St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

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St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
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Personnel
Captain Evin Lewis
Coach Malolan Rangarajan
OwnerMahesh Ramani
Team information
Colours  Red,   Black,   White,   Green,   Yellow
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Home ground Warner Park, Basseterre
Capacity10,000
History
CPL  wins1 (2021)
6ixty  wins1 (2022)
Official website http://www.sknpatriots.com
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The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket franchise based in Saint Kitts and Nevis that participated in the competition for the first time in 2015. The team plays its home games at Warner Park, Basseterre, located on Saint Kitts, and, like the league's other franchises, draws the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams.

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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 replaced the Antigua Hawksbills franchise (based in Antigua and Barbuda), although it was 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 5 June 2023
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
17 Evin Lewis Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 27 December 1991 (age 32)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2015
50 Sherfane Rutherford Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 15 August 1998 (age 25)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2022
All-rounders
48 Dominic Drakes Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 6 February 1998 (age 26)Left-handedLeft arm medium fast2019
Wicket-keepers
Andre Fletcher Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28 November 1987 (aged 33)Right-handed2022
Joshua Da Silva Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 19 June 1998 (age 25)Right-handed2020
Spin bowlers
Pace bowlers
19 Sheldon Cottrell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 19 August 1989 (age 34)Right-handedLeft arm fast medium2015
Oshane Thomas Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 18 February 1997 (age 27)Left-handedRight-arm fast 2021

    Statistical summary

    As of 30 August 2023
    YearPlayedWinsLossesTiedNRWin %Position
    2015 10460040%6/6
    2016 10280020%6/6
    2017 12740158.33%2/6
    2018 12650150%3/6
    2019 11560045.45%4/6
    2020 10180110%6/6
    2021 12840066.67%1/6
    2022 10350230%5/6
    2023 10170210%6/6
    Total9737530738.14%

    Administration and support staff

    PositionName
    Head coach Malolan Rangarajan

    Statistics

    As of 18 April 2024

    Most runs

    PlayerSeasonsRuns
    Evin Lewis 2015–present1,702
    Devon Thomas 2015–2019, 2021924
    Chris Gayle 2017–2018, 2021730
    Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019502
    Fabian Allen 2017–2019, 2021436
    Source: ESPNcricinfo

    Most wickets

    PlayerSeasonsWickets
    Sheldon Cottrell 2015–present61
    Carlos Brathwaite 2015–201936
    Tabraiz Shamsi 2015–201833
    Rayad Emrit 2019–202023
    Alzarri Joseph 2016–202021
    Source: ESPNcricinfo

    Seasons

    Caribbean Premier League

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

    The 6ixty

    SeasonLeague standingFinal position
    2022 4th out of 6Champions

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