Antigua Hawksbills

Antigua Hawksbills
Personnel
Captain Jamaica Marlon Samuels
Coach

United Kingdom Tim Nielsen (2014)

Antigua and Barbuda Viv Richards (2013)
Team information
Colours

     Black,      White,      Orange,      Cyan,      Blue

     (Pink) or      (Red) for the external color.
Founded 2013
Dissolved 2014
Home ground Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Capacity 10,000
History
CPL wins 0
Official website: https://web.archive.org/web/20130629180748/http://cplt20.com/team-locations/antigua

The Antigua Hawksbills was a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise based in Antigua and Barbuda, that played its home games at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Saint Peter Parish, Antigua. The name 'Hawksbills' comes after the sea turtle that populates around the Caribbean Sea and is critically endangered according to the World Conservation Union.

The franchise was one of six established for the inaugural CPL season in 2013, and the only one located in the Leeward Islands. The Hawksbills placed fifth in 2013, and then last during the 2014 edition of the CPL, winning three of out its sixteen games during that time. Antiguan Viv Richards coached the team in 2013, but was replaced by Tim Nielsen, an Australian, for the 2014 season. Marlon Samuels, a Jamaican, was the team's captain for both seasons.

In February 2015, it was announced that the Antigua Hawksbills would not participate in the 2015 CPL season, with a number of its players to instead play with a new franchise based in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is intended that the Hawksbills franchise will be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six.[1]

Past Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name[2] Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
7Marlon SamuelsJamaica5 January 1981RightRight-arm off breakCaptain, Local franchise player
34David HusseyAustralia15 July 1977RightRight-arm off break
23Kieran PowellSaint Kitts and Nevis6 March 1990LeftRight-arm medium, Right-arm off breakInjured
—Danza HyattJamaica17 March 1983RightRight-arm medium
—Shacaya ThomasJamaica25 September 1988Right—
All-rounders
20Rahkeem CornwallAntigua and Barbuda1 February 1993RightRight-arm off break
10Orlando PetersAntigua and Barbuda10 May 1988RightRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
38Devon ThomasAntigua and Barbuda12 November 1989RightRight-arm medium
4Ben DunkAustralia11 March 1987Left—
Bowlers
24Miguel CumminsBarbados5 September 1990LeftRight-arm fast
30Sheldon CotterrellJamaica19 August 1989RightLeft-arm fast-medium
31Yasir ShahPakistan6 February 1987LeftRight-arm leg-spinReplacement of Saeed Ajmal
48Gavin TongeAntigua and Barbuda13 January 1983RightRight-arm fast-medium
18Ben LaughlinAustralia3 October 1982RightRight-arm fast-medium
--Carlos BrathwaiteBarbados18 July 1988RightRight-arm fast-medium
--Justin AthanazeAntigua and Barbuda29 January 1988RightRight-arm off break

Stadium

The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was the home ground of the Hawksbills during both campaigns of the 2013 and 2014 seasons respectively. The stadium hosts a capacity of 10,000 and is around a 10 minute drive from the capital city. The stadium was built after the 2007 Cricket World Cup that was staged in the West Indies with the ends named after two national icons in Curtly Ambrose and Andy Roberts. The team only won 2 out of the 6 games that were played in the stadium during their short history with both of the victories coming in the inaugural season of the Caribbean Premier League.

Kits

The Hawksbills played in a predominantly black uniform that featured the yellow rising sun and also shades of light blue, white and red. The kit was replicated from the Antiguan Flag with Caribbean Alliance Insurance the main sponsor of the team. The kit manufacturer of the team was BAS(Beat All Sports) which sponsored all kits of the franchises.

References

  1. ↑ (2 February 2015). "New franchise to replace Hawksbills in CPL 2015" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo. ESPN. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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