St Lucia Zouks

St Lucia Zouks (formerly known as St Lucia Stars from 2016–2018)[1] are the representative team of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) of cricket. It is one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Zouks won only 4 games out of 14 in the first two seasons finishing last and second last in the tournament respectively. The 2016 season showed their best record yet, winning 6 out of 10 games and finishing third in the league, the Zouks' highest CPL T20 finish to date.

Team logo as the St Lucia Stars, 2016-2019 seasons.

St Lucia Zouks
Personnel
Captain Darren Sammy
Coach Andy Flower
Team information
Colours     Blue      Yellow      Black      White
Founded2013
Home groundDarren Sammy Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
CPL wins0

T20I kit

For the 2017 season, the franchise chose to rebrand under a new name and logo as the St Lucia Stars.

In August 2019, the St Lucia Stars franchise team was axed from the tournament, with the CPL looking to replace the team.[2] They returned as St Lucia Zouks later that month.[3]

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsman
333Chris Gayle (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break2020
27Rilee Rossouw (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989Left-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas
—Kimani Melius (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001Right-handed—2020
All-rounders
88Darren Sammy (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium2013
20Rahkeem Cornwall (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break2017
—Kavem Hodge (1993-02-21) 21 February 1993Right-HandedLeft-arm orthodox2018
Wicket-keepers
77Andre Fletcher (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2013
Bowler
19Kesrick Williams (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
61Obed McCoy (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2017
2Anrich Nortje (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast2020Overseas

References
  1. https://stluciatimes.com/2017/03/08/hero-cpls-st-lucia-team-announces-new-brand-identity
  2. "St Lucia Stars axed from CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "ST LUCIA ZOUKS TO REPLACE ST LUCIA STARS". CPL T20. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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