St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

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The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket franchise based in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and participated in the competition for the first time in 2015. The team will play its home games at Warner Park, Basseterre, located on Saint Kitts, and, like the league's other franchises, draw the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams.

The league's first expansion team, the new franchise was announced on 27 January 2015, supported by the Saint Kitts and Nevis government, as well as the local business community.[1] During the 2014 CPL tournament, Warner Park hosted nine matches, played over 10 days in August and accompanied by several carnivals and other entertainments. The venue hosted the final six group-stage matches, and then the finals series, comprising two semi-finals and the final between the Barbados Tridents and the Guyana Amazon Warriors.[2]

The Saint Kitts and Nevis franchise effectively replaces the Antigua Hawksbills franchise (based in Antigua and Barbuda), although it is intended that the Hawksbills franchise will be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six.[3] The Hawksbills were primarily removed from the competition in order to make scheduling easier, though their poor results and lack of a private owner also contributing to their removal.[4] Saint Kitts and Nevis nominated four previous Hawksbills players – Justin Athanaze, Carlos Brathwaite, Orlando Peters, and Devon Thomas – as their "retained players" prior to the 2015 CPL Draft.[5] South African Eric Simons, formerly senior coach of the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was confirmed as the franchise's inaugural coach in early February 2015.[6]

Current squad

As of 06:54, Tuesday, October 23, 2018 (UTC)
No. Name Nat Birth Date Batting Style Bowling Style Signed Year Notes
Batsmen
333Chris GayleJamaica21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break2017Captain
17Evin LewisTrinidad and Tobago27 December 1991Left-handedRight-arm medium2015
27Tom CooperNetherlands26 November 1986Right-handedRight arm off break2018Overseas
72Rassie van der DussenSouth Africa7 February 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018Overseas
—Brandon KingJamaica16 December 1994Right-handed—2017
—Shamarh BrooksBarbados18 January 1988Right handedLegbreak2016
—Javelle GlenJamaica26 February 1998Left-handed—2018
All-rounders
26Carlos BrathwaiteBarbados18 July 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
30MahmudullahBangladesh4 February 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2018Overseas
41Faheem AshrafPakistan16 January 1994Left-handedRight-arm medium2018Overseas
31Ben CuttingAustralia30 January 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017Overseas
29Anton DevcichNew Zealand28 September 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas
10Saad Bin ZafarCanada10 November 1986Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas
8Fabian AllenJamaica7 May 1986Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2017
—Hayden Walsh Jr.Antigua and Barbuda7 May 1986Left-handedRight-arm leg break2018
Wicket-keepers
38Devon ThomasAntigua and Barbuda12 November 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium2016
—Ibrahim KhaleelUnited States9 October 1982Right-handed—2018
Bowler
25Sandeep LamichhaneNepal2 August 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018Overseas
90Tabraiz ShamsiSouth Africa18 February 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm chinaman2015Overseas, Unavailable
19Sheldon CottrellJamaica19 August 1989Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2016
20Alzarri JosephAntigua and Barbuda20 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium2016
—Jeremiah LouisSaint Kitts and Nevis12 May 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017

Franchise and support staff

  • Team Owners: Uday Nayak, and Mohammed Ansari
  • Head Coach: Donovan Miller
  • Asst. Coach: Trevor Penney
  • Asst. Coach: Wilden Cornwal
  • Trainer & Masseur: Virgil Browne
  • Physio: Donna Wickham

See also

References

  1. ↑ "St Kitts and Nevis join CPL with new Franchise team" – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ↑ (12 March 2014). "Warner Park in St Kitts to host CPL finals" – Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ↑ (2 February 2015). "New franchise to replace Hawksbills in CPL 2015" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Garth Wattley (1 February 2015). "Too many: CPL official explains absence of Hawksbills" – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ (2 February 2015). "Hawksbills dropped for CPL 2015" – cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. ↑ (4 February 2015)> "Eric Simons to Coach St. Kitts-Nevis CPL Team" – SKNVibes. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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