St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Coach: South Africa Eric Simons
Owner: Mohammad Ansari
UD Nayak
Founded: 2015
Home ground: Warner Park, Basseterre
Capacity: 10,000
Official website: http://www.sknpatriots.com

The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 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]

Squad

The Patriots' inaugural 15-man squad was assembled at the 2015 CPL Draft. Pakistani Shahid Afridi was the franchise's top pick. The four retained players for 2015 (nominated by the franchise prior to the draft) are marked with an asterisk:[7]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

2016 Patriots Squad

No. Name[8] Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Sharmarh Brooks Barbados 10 October 1988 Right Right-arm Legbreak
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 Right Right-armleg-break International franchise player
Nikhil Dutta Canada 13 October 1994 Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
11 Brad Hodge Australia 29 December 1974 Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
17 Evin Lewis Trinidad and Tobago 27 December 1991 Left n/a
Kieran Powell Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 March 1990 Left Right-arm medium
54 Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago 25 January 1985 Right Right-arm medium
Wicket-Keepers
Devon Thomas Antigua and Barbuda 12 November 1989 Right Wicket-keeper
| All-Rounders
78 Jonathan Carter Barbados 16 November 1987 Left Right-arm medium-fast
Jeremiah Louis Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 March 1996 Right Right-arm medium-fast
1 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka 3 April 1989 Left Right-arm medium-fast International franchise player
21 JJ Smuts South Africa 21 September 1988 Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
Fast-bowlers
36 Tino Best Barbados 26 August 1981 Right Right-arm Fast
8 Alzarri Joseph Antigua and Barbuda 20 November 1996 Right Right-arm Fast
33 Krishmar Santokie Jamaica 20 December 1984 Left Left-arm medium-fast
Spinners
77 Samuel Badree Trinidad and Tobago 8 March 1981 Right Right-arm Legbreak
90 Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa 18 February 1990 Right Left-arm chinaman

Franchise & Support Staff

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.
  7. ↑ (6 February 2015). "Afridi top pick at Caribbean Premier League draft" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo. ESPN. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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