Saint Lucia Kings

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Saint Lucia Kings
St Lucia Zouks (2013–2016, 2019–2020)
St Lucia Stars (2017–2018)
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Nickname(s)beinspired
Personnel
Captain Faf du Plessis
Coach Daren Sammy
Owner Mohit Burman, Karan Paul, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta
Team information
Colours  Blue
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Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Home ground Darren Sammy Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
CPL  wins1 (2024)
Official website www.saintluciakings.com
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The Saint Lucia Kings (formerly known as St Lucia Stars and St Lucia Zouks) [1] are the representative team of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) of cricket. They were created in 2013 as one of the six teams for the inaugural season of the tournament. After minimal success in early seasons, the Kings won their first title in 2024, defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors. They adopted their current moniker in 2021 after being acquired by the ownership of the IPL’s Punjab Kings.

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For the 2017 season, the franchise chose to rebrand under a new name and logo as the Saint Lucia Stars. In 2018, they finished fifth in Caribbean Premier League winning three out of their ten matches. In 2019, they finished fifth again and narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot. In both 2020 and 2021, Saint Lucia finished as runners-up.

Current squad

As of 5 June 2024

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsman
13 Faf du Plessis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13 July 1984 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break Captain
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 24 October 1991 (age 33)Left handedRight-arm medium Overseas
All-rounders
22 Roston Chase Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 22 March 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off spin
96 David Wiese Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [a] 18 May 1985 (age 39)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas
Khary Pierre Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22 September 1991 (age 33)Left-handedRight-arm Slow left-arm orthodox
Matthew Forde Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 29 April 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Johnson Charles Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 14 January 1989 (age 35)Right-handed Left arm orthodox
45 Heinrich Klaasen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 July 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm off-break Overseas
Spin bowlers
99 Noor Ahmad Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 3 January 2005 (age 19)Right-handedLeft-arm unorthodox Overseas
Pace bowlers
8 Alzarri Joseph Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 20 November 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Vice-captain
McKenny Clarke Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 5 June 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Result summary

As of 30 August 2023
CPL summary of results
YearPlayedWinsLossesTiedNRWin %Position
2013 7250028.57%6/6
2014 9270022.22%5/6
2015 10450140%5/6
2016 11650054.55%4/6
2017 1009010%6/6
2018 10360130%5/6
2019 10360130%5/6
2020 12750058.33%2/6
2021 12660050%2/6
2022 114613/6
Total10237600536.27%

Administration and support staff

PositionName
Team manager Rawl Lewis
Head coach Daren Sammy

Player statistics

As of 30 September 2022

Most runs

PlayerSeasonsRuns
Andre Fletcher 2013–20212,310
Johnson Charles 2014–2017, 20221,382
Daren Sammy 2013–2014, 2016–2020898
Rahkeem Cornwall 2017–2021819
Roston Chase 2020–2022771

Most wickets

PlayerSeasonsWickets
Kesrick Williams 2018–202251
Alzarri Joseph 2021–202227
Obed McCoy 2017–202126
Roston Chase 2017–202225
Shane Shillingford 2013–201725

Seasons

Caribbean Premier League

YearLeague standingFinal standing
2013 6th out of 6League stage
2014 5th out of 6League stage
2015 5th out of 6League stage
2016 3rd out of 6Eliminator
2017 6th out of 6League stage
2018 5th out of 6League stage
2019 5th out of 6League stage
2020 3rd out of 6Runners-up
2021 4th out of 6Runners-up
2022 3rd out of 6Eliminator
2023 3rd out of 6Eliminator
2024 2nd out of 6Champions

The 6ixty

SeasonLeague standingFinal position
20225th out of 6League stage

See also

Notes

  1. Wiese has also played international cricket for South Africa

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References

  1. "CPL franchise St Lucia Zouks renamed as St Lucia Kings". The Cricketer. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. "Caribbean Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2021.