Bishop fireworks not enough as Academy go down

Source: Trinidad Guardian

COMBER - A counter-at­tack­ing knock from Joshua Bish­op was not enough as Crick­et West In­dies Acad­e­my slipped to a 72-run de­feat to Emerg­ing Ire­land, in the open­ing four-day "Test" in Ire­land on Fri­day.

Re­sum­ing their sec­ond in­nings on 193 for six in pur­suit of an im­prob­a­ble 344 for vic­to­ry at The Green, the Caribbean side were dis­missed for 271, in the third over fol­low­ing the day's first drinks break.

The 24-year-old Bish­op, re­sum­ing the morn­ing on five, struck an en­ter­tain­ing 42 off 40 de­liv­er­ies with half-dozen fours and two six­es.

He stretched his overnight sev­enth wick­et stand with Ny­eem Young to 69 be­fore be­com­ing the first ca­su­al­ty of the day, caught at the wick­et off leg-spin­ner Gavin Hoey who fin­ished with four for 81.

Young, un­beat­en on sev­en at the start, made 22 from 60 balls in near­ly 1-3/4 hours at the crease be­fore he was ninth out as CWI Acad­e­my lost their last four wick­ets for just 17 runs.

Left-arm spin­ner Matthew Humphreys picked up two of the wick­ets to fall to end with three for 44 while seam­er Liam Mc­Carthy (3-49) did not add to his overnight haul.

The sec­ond and fi­nal four-day "Test" bowls off next Tues­day (June 25) at Stor­mont in Belfast.