egan (38) and Chris De Freitas (25) survived the testing opening barrage of 'chin music' from the Windies quartet of paceman, and although they certainly enjoyed several moments of good fortune their stand of 60 laid a perfect platform for their team. Morgan Topping proved the batting hero, as he again enjoyed early fortune, before going through the gears finding fluency, timing and power as the game progressed. His fourth wicket stand of 71 in 13 overs with Scott Macbeth was a match-defining one, with Brigade all-rounder Macbeth showing his power by launching four sixes into the car park and beyong in a quickfire 42 from 37 balls that also included two fours. Kian Hilton (18*) then joined Topping, with the Waringstown batsman assming control of the race to the finishing line, upping the ante as he hit 5 fours and cleared the ropes three times in his unbeaten 66 - their stand of 50 coming in just five overs as the six-wicket win came in the 47th over. The teams will meet at Bready on Wednesday in the second game - brought forward 24 hours due to the weather forecast on Thursday. Action gets underway at 10:45am.

Toss: Guernsey who have elected to bowl. Guernsey open the attack with left arm spinner Adam Martell and he bowls Roulston in the first over, dragging on an expansive drive. Kian Hilton chips Harry Johnson's first delivery to mid-on, tame dismissal. Carson McCullough comes to the crease after showing some impressive batting for CIYMS in the EuroT10s recently, fingers crossed. Partnership worth 48 at the 10 over mark, good positive batting from the pair. McCullough misses a sweep off Martell and is lbw, dragging from outside the line of off stump. Fifty for Jordan Neill off 30 deliveries (8x4) but he's run out immediately after! Le Roux hits into the leg side and settles for the single with Neill starting for a second and unable to get back to safety, unfortunate. A Sixty six run unbroken partnership between Macbeth and Le Roux gives Ireland a solid total to defend. Mayhem at the start of the reply - Ben Fitchet picks out long-off in the third over to give Rueben Wilson a wicket off his first delivery and two balls later yesterday's centurion survives an lbw appeal but is stranded down the pitch and keeper Melly's direct hit sees him short despite his despairing dive. Three Josh Butler boundaries off Olly Riley eases the pressure somewhat. Stokes and Butler at the crease, has a certain ring to it? So does Butler bowled Macbeth! Flighted and beats the drive to hit off stump, but the rest of the over costs 10 runs. Leckey into the attack and his opening over goes for 12 before Forkin replaces Macbeth who changes ends. Guernsey well in the game at the half way stage at 86/3, partnership worth fifty before Damarell holes out slog sweeping Macbeth, Ireland needed that. The required rate is up to 11 so a tough ask for the hosts. Getting a bit agricultural and Harry Dyer claims the wicket of Stokes, McCullough holding the catch at deep square leg. That should be that. A wicket for McCullough in the final over and Ireland run out 34 run winners.

Two early wickets for Reuben Wilson has the Irish on top in the second game of the day, but Friday's centurion Tom Nightingale is leading the fightback by the hosts at the end of the powerplay. Last ball of Forkin's 1st over sees a good stumping by Melly after Stokes had advanced down the track. Nightingale brings up his 50 with a six off Lutton - 36 balls (5 fours, 2 sixes). Second wicket for Daniel Forkin as Zak Damarell gives Jordan Neill a catch in the deep. Still all about Nightingale as we go into the last four overs - can he get to a 100 and Guernsey over 150? the answer is no - but so near. The final total is 149 and he ends unbeaten on 99 from 66 balls (9 fours, 3 sixes). Needed 3 off last ball but could only manage a two. All to play for in the deciding game of the series. Jordan Neill and Gavin Roulston to open the innings. They take 43 from the powerplay with Neill the more aggressive. They will be happy with that start. Even more so as his second six of the over sees Neill bring up his 50 - 32 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Stand broken on 68 as Roulston miscues attempted pull to be caught at cover. 80 required off the last 10 overs. 9 wickets in hand - Ireland favourites. Kian Hilton quickly into his stride as Martel drops two short and is hit for successive boundaries. Neill dropped on 60 by Stokes - parried a return catch and couldn't grasp the rebound. Required rate drops to 7 with 42 needed off last six overs. Could there be a late twist as Neill holes out to long-on? Very good 70 from 52 deliveries - five fours and four sixes. Hayden Melly the new batsman. 33 needed off four overs. Could be tight. Maybe all the way to the last ball? Another tight over and suddenly rate needed is over 9..Boundaries have dried up and Melly perishes - trying something adventurous but slices to short third man. Shackles broken by Le Roux who hits two boundaries. 18 needed off last 2 overs. Getting a bit frenetic - 10 needed off the last. Who is your money on? Super over? Guernsey's Charlie Forshaw the home side hero as he finishes the contest with a hat-trick to seal a 7-run win.

Early wicket for Reuben Wilson Ben Fitchet's stumps spreadeagled in the first over and a second for Wilson as Josh Butler drives in the air into the covers - 1 off 16! Three down and a first wicket for Olly Riley removing Nathan Le Tissier's off stump for 1 off 20!!! Guernsey at a standstill - 'All Change' as Tom Nightingale takes 4 boundaries off Wilson's fourth over. Two more follow in Riley's next and Finn Lutton starts the tenth with a Wide, two more in the over. More pace from Adam Leckey who bowls the eleventh - 2 more Wides! Free hit from a Lutton no ball goes all the way and a boundary to follow means his 4 overs have gone for 28. That early grip Ireland had on the game has gone for the moment. Tom Nightingale raises his 50 off only 38 balls and looks well set with the partnership into the nineties, 7/3 seems a long time ago! Commentator's curse - Harrison Tagg goes for an outrageous reverse off Daniel Forkin and is bowled. Guernsey skipper Ollie Nightingale joins Tom at the crease and they move along to 132 at the half way stage when Drinks are taken. Two overs from Harry Dyer go for 14 before it's back to Reuben Wilson who has what looks like a stone cold lbw against the home skipper turned down. No luck for him this time as he 'misses' a sweep off Forkin - shows his bat to the umpire before departing. A century off 82 deliveries for Tom Nightingale (13x4, 1x6) and a big total in prospect if he sticks around. The Irish bowling has looked distinctly ragged since that opening burst. Lutton back for an over that goes for 13, may be the last we see of him today. Apparently not - and his next goes for 16. Much to Ireland's relief Nightingale falls to a catch on the deep midwicket boundary off Macbeth. Adam Leckey replaces his CSNI clubmate Lutton and traps Adam Martell lbw without scoring, and a brilliant legside stumping by Kian Hilton off a wide gives him a second. More quick hands from Hilton in the final over gives Leckey his third wicket. Good total by Guernsey recovering from that disastrous start aided by a scrappy bowling display by Ireland. Two wickets gone in first five overs with ball seaming about, South Africans Jordan Neill bowled and Kian Hilton edged a drive to the keeper. Followed quickly by Philippe Le Roux - bowled for four. Goes from bad to worse as Gavin Roulston and Hayden Melly gone in successive balls. 36 for 5 and in deep trouble. 6th wicket stand between Adam Leckey and Scott Macbeth restoring pride - worth 106 and counting at the 30-over mark with both having passed their half centuries. But it's ended on 111 as Adam Leckey chips one back to Clapham for exactly 50. Same bowler then traps Harry Dyer in his next over to make it 7 down. Some lusty blows from Scott Macbeth keeps Ireland in with a sniff but he perishes on 84 off 99 balls - (6 fours, 3 sixes). Daniel Forkin gets a few down the order but it appears to be all but over - 75 needed off 6 overs. Ends quickly as Harry Johnson gets two more - final margin 63 runs.