St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

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St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
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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 aka SKN 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 (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 35) Right Right-arm Legbreak
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 39) Right Right-armleg-break International franchise player
Nikhil Dutta Canada (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 29) Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
11 Brad Hodge Australia (1974-12-29) 29 December 1974 (age 49) Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
17 Evin Lewis Trinidad and Tobago (1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 (age 32) Left n/a
Kieran Powell Saint Kitts and Nevis (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34) Left Right-arm medium
54 Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39) Right Right-arm medium
Wicket-Keepers
Devon Thomas Antigua and Barbuda (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 34) Right Wicket-keeper
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78 Jonathan Carter Barbados (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 36) Left Right-arm medium-fast
Jeremiah Louis Saint Kitts and Nevis (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28) Right Right-arm medium-fast
1 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 35) Left Right-arm medium-fast International franchise player
21 JJ Smuts South Africa (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 35) Right Right-arm off-break International franchise player
Fast-bowlers
36 Tino Best Barbados (1981-08-26) 26 August 1981 (age 42) Right Right-arm Fast
8 Alzarri Joseph Antigua and Barbuda (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27) Right Right-arm Fast
33 Krishmar Santokie Jamaica (1984-12-20) 20 December 1984 (age 39) Left Left-arm medium-fast
Spinners
77 Samuel Badree Trinidad and Tobago (1981-03-08) 8 March 1981 (age 43) Right Right-arm Legbreak
90 Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) 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. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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