St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket 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.

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Personnel
CaptainEvin Lewis
CoachMalolan Rangarajan
OwnerMahesh Ramani
Team information
Colours  Red,   Black,   White,   Green,   Yellow
Founded2015 (2015)
Home groundWarner Park, Basseterre
Capacity10,000
History
CPL wins1 (2021)
6ixty wins1 (2022)
Official websitehttp://www.sknpatriots.com

T20 kit

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 replace 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]

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
As of 5 June 2023
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
17 Evin Lewis Trinidad and Tobago (1991-12-27) 27 December 1991Left-handedRight-arm medium2015
50 Sherfane Rutherford Guyana (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
All-rounders
48 Dominic Drakes Barbados (1998-02-06) 6 February 1998Left-handedLeft arm medium fast2019
Wicket-keepers
—Andre Fletcher Grenada (1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 33)Right-handed–2022
— Joshua Da Silva Trinidad and Tobago (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998Right-handed–2020
Spin bowlers
Pace bowlers
19 Sheldon Cottrell Jamaica (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989Right-handedLeft arm fast medium2015
— Oshane Thomas Jamaica (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997Left-handedRight-arm fast2021

    Statistical summary
    As of 30 August 2023
    Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win % 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 10 3 5 2 5/6
    Total 8836360542.31%
    • Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]
    • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
    • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
    • Tied+Win - Counted as a win and Tied+Loss - Counted as a loss.
    • NR indicates no result.

    Administration and support staff
    Position Name
    Head coachMalolan Rangarajan

    Player statistics
    As of 5 September 2021

    Most runs
    Player Seasons Runs
    Evin Lewis 2015–present 1,702
    Devon Thomas 2015–2019, 2021 924
    Chris Gayle 2017–2018, 2021 730
    Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019 502
    Fabian Allen 2017–2019, 2021 436

    Most wickets
    Player Seasons Wickets
    Sheldon Cottrell 2015–present 61
    Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019 36
    Tabraiz Shamsi 2015–2018 33
    Rayad Emrit 2019–2020 23
    Alzarri Joseph 2016–2020 21

    Seasons

    Caribbean Premier League
    Year League standing Season standing
    2015 6th out of 6 League stage
    2016 6th out of 6 League stage
    2017 2nd out of 6 Runners-up
    2018 4th out of 6 Qualifier
    2019 3rd out of 6 Eliminator
    2020 6th out of 6 League stage
    2021 3rd out of 6 Champion
    2022 5th out of 6 League stage

    The 6ixty
    Season League standing Final position
    2022 4th out of 6 Champions

    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. "Caribbean Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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