West Indies Academy fell short of victory by 72 runs in the first 4-day encounter vs Emerging Ireland. Kadeem Alleyne fell agonizingly short of a maiden first-class 100 scoring 93 off 84 balls in an 151 run opening partnership with fellow opener Ackeem Auguste.
The visitors chased 344 for victory on Friday but went down for 271 runs in 56.4 overs.
Johann Layne was the pick of the bowlers taking 9 wickets across the 2 innings with a commanding 5 for 39 in the 2nd Innings taking a key wicket in Cade Carmichael during his spell.
The second Four-Day game takes place from June 25-28 in Belfast.(Windiescricket)